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+1.301.405.5218
ila@ila-net.org
3119-F Susquehanna Hall
Univ. of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
United States
About Our Home
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The Women and Leadership Affinity Group (WLAG) is a network of leadership
scholars and practitioners who want to enhance their knowledge, expertise, and
research in the area of women and leadership and to advance the standing of
women in leadership.
WLAG is intended to facilitate interaction and organize activities that support
the sustained conversation on the subject of women and leadership. The unique
purpose of this group is to provide information, resources, and networking
opportunities for those scholars and practitioners who 1) study and conduct
research around the issues of women and leadership and/or 2) who design
development and coaching programs and services for helping women to move into
leadership or to strengthen their leadership ability. It welcomes scholars and
practitioners who are interested in discussing possibilities for future
collaborative research and action around these topics.
The Women and Leadership Affinity Group’s vision is to be the primary resource
within ILA for the most current research, programming, practices, and
opportunities for dialogue and collaboration to further promote women and
leadership in the 21st century and beyond.
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Attendees at the first annual Women and Leadership
Luncheon, which took place at
ILA Boston in 2010
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Relative to the issues of women and leadership, the ILA WLAG works to:
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Contribute to the body of leadership development work through
research and publications and provide resources for practitioners.
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Facilitate interaction between its members by organizing
activities and events on the topic of leadership development.
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Increase knowledge and expertise in leadership theory,
research, and practice.
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Promote interest in special leadership topics.
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Develop partnerships between members for increased publication
of high-quality research in the ILA supported journals.
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Support and foster learning among WLAG members and others in
ILA.
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Provide a forum for networking, exchange of ideas, and
mentoring of emerging researchers and practitioners.
Individuals may become members of the WLAG Group through their ILA Online
Profile.
Login to the Members Only
Website, click on the link to edit your profile, and select Women and Leadership
Affinity Group as one of your affiliations. Membership forms will also be available at the annual meeting of WLAG during the
ILA Luncheon.
There are no specific expectations for the participants in WLAG.
Some may only be interested in yearly face-to-face meetings, while others may
want to interact often to establish closer networking and mentoring
relationships. Our goal is to establish a group that will allow for members to
interact as frequently as needed and to receive relevant information throughout
the year. WLAG members will be encouraged communicate with each other about key
events, foster principles of scholarly practice, and to participate in working
groups to accomplish committee tasks, as needed.
The following areas are some of the on-going committees and projects of the WLAG
for which Executive Leadership Team members provide leadership:
Communications/Media/Publications Committee; Conference Event Committee
Membership Committee; Research and Assessment Committee; Webinar Committee.
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Susan Madsen, chair of the Women and Leadership
Affinity Group Executive Leadership Team, welcomes attendees of the 2010 Women
and Leadership Luncheon at ILA Boston |
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WLAG is led by a 12-member Executive Leadership Team chaired by Susan Madsen,
Associate Professor of Management, Orin R. Woodbury Professor of Leadership and
Ethics, Utah Valley University. She can be reached at
madsensu@uvu.edu.
Currently, the other members of the team are: Lynne C. Levesque,
www.breakthroughcreativity.com; Becky A. Thomas, European University of Rome;
Melissa Mahan, Northeastern State University; Maureen Rabotin, Effective Global
Leadership Corp; Gloria Burgess, Seattle University; Karen Longman, Azusa
Pacific University; Darci Jones, Mercyhurst College; Wendy Capland, Vision Quest
Consulting; Lily Benavides, The Executive Coaching Effectiveness Survey; Carmela
Nanton, Palm Beach Atlantic University, MacArthur School of Leadership; Joanne
Stauffer, Faculty, Lancaster Bible College and Graduate School.
In 2010 three ILA members (Susan R. Madsen, Karen Longman, and Kathi Tunheim)
organized a “Women in Leadership Network Luncheon” that was held successfully at ILA’s annual conference in Boston. Approximately 110 individuals joined us for
this event. Attendees sat at tables with others who were passionate about their
specific areas of interest for engaging lunchtime conversation. The table topic
choices were chosen and emailed to attendees prior to the event. Sponsors for this
luncheon included 1) The Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, OD and Learning
Division, 2) Utah Valley University, 3) Azusa Pacific University, 4) Gustavus
Adolphus College, and 5) Global Institute for Leadership and Civic Development,
Inc. At the conclusion of the luncheon, each table provided feedback on how they
would like to see a more formal networking effort continued. The creation of an
affinity group was at the top of the list. The establishment of the Women and
Leadership Affinity Group in 2011 in time for the 2011 October ILA Conference in
London fulfilled that request!
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