Leadership and the Devaluation of the Mundane – A Conversation With Keith Grint
ILA Lifetime Achievement Awardee Keith Grint shares his latest research on leadership and the devaluation of the mundane – the reciprocal process of extraordinarization.
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ILA Partners With 2023 International Studying Leadership Conference on Plenary Symposium
How can leadership researchers impactfully engage the public and contribute to systems change? In this plenary, Scott Allen, host of ILA’s official podcast, Phronesis, conversed with ILA President Cynthia Cherrey and top leadership researchers to share how to translate their work and engage in lively public conversations.
It’s Overwhelming
Jonathan Gosling joins Scott for an engaging conversation on what’s top of mind for him these days: Systems change and making a difference in the world. He also reflects on how the leadership development industry has made itself irrelevant with its focus on the entrepreneurial individual.
The Inauthenticity of Authentic Leadership Theory
ILA Fellow, Professor Dennis Tourish, shares his current thinking in this blog post updating and adapting a chapter from his 2019 book, Management Studies in Crisis: Fraud, Deception and Meaningless Research.
Reflecting With ILA Legacy Award Winner Dr. Sonia Ospina
Dan and Lauren talk with 2023 ILA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Dr. Sonia Ospina on how she got involved in ILA and how ILA’s global mix of leadership scholars and practitioners keeps her coming back.
Reflecting with ILA Legacy Award Winner, Dr. Bruce Avolio
In this episode, Dan and Lauren listen as Dr. Bruce Avolio shares his experience as one of ILA’s 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners.
Reflections on Jim Burns
ILA 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner George (Al) Goethals shares a fascinating first-hand account of one of the beginnings of leadership studies, including the role of Jim Burns, Georgia Sorenson, and others.
Leadership and the Devaluation of the Mundane
ILA Fellow Keith Grint delves into the reciprocal processes of extraordinarization and mundanization whereby the actions of certain groups are deemed “heroic” while the actions of other, less privileged groups, are deemed “ordinary.” This process impedes the acquisition of equality and justice around particular tasks while insidiously masquerading as normality.
International Leadership – One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Mansour Javidan has studied effective leadership in cultures across the globe. He shares the results of his research in this episode…especially the common qualities needed to be a great leader no matter where you are!
Exploring Leadership: Individual, Organizational, and Societal Perspectives
Professors Richard Bolden, Jonathan Gosling, and Beverley Hawkins share leadership insights from the 2nd. edition of their book along with emerging theories, trends, and issues.
Advancing Leadership Programs: Using Assessment Frameworks
Drs. Michael Chikeleze, Jay Gary, and Gayle Spencer discuss assessment frameworks including ILA’s General Principles and Guiding Questions, the Council for Advancement of Standards for Higher Education, and the Carnegie Elective Classification for Leadership for Public Purpose.
Leadership and Vulnerability
Dr. Paul Hibbert joins Scott for a conversation to share his latest thinking and research on leadership and vulnerability and to discuss the power of vulnerability to fuel a growth mindset.