About the ILA

Our Vision
Transforming Leadership Knowledge and Practice Worldwide.

Our Mission
The International Leadership Association (ILA) is the global network for all those who practice, study and teach leadership.

The ILA promotes a deeper understanding of leadership knowledge and practices for the greater good of individuals and communities worldwide.

Our Commitment
The principal means by which our mission is accomplished is through the synergy that occurs by bringing together public and private sector leaders, scholars, educators and consultants from many disciplines and many nations.

Our Values

• Inclusion: Nurtures and promotes broad and diverse membership engagement.
• Intent: Encourages leadership initiatives that advance the field of leadership and contribute to the greater global good.
• Interconnection: Builds upon the shared interests and complementary talents of members to support individual and collective goals.
• International perspectives: Respects cultural contexts and facilitates learning and networking across national boundaries.
• Integrity: Insists upon effective and ethical leadership practices and sound scholarship.

ILA strives to:

• Strengthen ties between those who study and those who practice leadership
• Serve as a forum where people can share ideas, research and practices about leadership;
• Foster effective and ethical leadership in individuals, groups, organizations, and governments in the global community; and
• Generate and disseminate interdisciplinary research and develop new knowledge and practices.

Learn more about our:

• Staff
• Board
• History
• Constitution (pdf)
• Bylaws (pdf)
• Five Year Strategic Plan, 2007-2011 (pdf)