Field Reports
Robert Wilson: An Artist and A Leader
12 April 2018
What can artists who lead in their artistic spaces teach us about the phenomenon of leadership in general? This field note explores the life and artistic leadership of Robert Wilson, a visual artist, director and producer of world acclaimed plays and operas, and the founder and artistic director of The Watermill Center. The authors had the pleasure of meeting Wilson and touring the center last year. Read the article and watch the accompanying videos!
From Darkness to Light: Hope for Leadership for Asian Women
14 December 2017
Yonjoo Cho and Gary N. McLean discuss the challenges and opportunities for the development of women's leadership in Asia. Based on their new book, Current Perspectives on Asian Women in Leadership, the two touch on the ways culture, religion, and other contexts impact female leadership in Asia and they share their own powerful vision for gender equality for men and women to pursue their passions, be they in the workplace or in the home.
Food Leadership: Leadership and Adult Learning for Global Food Systems Transformation
26 October 2017
What is food leadership? How are food activists, scholars, students, and practitioners already demonstrating, debating, and documenting leadership and learning in the context of global food systems transformation? Learn more in this fascinating article by Catherine Etmanski, which includes a free preview of her book Food Leadership.
Women, Religion, and Leadership: Female Saints as Unexpected Leaders
26 October 2017
Women who played significant roles within their religious contexts have historically been remade in the image of “saints” rather than leaders, sanctified for their piety, devotion, or martyrdom in place of the leadership actions they took for their peers, their communities, their cultures, and their peoples. Barbara Denison discusses her new book Women, Religion, and Leadership: Female Saints as Unexpected Leaders and asks: What happens if we consider the title "saint" as a metaphor for "leader" in these contexts?
One Kiss or Two? Tackling the Greetings Minefield
12 October 2017
Whether you're traveling to Brussels for ILA's 19th global conference or planning a business trip elsewhere, don't be caught wondering whether you should go in for the handshake, hug, or kiss. "Andy Scott – a well-travelled former diplomat, and no stranger to fumbled first contacts himself – goes down the rabbit hole to take a closer look at what greetings are all about."
Intentional Leadership: Getting to the Heart of the Matter
14 September 2017
Why is intentional leadership needed today? What are the four critical activities of intentional leadership? How can intentional leadership stop endless cycles of violence around the world? Stan Amaladas answers these questions, drawing on examples from his new book, Intentional Leadership: Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Engaging Men as Mentors for Women
1 June 2017
Why are companies unable to effectively increase the proportion of women in key leadership positions? David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson suggest that one key reason is that men don’t engage in the professional development and mentoring of women at work as they do for other men. Learn more about this phenomenon and eight practical strategies for increasing effective male mentorship of women.
Minding the Gaps: The Most Strategic Approach to Improve Society
26 January 2017
Did you know that leadership ability is a recognized area of giftedness by the U.S. Department of Education? What are leadership professionals doing to identify gifted K-16 students and meet their leadership development needs? Learn more in this Field Report from Alan E. Nelson.
*Articles in the Field Reports series prior to 2017 may be found in the Member Connector archive.*
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