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Current Issue: June 2008

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Highlights include:

• April 2008 Interview with Ira Chaleff, Robert Kelley, and Jean Lipman-Blumen, editors and/or authors of The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations (ILA Members, Download the Intro and Chapter 1 "Rethinking Followership," by Robert Kelley); Director's Corner: "ILA '08 Conference Hotel Steeped in History and California Sun"; Spotlight on, "Limitless Leadership's New Internet Talk Radio Show"; Leadership Development article on, "Tri-Namics Coaching Triangle System;" and more!
• March 2008  ILA Announces April Webinar with Noel Tichy; Interview with Brad Jackson, author of A Very Short, Reasonably Cheap and Quite Interesting Book About Studying Leadership; Board Corner: "Join ILA's New Virtual Group on LinkedIn;" Spotlight on The Refinery Leadership Partners; ..and more
• February 2008  ILA Announces March Webinar with Author Steve Denning; Interview with Steve Olson, author of the award-winning, "The Ethics of Ken Blanchard's Theories of Situational and Servant Leadership" (ILA Members download this paper and/or a podcast of Steve's talk at ILA 2007 with Gill Hickman, Terry Price, and Craig Johnson); Staff Corner: "Member Intersections;" Spotlight on Azusa Pacific University; Followership Learning Community Launches...and more!
• January 2008  ILA Kicks Off 2008 Webinar Series with Author Barbara Kellerman; Interview with Alice Eagly and Linda Carli, authors of,  Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders (ILA Members download Chapter 9, "Do organizations Compromise Women's Leadership"); Board Corner: "The Courage to Lead" by Katherine Tyler Scott; Spotlight on Results Leadership Group; ...and more!
• November/December 2007  Photos! Photos! Photos! from ILA's 2007 Conference; Interview with Nicholas Longo, author of,  Why Community Matters: Connecting Education with Civic Life; Reflections from Vancouver, including participant thoughts, a report from the Business Leadership MIG, and the results of the student case competition; Board Corner: "Program Directors Unite at ILA!"; Spotlight on Trinity Western University; ...and more!
• October 2007  Special Cross Member Interest Group Piece: "Do We Really Have Anything in Common? A Primer on Collaborating in Vancouver."; Interview with Amal Henein and Francoise Morissette, authors of, Made in Canada Leadership: Wisdom from the Nation's Best and Brightest on Leadership Practice and Development (ILA Members download chapter 13, "Our National Leadership Brand,");  ILA Receives $100,000 to Support 2009 Global Conference in Europe; Board Corner: "ILA Saddened by Recent Leadership Losses;" ...and more!
• September 2007  Special Spotlight on the ILA Conference: Each Member Interest Group highlights what's new and of interest to their member constituents at this year's conference; Interview with Paul 't Hart, author of the award winning book, The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership Under Pressure (ILA members download chapter 1, "Crisis Management in Political Systems: Five Leadership Challenges" from this book; Special congratulations to ILA member D. Michael Lindsay whose new book, Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; Article: "Self-Defined Leadership: Looking Back to Effectively Lead Forward"; ...and more!
• August 2007 Interview with Kelly Hannum and Claire Reinelt, editors of Handbook of Leadership Development Evaluation (ILA members can download Chapter 12, "Evaluating Leadership Development for Social Change," from this book; Spotlight on University of Delaware; Board Corner: "ILA Branding: Marketing Who and What We Are"; Article: "Capitalizing of Multiple Disciplines"; ...and more!
• June/July 2007 Interview with Juana Bordas, author of Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age; Spotlight on Sponsors of our 2006 CD-ROM; Board Corner: "ILA Globetrotters Find Inspiration and Hope in South Korea and Ecuador"; "What's New in the Public Leadership MIG?"; ILA Salute to Graduates! ...and more!
• May 2007 Interview with Joseph Badaracco, JR, author of Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature; Spotlight on The Keck Initiative: "The W.M. Keck Foundation Grant Supports Experimental Leadership Education"; Board Corner: "1st World Café European Gathering"; "Impact, Culture, and Sustainability in the Business Leadership MIG" ...and more!
• April 2007 Interview with Bruce Avolio, author of The High Impact Leader; Board Corner: Leadership, Wealth and Power: Joel Fleishman’s The Foundation; Lean Systems in the Healthcare Industry; Spotlight on The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, "Leadership and Tradition: The National Political Convention Programs"; and more!
• 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; 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"; and more
• February 2007 Interview with Lois Zachary, author of Creating a Mentoring Culture: The Organization's Guide; Spotlight on ILA Institutional Member University of Wollongong's Centre for Student Development; The Ins and Outs of ILA Proposal Reviewing; and more!
• December '06/January '07 Interview with Stephen Denning, author of The Leader's Guide to Storytelling; 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."; Board Corner: Six New Board Members Bring Their Expertise and Energy to ILA!; Spotlight on ILA institutional member, Antioch University's Ph.D. Program in Leadership & Change; and more!
• Sep/Oct 2006 Interview with Dan Cherry and Jeff Spiegel on Leadership, Myth, & Metaphor: Finding Common Ground to Guide Effective School Change; Spotlight on National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs; Organizational updates on ILA 2007, Member Interest Groups, Learning Communities, and more!
• August 2006 Interview with Mark Gerzon on Leading Through Conflict, Board Corner "On Becoming an Optimal 21st Century Organization," Spotlight on Christopher Newport University: CNU is on the Move with Leadership Studies!, Member Minutes, and more!
• June/July 2006 Interview with Harsh Verma on The Dance of Leadership, President's Corner "Past Forward", Member Minutes, and more!
• April/May 2006 Interview with Robert and Janet Denhardt on The Dance of Leadership, Interview with keynoters from ILA '06, "The Future of ILA's Global Learning Communities: Potentials and Possibilities," the debut of Member Minutes, and more!
• March 2006 Interview with Ron Riggio on the 2nd Edition of Transformational Leadership, "Crossroads on the Organization Superhighway," Top 100 Leadership Books?!, and more!
• February 2006Interview with Koen Becking and Nikol Hopman on their book Excellent Public 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, and more!
• January 2006 Interview with Clint Sidle on The Leadership Wheel; Plans for the 2006 conference; article on panels-in-progress; snapshot of a 2005 conference workshop; new board member and GLC convenor-elects; and more!
• December 2005 -- Interview with Sharon Daloz Parks on Leadership Can Be Taught; Interview with 2005 Jablin Award winner; Spotlight on the Leadership Trust, and more!
• 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"; and more!
• 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 -- Includes: 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, Job Opportunities, and more!
• July 2005  -- Includes: Information about Amsterdam Pre-Conference Workshops, Interview with Nancy Stanford-Blair, author, with Michael Dickmann, of Leading Coherently, Spotlight on Instituto de Liderazgo - Spain, Invitation to take an Ad in the conference program book or become a conference sponsor, Calendar of upcoming Leadership Events, Job Opportunities, and more!
• June 2005 -- Includes: 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, Job Opportunities, and more!
• May 2005 -- Includes: ILA Announces 2005 Keynote Speakers, Associate Director Corner, Spotlight on Unilever, Conference Hotel Recommendations in Amsterdam, Meet ILA Intern, Job Opportunities and more!
• April 2005 -- Includes: 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  -- Includes: 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 -- Includes: 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  -- Includes: 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 -- Includes: Interview with Jean Lipman Blumen on Toxic Leaders, Announcing New ILA Member Directory, Conference Updates, Article on ILA-Exchange, and more!
• September 2004 -- Includes: 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 -- Includes: Article, "ILA Spawns Vital Contacts, Linking Leaders Across Borders," ILA-Europe Updates, Conference Updates, and more!
• May 2004 -- Includes: 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 -- Includes: 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  -- Includes: 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!

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