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The Member Connector
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Current Issue: January 2012

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Highlights include:

  • Featured Publication: Military Leadership in the 21st Century: Science and Practice - Interview with authors Kim-Yin Chan, Star Soh, and Regena Ramaya (Download Chapter 1, "The Science and Practice of Military Leadership");
  • Community Corner: Leader as Reader Virtual Book Club Interviews Jim Kouzes;
  • Kansas State and Northern Kentucky Pull Upsets in 2011 London Student Case Competition;
  • Congratulations to Mark Menaldo, Winner of the Fredric M. Jablin Doctoral Dissertation Award ...and more!

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May 2010 (Download as PDF)
Interview with Tom Wren, Ron Riggio, and Michael Genovese, authors of Leadership and the Liberal Arts; Spotlight on Lucca Leadership: What Kind of Leaders Does the World Need?; Community Corner: Student Leaders Who Are Making a Difference...and more!

August 2010  (Download as PDF)
Interview with Faith Ngunjiri, author of Women's Spiritual Leadership in Africa; Spotlight on ILA's Annual Salute to Graduates; Board Corner: Documenting Leaders in Action; What's New in the Public Leadership MIG?...and more!

Member Connector Archive

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Issue Lead Article and featured content (downloads available for ILA Members)
December 2011 Board Corner: Board Development - Where Process is Prologue; Featured Publication: Leadership from the Margins - Women and Civil Society Organizations in Argentina, Chile, and El Salvador - Interview with author Serena Cosgrove (Download Chapter 1, "Women and Civil Society Leadership in Latin America"); Community Corner: The Death and Life of Leadership in HBO's The Wire; Member Spotlight: U.S. Air Force Academy - The Journey to Develop Leaders of Character ...and more!
November 2011 800+ Attend ILA London; Spotlight on ILA Members: Principals as Maverick Leaders: Rethinking Democratic Schools; Featured Publication: Heroes: What They Do & Why We Need Them - Interview with authors Scott Allison and George (AL) Goethals (Download Introduction and Chapter 1, "HEROES: Who They Are and What They Do").
October 2011 Member Spotlight: Haiti Journal: An Alternative Leadership Learning Experience; Featured Publication: Female Leadership: Management, Jungian Psychology, Spirituality and the Global Journey Through Purgatory - Interview with author Karin Jironet (Download Chapter 2, "The Divine Comedy").
September 2011 Spotlight on ILA Members: Yael Zofi, CEO of AIM Strategies®; Featured Publication: Leadership for Environmental Sustainability - Interview with editor Benjamin Redekop (Download Chapter 3, "Challenges and Strategies of Leading for Sustainability").
August 2011 John Adair To Be Honored at ILA 2011; Community Corner: Thoughts on Leadership - A Poetic Perspective; Member Spotlight: ILA's Annual Salute to Grads; Featured Publication: Metaphors We Lead By: Understanding Leadership in the Real World - Interview with authors André Spicer and Mats Alvesson (Download Chapter 3, "Metaphors for Leadership").
July 2011 ILA's YouTube Channel Turns Three!; Spotlight on ILA Members: The Universidad Americana...and more!
June 2011 Earth Law Expert Polly Higgins to Give London Keynote Address at ILA 2011; New ILA Affinity Group: Women and Leadership; Featured Publication: Transforming Leaders into Progress Makers: Leadership for the 21st Century - Interview with authors Phillip G. Clampitt and Robert DeKoch (Download Chapter 14, "Select, Detect, and Correct the Proper Errors").
April 2011 ILA Awarded Grant for Leadership Syllabus Resource; New ILA Learning Community: Philosophy, Religion, and Worldviews; Community Corner: The Movement: The Worldwide Flash Mob for Healthier Kids; Featured Publication: Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement - Interview with author Marshall Ganz (Download Chapter 1, "Introduction: How David Beat Goliath").
March 2011 Record Number of Proposals Received for 13th Annual Global Conference; Board Corner: Leadership and Service in Israel; Featured Publication: Thinking about Leadership - Interview with author Nannerl Keohane (Download Chapter 5, "How Does Leadership Work in a Democracy?").
February 2011 Keith Grint to Keynote 13th Annual Global Conference; Community Corner: Three Weeks in Tahrir Square: An ILA Member's Experiences; Featured Publication: Leading Under Pressure: From Surviving to Thriving Before, During, and After a Crisis - Interview with authors Erika Hayes James and Lynn Perry Wooten (Download Preface and Chapter 1, "Why Crisis Leadership Matters").
January 2011 13th Annual Global Conference One Planet, Many Worlds: Remapping the Purposes of Leadership; Director’s Corner: A Year of Milestones: A Portrait of ILA in 2010; Annual volume of Building Leadership Bridges: Call for Submissions, Leading in Complex Worlds.
November 2010 ILA Celebrates an Outstanding 2010 Conference; Board Corner: Closing Thoughts on Leadership 2.0: Time for Action; Featured Publication: Still Surprised - Interview with author Warren Bennis (Download Prelude)...and more!
October 2010 Board Corner: Leading with Salsa - Latino Leadership for the Multicultural Millennium; Community Corner; Spotlight on Leadership Center at Morehouse College; Benefits Portfolio: Member Interest Groups...and more!
September 2010 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Added as 4th Keynote to Boston Conference; Board Corner: A "Geography of Leadership" World Tour: Exploring the Power of Place-based Leadership; Community Corner: Announcing New Leadership Research Series; Benefits Portfolio: Building Leadership Bridges...and more!
August 2010 London, UK to host ILA 2011 Global Leadership Conference; Board Corner: Documenting Leaders in Action; Featured Publication: Women's Spiritual Leadership in Africa - Interview with editor Faith Ngunjiri (Download Chapter 6, "Contextual and Conceptual Framework"); Spotlight: ILA's Annual Salute to Graduates; Benefits Portfolio: Leadership Excellence...and more!
July 2010 2nd Annual Emerging Scholars Research Consortium; Spotlight on Batten Leadership Institute: Developing Women Leaders; Benefits Portfolio: Leadership Perspectives Webinar!...and more!
June 2010 Spotlight on Indiana Institute of Technology: Daring to Dream…Ph.D. in Global Leadership
May 2010 ILA's Directory of Leadership Education Programs Launches; Leadership and the Liberal Arts - Interview with editors Tom Wren, Ron Riggio, & Michael Genovese (Download the Introduction & Chapter 5)
April 2010 Boston's Leadership in Action: Findings from Generations X and Y; Demystifying Business Celebrity - Interview with coauthor Eric Guthey (Download Chapter 6, "The Celebrification of Heroic Leadership")
March 2010 Full Range Leadership Development - Interview with editor John J. Sosik (Download Chapter 10, "Full Range Leadership for Development for Strategic, Social, and Environmental Initiatives")
February 2010 Social Media, Leadership and the Emerging Architecture of Change; True Leadership: Making Others Feel Felt
January 2010 Public Sector Leadership - Interview with editors Jeffrey Raffel and Tony Middlebrooks (Download Chapter 17, "Is Public Sector Leadership Distinct?")
November/
  December 2009
Letters from Leaders - Interview with editor Henry Dormann (Download "Global Summit", a Collection of Letters from World Leaders); Spotlight on European Leadership Academy
September/
  October 2009
The Powers to Lead - Interview with author Joseph Nye ( Download Chapter 2, "Leadership and Power")
August 2009 Dialogue with local Czech leaders at the ILA Global Conference in Prague; Leadership for a Better World - Interview with authors Susan Komives and Wendy Wagner (Download Chapter 2, "An Overview of the Social Change Model of Leadership Development")
June/July 2009 Leading in Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities for Europe; Complexity Leadership - Interview with author Mary Uhl-Bien (Download Chapter 8, "Shifting Leadership from the Industrial Age to the Knowledge Era")
May 2009 Spotlight on Creative Energy Options; ILA News on Strategic Planning Retreat, ILASpace, and our various member communities
April 2009 Followership: New Thoughts on an Old Classic; ILA’s Technological Future: The Technology Task Force, Vision, and Launch of ILA Space
March 2009 An Integrative Approach to Leader Development: Connecting Adult Development, Identity, and Expertise - Interview with author David V. Day (Download Preface and Chapter 1, "Introduction"); Spotlight on Global Institute for Leadership and Civic Development
January/
  February 2009
Global Business Leadership - Interview with author E.S. Wibbeke (Download Foreword, Prologue, and Chapter 1, "Geoleadership Challenges"); "Stogdill 60 Years Later: The Role of Character in Leadership Effectiveness"
November/
  December 2008
Case Competition and Jablin Dissertation Award winners; Spotlight on Universidad de Monterrey
September/
  October 2008
Inclusive Leadership - Interview with author Edwin Hollander (Download Foreword, Preface and Chapter1:"Overview of Inclusive Leadership");
July/August 2008 Qualitative Research in the Study of Leadership - Interview with authors; Connecting for Change Event with the Dalai Lama Center
May/June 2008 Inclusive Leadership and Leader-Follower Relations by Edwin Hollander et. al.; Alternative Spring Break in New Orleans: One Student's Road to Leadership by Akeem Henry; Emotionally Intelligent Leadership - Interview with authors Scott J. Allen and Marcy Levy Shankman (Download Introduction and Chapters 1-2: "Consciousness of Context and Environmental Awareness");...and more!
April 2008 The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations - Interview with editors and/or authors Ira Chaleff, Robert Kelley, and Jean Lipman-Blumen (Download the Intro and Chapter 1, "Rethinking Followership," by Robert Kelley)
March 2008 A Very Short, Reasonably Cheap and Quite Interesting Book About Studying Leadership - Interview with author Brad Jackson
February 2008 Interview with Steve Olson, author of the award-winning, "The Ethics of Ken Blanchard's Theories of Situational and Servant Leadership" (Download this paper and/or a podcast of Steve's talk at ILA 2007 with Gill Hickman, Terry Price, and Craig Johnson)
January 2008 Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders - Interview with authors Alice Eagly and Linda Carli ( Download Chapter 9, "Do organizations Compromise Women's Leadership")
November/
  December 2007
Photos from ILA's 2007 Conference; Why Community Matters: Connecting Education with Civic Life - Interview with author Nicholas Longo
October 2007 Made in Canada Leadership: Wisdom from the Nation's Best and Brightest on Leadership Practice and Development - Interview with authors Amal Henein and Francoise Morissette (Download chapter 13, "Our National Leadership Brand,"); ILA Receives $100,000 to Support 2009 Global Conference in Europe
September 2007 The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership Under Pressure - Interview with author Paul 't Hart ( Download chapter 1, "Crisis Management in Political Systems: Five Leadership Challenges")
August 2007 Handbook of Leadership Development Evaluation - Interview with editors Kelly Hannum and Claire Reinelt ( Download Chapter 12, "Evaluating Leadership Development for Social Change"); ILA Branding: Marketing Who and What We Are
June/July 2007 Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age - Interview with author Juana Bordas ( Download Introduction and Part Two: "Leadership Styles in Communities of Color"); ILA Globetrotters Find Inspiration and Hope in South Korea and Ecuador
May 2007 Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature - Interview with author Joseph Badaracco, JR, ( Download Chapter 7: "How Well Do I Combine Principles and Pragmatism? (A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt)")
April 2007 Spotlight on The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars "Leadership and Tradition: The National Political Convention Programs" Lean Systems in the Healthcare Industry
March 2007 Interview with editors (Georgia Sorenson and George Goethals) of and contributors (Richard Couto and Thomas Wren) to The Quest for a General Theory of Leadership (ILA Members, Download Introduction and Chapter 1:"A Quest for a Grand Theory of Leadership"); Spotlight on ILA Institutional Member Cal/Neva Community Action Partnership; Guidelines for Leadership Education Programs LC CFP; article "The Story of Leadership: The Uses of Literary Imagination"
February 2007 Interview with Lois Zachary, author of Creating a Mentoring Culture: The Organization's Guide (ILA Members, Download Introduction and Part One: "Taking Stock, Mentoring’s Foundation" & Chapter 1: "Mentoring, Embedded in the Culture"); Spotlight on ILA Institutional Member University of Wollongong's Centre for Student Development; The Ins and Outs of ILA Proposal Reviewing; and more!
December 2006/
  January 2007
Interview with Stephen Denning, author of The Leader's Guide to Storytelling (ILA Members, Download Introduction and Chapter One: "Telling The Right Story"); Spotlight on ILA Institutional Member Renaissance College; Learning Community Updates: Leadership & Complexity and, Leadership & Creativity; and more!
November 2006 Interview with D. Michael Lindsay on his Jablin Award Winning Dissertation, "Faith in the Corridors of Power." (ILA Members, Download this Conference Paper); Spotlight on ILA institutional member, Antioch University's Ph.D. Program in Leadership & Change; and more!
September/
  October 2006
Interview with Dan Cherry and Jeff Spiegel on Leadership, Myth, & Metaphor: Finding Common Ground to Guide Effective School Change (ILA Members, Chapter 2:"The Advocate: Proponent of a Cause Beyond Oneself"); Spotlight on National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs.
August 2006 Interview with Mark Gerzon on Leading Through Conflict (ILA Members, Download Chapter 3: "The Mediator"); Board Corner "On Becoming an Optimal 21st Century Organization," Spotlight on Christopher Newport University: CNU is on the Move with Leadership Studies!
June/July 2006 Interview with Harsh Verma on The Avatar of Leadership (ILA Members, Download Chapter 1: "Toward an Indian Model of Leadership" & Chapter 4: Lessons in Leadership from the Strategies of Rama"); President's Corner "Past Forward."
April/May 2006 Interview with Robert and Janet Denhardt on The Dance of Leadership (ILA Members, Download Preface, Chapter 1: "Exploring the Art of Leadership", and Chapter 3: "Leading From Within"); Interview with keynoters from ILA '06.
March 2006 Interview with Ron Riggio on the 2nd Edition of Transformational Leadership (ILA Members, Download Chapter 2: "The Measurement of Transformational Leadership" and Chapter 5: "Stress and Transformational Leadership"); "Crossroads on the Organization Superhighway," Top 100 Leadership Books?!
February 2006 Interview with Koen Becking and Nikol Hopman on their book Excellent Public Leadership (ILA Members, Download Chapter 3: "European Leadership"); Board Corner by Gill Robinson Hickman on "A Sense of 'Place' for the Study, Teaching, and Practice of Leadership"; Spotlight on Kiwanis Key Leader.
January 2006 Interview with Clint Sidle on The Leadership Wheel (ILA Members, Download Introduction);  snapshot of a 2005 conference workshop.
December 2005 Interview with Sharon Daloz Parks on Leadership Can Be Taught (ILA Members, Download Chapter 3: "European Leadership"); Interview with 2005 Jablin Award winner; Spotlight on the Leadership Trust.
October 2005 Interview with Terry Price on Understanding Ethical Failures in Leadership; Article on "Leadership Lessons from Hurricane Katrina"; Spotlight on ILA Member Fox Leadership Program; Article on "Emergent Leadership Networks in the U.S. Army".
September 2005 Interview with E. Ted Prince on the 3 Financial Styles of Very Successful Leaders; Article on "Selective Sample Bias and Taking the Fizz Out of Fads"; Spotlight on ILA Member Omicron Delta Kappa; and more!
August 2005 ILA Latin America Chapter Meeting, Spotlight on Center for Creative Leadership, Featured Publication - Clearings In The Forest by Nathan Harter, Spotlight on Statewide Parent Advocacy Network.
July 2005 Information about Amsterdam Pre-Conference Workshops, Interview with Nancy Stanford-Blair, author, with Michael Dickmann, of Leading Coherently, Spotlight on Instituto de Liderazgo - Spain.
June 2005 Madrid Leadership Forum, Important Conference Details, Board Corner - Is Leadership a Discipline, ILA Announces BLB 2005 Selection, Spotlight on Colorado State University - Pueblo, Meet ILA Intern.
May 2005 ILA Announces 2005 Keynote Speakers, Associate Director Corner, Spotlight on Unilever, Conference Hotel Recommendations in Amsterdam, Meet ILA Intern.
April 2005 Article from Susan Lieberman on Learning to Listen, Interview with Adel Safty, author of Leadership and Democracy, Spotlight on Leadership Learning Community, and more!
March 2005 Interview with John Antonakis on The Nature of Leadership, Passport and Visa tips for travel to ILA 2005 in Amsterdam, ILA Global Learning Communities, Welcome to ILA's new board members, Spotlight on LJR Group, Inc, and more!
February 2005 Interview with George Graen on New Frontiers of Leadership, An Amsterdam Travelogue by Shelly Wilsey, Spotlight on ILA Member Ron Harrigan, ILA CD-Rom sponsors, and more!
January 2005 Interview with James MacGregor Burns, Interview with Barbara Kellerman on Bad Leadership, Announcing New ILA Member Dues Structure, Spotlight on Zayed University, and more!
November 2004 Interview with Jean Lipman Blumen on Toxic Leaders, Announcing New ILA Member Directory, Conference Updates, Article on ILA-Exchange, and more!
September 2004 Interview with Mark Clarence Walker on the Strategic Use of Referendums, Spotlight on ILA Member Simone de Beauvoir Leadership Institute & ILA Member the McDonough Center, Conference Updates, and more!
July 2004 Article, "ILA Spawns Vital Contacts, Linking Leaders Across Borders," ILA-Europe Updates, Conference Updates, and more!
May 2004 Interview with Douglas Hicks on Religion and the Workplace, Interview with Bernice Ledbetter on Reviewing Leadership: A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches, article on ILA members graduating in 2004, Spotlight on ILA Members, and more!
March 2004 Behind the Scenes of The Leadership Spectrum by Mary Burner Lippitt, Interview with Michael Genovese on the Paradoxes of the American Presidency, Spotlight on ILA Members, ILA-Europe update, and more!
January 2004 Behind the Scenes with Dean Pielstick and Authentic Leading, Spotlight on ILA Members, article on "A First Timers Perspective on ILA 2003 in Guadalajara," and more!
October 2003 Welcome to the Member Connector!