INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION INC
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Organizations Filed Purposes: INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION (ILA) IS ORGANIZED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO SERVE AS A GLOBAL NETWORK FOR ALL THOSE WHO PRACTICE, STUDY, AND TEACH MULTIPLE FACETS OF LEADERSHIP. THE ILA'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE LEADERSHIP KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE FOR A BETTER WORLD.

THE MISSION OF THE ILA IS TO ADVANCE LEADERSHIP KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE FOR A BETTER WORLD.

GLOBAL CONFERENCE:OVER 1,100 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN THE ILA'S 20TH ANNUAL GLOBAL CONFERENCE IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, TO EXPLORE THE CONFERENCE THEME OF AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP FOR PROGRESS, PEACE & PROSPERITY. AUTHOR DONNA LADKIN OPENED WITH A KEYNOTE EXPLORING "WHY SELF-CONSTITUTION TRUMPS THE TRUE SELF AS THE FOUNDATION FOR LEADING AUTHENTICALLY". AN INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE PANEL INCLUDING MIKE HARDY, VERONIKA ANGHEL, MATT QVORTOP, AND MARK GERZON SHARED VIEWS ON "DEMOCRACY ON THE RUN AND CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER BARBARA KELLERMAN CHALLENGED ALL TO CONSIDER "STANDARDS" FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORK. ILA LIFETIME LEADERSHIP LEGACY AWARDS WERE BESTOWED TO KEITH GRINT AND JOANNE CIULLA. MORE THAN HALF OF THE ATTENDEES (CONTINUE OF SCHEDULE O) SHARED THEIR WORK AS PART OF A PANEL, WORKSHOP, PRESENTATION SESSION, SYMPOSIUM, ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION, OR POSTER SESSION. NEARLY 70 LEADERSHIP AUTHORS PARTICIPATED IN THE AUTHOR MEET AND GREET RECEPTION, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR READERS TO MEET THE AUTHORS OF IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS. THE CONFERENCE WAS BOOK-ENDED BY PRE- AND POST-CONFERENCE SESSIONS THAT PROVIDED A SKILLS-BUILDING WORKSHOPS AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE GLOBAL CONFERENCE THEME.

MEMBERSHIP SERVICES: THE ILA PROVIDES A RANGE OF SERVICES AND BENEFITS TO MEMBERS, INCLUDING SPECIAL PRICING ON ALL CONFERENCES AND EVENTS, THE ILA INTERSECTIONS PORTAL HOUSING RESOURCES, THE MEMBER DIRECTORY, AND ONLINE DISCUSSIONS, AND THEIR CHOICE OF A COMPLIMENTARY COPY OF A BUILDING LEADERSHIP BRIDGES BOOK. OFFERED FREE TO MEMBERS AND AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND VIA ILA INTERSECTIONS, OVER 1000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE FOLLOWING LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES WEBINARS: PROFESSIONALIZING LEADERSHIP; YOU, TOO, CAN PUBLISH: TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FROM LEADERSHIP EDUCATOR BOOK AUTHORS, AND DEVELOPING INTELLIGENT DISOBEDIENCE AT 4 OR 40 IN YOUR HOUSE OR THE WHITE HOUSE; PRACTICING HEALTHY LEADERSHIP; LEADERSHIP & WICKED PROBLEMS; (CONTINUE ON SCHEDULE O) DEVELOPING AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS IN INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS; MANAGING #METOO: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY; HOW TO GET PUBLISHED IN AN ACADEMIC JOURNAL; AND LESSONS FROM A LIFETIME IN LEADERSHIP - A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN ADAIR. OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS INCLUDES COLUMNS IN THE ILA INTERFACE E-NEWSLETTER, FREE ACCESS TO THE JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP STUDIES, AND MEMBER-TO-MEMBER DISCUSSIONS ON A WIDE RANGE OF PERTINENT TOPICS.

PUBLICATIONS:THE ILA CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON CREATING AND DISSEMINATING TRUSTED LEADERSHIP RESOURCES THOUGH A VARIETY OF TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL PUBLICATION FORMATS. STARTING WITH THE TRADITIONAL, THE ILA PUBLISHED THREE BOOKS AS PART OF OUR TWO SERIES. 1) MORE WOMEN ON BOARDS: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, EDITED BY LYNNE E. DEVNEW, MARLENE JANZEN LE BER, MARIATERESA TORCHIA, AND RONALD J. BURKE, IS THE 7TH VOLUME IN THE WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP: RESEARCH, THEORY, AND PRACTICE SERIES (INFORMATION AGE PUBLISHING). ITS 18 CHAPTERS BY 38 CONTRIBUTORS EXPLORE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS: WHY HAVE WOMEN ON BOARDS? WHY ADDING WOMEN TO BOARDS IS SO CHALLENGING? WHAT ACTIONS INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN ON BOARDS? (CONTINUE ON SCHEDULE O) AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE WOMEN BOARD MEMBERS? THE OTHER TWO BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED BY EMERALD PUBLISHING AS PART OF THE BUILDING LEADERSHIP BRIDGES SERIES. 2) LEADERSHIP AND POWER IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: NAVIGATING THE INTERSECTIONS OF GENDER, CULTURE, CONTEXT, AND SUSTAINABILITY, EDITED BY RANDAL JOY THOMPSON AND JULIA STORBERG-WALKER BRINGS TOGETHER 17 CONTRIBUTORS TO SHARE STORIES AND REFLECTIONS OF 20 LEADERS FROM AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES. ESSENTIAL READING FOR DEVELOPMENT LEADERS, PRACTITIONERS, AND SCHOLARS AND WINNER OF THE R. WAYNE PACE HRD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, THE CO-EDITOR PROVIDES AN ORIGINAL ANALYSIS OF THE NARRATIVES AND ARTICULATES A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESSFULLY LEADING IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. 3) EVOLVING LEADERSHIP FOR COLLECTIVE WELLBEING: LESSONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, EDITED BY SEANA LOWE STEFFEN, JANIE REZMOVITS, SHANAH TREVENNA, AND SHANA RAPPAPORT. ADDRESSING THE LEADERSHIP GAP BETWEEN A MIGHTY VISION, AND THE PLAN OF ACTION TO ACHIEVE PROGRESS, THIS BOOK INCLUDES LESSONS, MODELS AND PRACTICES FROM PRACTITIONERS AND SCHOLARS WORKING ON THE UN'S SDGS. WITH CHAPTERS BY 25 CONTRIBUTORS, IT HONORS THE MEMORY OF EDITOR SEANA LOWE STEFFEN, WHO TRAGICALLY DIED IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THE BOOK WAS COMPLETED, AND HER MISSION TO ANSWER "HOW DO WE BRING OUT THE BEST OF OUR DIVERSE HUMANITY TO ENSURE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?" THE CASE AND PLACE BASED INSIGHTS BRIDGE THEORY AND PRACTICE TO SUPPORT CONTINUED PROGRESS ON THE SDGS.THE ILA DISTRIBUTED 13 ILA INTERFACE NEWSLETTERS WITH ASSOCIATION AND MEMBER COMMUNITY NEWS PLUS COLUMNS INCLUDING: EXPLORING LEADERSHIP; PAUSE FOR PEDAGOGY; GLOBAL & CULTURALLY DIVERSE LEADERSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY; AND GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP & THE ARTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CORNER. IN ADDITION, 6 RESOURCE REWINDS HIGHLIGHTED RELEVANT AND USEFUL RESOURCES FROM OUR ONLINE COLLECTION. A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS AND THE MOLLER INSTITUTE, CHURCHILL COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, ON THE ELEMENTS IN LEADERSHIP SERIES, EDITED BY ONE OF ILA'S FOUNDERS, GEORGIA SORENSON (WINNER OF THE 2015 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD) AND MEMBER RONALD E. RIGGIO, AIMS TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, PEER-REVIEWED SCHOLARLY RESOURCES IN A DIGITAL FORMAT. ANOTHER INNOVATIVE PUBLICATION PARTNERSHIP IS WITH MAUREEN METCALF ON A PODCAST SERIES INNOVATING LEADERSHIP FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH THOUGHT LEADERS, ACADEMICS AND LEADERS FROM DIVERSE SECTORS. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND DISTRIBUTED ON THE VOICEAMERICA BUSINESS CHANNEL, THE PODSCASTS PROVIDE TOOLS, RESOURCES, INFORMATION, AND INSPIRATION ON A WIDE RANGE OF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP TOPIC AND CHALLENGES.

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