Newsletter - Interface

Interface. The name evokes those spaces and boundaries where our work reaches out and touches another’s - where theory and practice meet, shake hands, and learn from one another. It honors the fact that the ILA’s membership includes people located in many, and often multiple, independent systems who all Interface in the ILA around their commitment to foster better leadership worldwide. Distributed once or twice a month, Interface shares articles highlighting association news and work being done by other ILA members. 

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Field Reports
The ILA newsletter's Field Reports column dives into the work of ILA members, sharing new knowledge and actionable nuggets of wisdom. Have an idea for a column? Contact Debra DeRuyver at dderuyver@theILA.org.
  

Is Chaos a Gift?

In their provocative new book, ILA members Andrew Campbell and Ebben Van Zyl ask: Is Chaos a Gift? In this ILA Field Report, they walk us through some of the ways that leaders can view the outcomes and lessons learned while leading in VUCA environments as a gift.

View the Field Reports Archive or explore past issues of Interface.

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PAUSE for Pedagogy
Edited by Dan Jenkins and Lisa Endersby, each article adds to readers' pedagogical toolboxes and is accompanied by a video interview.
  

A Pandemic-Sized Opportunity to Lead Through Change

What would you do if your business relied on in-person pitches, which overnight became impossible? In this PAUSE for Pedagogy, Chris McManus, Strategy and Consulting Lead for the SOUTH Market Unit at Accenture, and Jon Newsome, Chief Storytelling Officer at Presentation Partners, share a behind the scenes look at Accenture's pitch pivot during the pandemic and how their partnership with Presentation Partners eliminated "death by PowerPoint" by training senior leaders to develop a narrative driven story and deliver it effectively in a virtual presentation.

View the PAUSE for Pedagogy Archive  or visit past issues of Interface for more.

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Grassroots Leadership & the Arts for Social Change
Each month, column editor Susan J. Erenrich introduces readers to the work of artists leading grassroots movements of protest, resistance, and liberation. Columns are frequently accompanied by podcasts from Erenrich's weekly radio show Wasn't That A Time: Stories & Songs That Moved The Nation. Listen on-demand or live every Friday from 1:00 - 2:00 PM Eastern time at WERA.FM.
  

From Woodstock to Kent State

This month's Grassroots Leadership & the Arts for Social Change Corner shares stories from people who attended the 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair and who then witnessed or were directly impacted by the 1970 Kent State University shootings when the Ohio National Guard shot into a crowd of students, killing four. As a social movement history documentarian, Erenrich "uses the arts for social change to tell stories about transformational leadership, resilience, and societal shifts as a result of mobilization efforts by ordinary citizens."

View the Grassroots Leadership Archive or explore past issues of Interface.

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Global & Culturally Diverse Leadership in the 21st Century
Each month, column editors Jean Lau Chin and Joseph E. Trimble explore culturally diverse leadership. They will share research findings from a network of international leadership scholars, contribute to understanding successful leadership in unique cultural settings, and capture the effectiveness diverse leadership can have in the world at large.
  

Lessons and Virtues of Reluctant Leadership

This month's Global & Culturally Diverse Leadership column falls squarely at the intersection of practice and theory. In part one, College President Dr. Christopher Ames reflects on his overnight transition from English Professor to full-time "untrained" college administrator and the leadership lessons he accrued along the way. Then, in their epilogue, "Reflections on The Lessons and Virtues of Reluctant Leadership" column editors Dr. Antonio Jimenez Luque, Dr. Gayle Skawen:nio Morse, and Dr. Joseph E. Trimble discuss the theory and research behind highly skilled reluctant leaders like Ames.

View the Global & Culturally Diverse Archive or explore past issues of Interface.

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Featured Author Interviews
Go behind-the-pages of the latest leadership books with these featured author interviews.
  

Ethical Leadership: A Primer

JoAnn Barbour interviews editors Robert McManus, Alexandra Perry, and Stan Ward on their ethics textbook for leadership scholars and practitioners. This wide-ranging interview covers behind-the-page tips on creating an edited text book as well as the book's structure and content, which presents basic ethical theories within a leadership context

View Complete Interview Archive or explore past issues of Interface for more.

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Exploring Leadership
Join host Kathryn Goldman Schuyler for these video interviews as she talks with leaders whose creativity, depth, and vision bring leadership to life.
  

Exploring Leadership - A Conversation With Rhonda Magee

In this episode of Exploring Leadership, Kathryn Goldman Schuyler interviews Rhonda V. Magee, Professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law and author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming our Communities Through Mindfulness. Rhonda Magee is among a small number of thought leaders who have been powerfully speaking out about how mindfulness and other contemplative practices need to be part of leadership development and part of all professional development.

View the Exploring Leadership Archive  or explore past issues of Interface for more.