Building Leadership Bridges

Beginning in 2005, Building Leadership Bridges morphed from a selection of talks from ILA's conference the previous year, to a refereed annual thematic volume of previously unpublished papers. 

The theme of 2008's volume is Global Leadership: Portraits of the Past, Visions for the Future. 
 

Leadership: Impact, Culture, and Sustainability (2007), a volume in the Building Leadership Bridges Series. Nancy S. Huber and Michael Harvey, Editors

"In keeping with the mission of the ILA, Leadership: Impact, Culture, and Sustainability seeks to integrate different experiences, traditions, and ways of thinking about leadership in the modern world.  It is both a privilege and a challenge to peruse the submitted articles and choose from among a number of worthy entries those to be included in this year's volume.  To enhance your reading, we begin with a weaver's commentary this year by invited author Barbara Mossberg.  Her piece is a clever integration of various concepts found in this volume around the broader theme of building bridges.  Inside you will discover topics that range from ethics to intuition, competition to communication, and a master's program to social enterprise and community development..." -- excerpt from Introduction by Huber and Harvey

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Leadership at the Crossroads (2006), a volume in the Building Leadership Bridges Series. Nancy S. Huber and Michael Harvey, Editors

"A crossroads is not a destination, but a moment in a journey representing a choice, a connection, or an intersection of ideas or cultures. In keeping with the tradition of ILA, this volume connects different experiences, traditions, and ways of thinking about leadership in the world.... What you will find inside represents the best contemporary thinking from a diverse range of practitioners and scholars, storytellers and educators who are active in the field of leadership around the world. You are invited to explore diverse perspectives from India, Portugal, Lithuania, New Brunswick, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Along the way, you will hear about leadership on the job, in the classroom, in the nonprofit sector, in sports, and in the health-related professions. The closing article is an invited piece by Suzanne Morse that takes leadership into the community...." -- excerpt from Introduction by Huber and Harvey

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Emergent Models of Global Leadership (2005), a volume in the Building Leadership Bridges Series. Nancy S. Huber and Mark C. Walker, Editors

"We all have a stake in sharing our knowledge as well as ideas for the creative application of leadership wisdom.  It is our belief that... [this volume] is an excellent step in that direction.  With nearly fifty submissions to choose from, we have selected an outstanding variety of articles that will be of interest to members from all of the Global Learning Communities within ILA. The authors hail from Europe, Russia, Australia, and the United States and discuss topics as diverse as shared leadership, ethics, charisma, the use of learning journals, social change, allophilia, strategic visioning, nonverbal communication, and deaf leadership.  It is an impressive array." -- excerpt from Introduction by Huber and Walker

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Prior to 2005, Building Leadership Bridges (2001-2004) was an annual print publication of the International Leadership Association which gathered the keynotes and a selection of peer-reviewed and edited conference papers from the previous year's conference. These exciting books offers the latest perspectives on leadership from leadership scholars, educators, professionals, public servants, and others.

Building Leadership Bridges 2004

Eds. Nancy S. Huber and J. Thomas Wren (International Leadership Association, 2004)

Three keynote speakers [from ILA 2003 in Guadalajara] offer perspectives from their presentations.  Leadership scholar Joanne Ciulla examines multidisciplinary approaches to ethics in leadership with a focus on the challenge of nepotism to ethical and competent leadership; community leader Luz Lajous Vargas speaks poignantly about working locally and internationally on global issues of concern to women and their families; and business leader Arjan Overwater recounts the journey of leadership development for Unilever's top management team.

Although it is impossible to incorporate a large number of the many thoughtful and relevant presentations from the conference, we hope you enjoy the pieces that are included here.  For example, you can read about "Leadership in Higher Education Institutions in Latin America" and compare it to "Strengths-Based Leadership Development in Lithuania."  Or consider "Leading for the Common Good in a Shared-Power World" alongside "Navigating Organizational Change."   -- Excerpt from Introduction

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Building Leadership Bridges 2003

Eds. Cynthia Cherrey, John Jacob Gardiner, and Nancy Huber (International Leadership Association, 2003) 

We know you will enjoy the variety of articles and perspectives it contains on leadership. In addition to ten cutting-edge essays, the volume contains the full-text of the three keynotes by Arun Ghandi, David Gergen, and Mary Robinson delivered at ILA's 2002 conference in Seattle, WA, USA.

Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and co-founder of the Center for Social Unity and the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence presents a strong case for, "Leadership and Nonviolence." David Gergen, author, political commentator, and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, asks some intriguing questions in, "Top-Down Leadership Revisited." Mary Robinson, the first female president of Ireland discusses her experiences and lessons learned in "Leadership: Doing It Differently." 

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Building Leadership Bridges 2002

Eds. Cynthia Cherrey, and Larraine R. Matusak (International Leadership Association, 2002)

"Each year the International Leadership Association (ILA) grows and evolves, displaying creative and exciting new ideas. This publication is evidence of this growth. It is our hope that it will make a powerful impact on leadership theory and practice worldwide. It reflects the finest work of scholars and practitioners who participated in the conference held in Miami, Florida, in November 2001.

This monograph contains Meg Wheatley's keynote address and other papers that were of particular interest to both scholars and practitioners.

The Miami conference was held just two months after the tragic events of September 11. The attack on the World Trade Center, where citizens from over sixty countries lost their lives, and the continuing conflict in many places around the world touch us all. These past and present global events serve as a critical reminder of the importance of the work that we all do in the study and practice of leadership--international leadership-- is all the more important during these uncertain times. The conference and this resulting publication give us the opportunity to contribute to the body of knowledge and practice of leadership and to ultimately influence global leadership."

-- Excerpt from "Introduction" by Cynthia Cherrey and
Larraine R. Matusak

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Building Leadership Bridges 2001

Eds. Cynthia Cherrey, Larraine R. Matusak, and Shelly Wilsey (International Leadership Association, 2001)

"With each new year, the International Leadership Association (ILA) grows and evolves, displaying creative and exciting new ideas. Building Leadership Bridges, 2001 is evidence of ILA's growth and maturity, and it is our hope that it will make a powerful impact on leadership theory and practice worldwide.

This monograph reflects the finest work of scholars and practitioners who participated in the ILA conference held in Toronto, Canada, in November 2000. In it, you'll find the keynote addresses and several other papers that were of particular interest to both scholars and practitioners. We sought to create a mix- a meeting of the minds between those who study leadership and those who practice it."

-- Excerpt from "Introduction" by Cynthia Cherrey and
Larraine R. Matusak

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