In Defense of Leadership (and Followership)
Are the terms leadership, leading, and leader simply too toxic to be useful anymore? ILA member Sharna Fabiano explores this provocative question in our latest blog.
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Intersections – ILA’s Member Portal Is Expanding
Attention! ILA Member Communities are launching their own online Intersections Hubs to better serve the targeted needs of their specific constituency. Learn more about this initiative and the benefits to ILA members!
The Intersection of Leadership Development and Followership
With Wendy M. Edmonds, Marc Hurwitz, and Robin A. Roberts (Moderator)
Followership Changed My Life
Marc Hurwitz discusses followership – an idea that “quite literally changed my life,” finding kindred spirits in ILA’s Followership member community and the role he’ll play at the upcoming Leadership Education Academy.
Followership: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The past 12 months have vividly demonstrated the crucial role followership plays in our communal life. Ira Chaleff explores the best and the worst of the past year.
Using Mediated Dialogue for Meaningful Conversations
In this episode, Dr. Chuck Palus and Steadman Harrison from the Center for Creative Leadership share stories of using mediated dialogue to facilitate meaningful conversations amongst leaders and followers across the world.
The COVID-19 Crisis as a Test of Followership
Is it not time we stopped asking what leaders and science can do to fight COVID-19 and ask instead what followers should be doing? Accepting that we are facing a complex and unpredictable situation, how do we stop calling for simple solutions, learn to live with uncertainty, and take responsibility for our own actions?
Leader, Followers, & Contexts
Barbara Kellerman is the James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Kellerman received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and three degrees from Yale University: an M.A. in Russian and East European Studies and both an M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Political Science.
Connect, Collaborate, & Create
Sharna Fabiano helps individuals and teams strengthen their communication skills, from the perspective of both leadership and followership skills. Her background as an internationally touring instructor of tango partner dance gives her unusual insight into the nuances of teamwork and collaboration.
The Dance Between Leadership and Followership
We start with Margaret Heffernan talking about Turbulence as a chronic condition. Leadership is about building organizations that thrive in turbulence. Then Ira talks about understanding that to bring out the best leadership requires the best followership.