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Miami,
Florida, USA, November 1-4, 2001
Despite
the tragic events of September 11 and their aftermath, registration
for the ILA annual conference slightly surpassed past years.
Three hundred people who research, study and practice leadership
traveled to Miami with the shared understanding that the work
we all do in the study and practice of leadership-- international
leadership-- is all the more important during these uncertain
times. While the conference did not have an official theme,
“Leadership in Times of Crises” was certainly one theme that emerged
from the conference.
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- Held
on Thursday, November 1 from 1-4 pm, this was the first year
ILA offered intensive pre-conference workshops.
- Facilitated
by recognized experts, these sessions provided tools and models
for participants to improve their skills and effectiveness on
the job.
This pre-conference session provided
leadership scholars with the opportunity to interact with other
scholars, practitioners and educators on topics related to their
research. These informal discussions took place concurrently,
and there was an opportunity for session participants to join
two roundtables during the course of the afternoon.
Facilitated by Kathleen
E. Allen, University of St. Thomas and Michael
Jones, Pianoscapes, Canada
The
World Knowledge Café is a method of creating questions that lead
to the creation of collective knowledge. After a brief explanation
of the process, Kathleen Allen and Michael Jones asked the group
the question “What are the important leadership questions
in times like this?" Participants silently reflected
on this question and as Jones shared his music they wrote down
additional questions. Then, each person shared their questions
with the others at their table and the group then jointly developed
a summary question. One person stayed to host the table,
while everyone else moved to another table for another round.
Click
to view full-size images of World Knowledge Café participants
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Conference
participants talk with Keynote presenter Margaret Wheatley
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Margaret Wheatley is president of the Berkana
Institute, a charitable global foundation. She has been a consultant
for a variety of organizations on five continents, ranging from
Fortune 500 corporations and the U.S. Army to religious orders
and the Girl Scouts. Wheatley is the author of Leadership
and the New Science and,
with Myron Kellner-Rogers, A
Simpler Way, as well as numerous articles on management
and self-organization.
Robert J. House, The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania
 GLOBE
is a multi-phase, multi-method project in which investigators
spanning the world are examining the interrelationships between
societal culture, organizational culture, and organizational leadership.
Approximately 170 social scientists and management scholars from
61 cultures/countries representing all major regions throughout
the world were engaged in this long-term programmatic series of
cross-cultural leadership studies. Dr. House shared the
major highlights from this groundbreaking international project.
Gamaliel Perruci, McDonough
Center for Leadership and Business,
Marietta
College; Jean Lipman-Blumen,
Drucker
Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University;
Hugh O’Doherty, Center
for Public leadership,
Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard University
The panelists
presented their research findings and personal insights concerning
leadership in times of crisis. After these opening remarks,
conference participants held small group discussions. The conference
weaver, Judy Sorum Brown circulated between the tables and made
summary remarks to conclude the session.
Participants chose from more than fifty concurrent sessions including workshops,
panels, paper presentations and roundtable discussions.
Larraine
Matusak, ILA
board member and conference chair, presented the ILA Distinguished
Service Award to the Fire Department of New York. The award
was accepted by Stephan Hittman, Executive Director, Office of
Fire and Life Safety, FDNY. This marked the first time the
award was bestowed to an ILA member.
THE
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION Distinguished Service
Award Presented to the Fire
Department, City of New York in recognition of and appreciation
for your courageous actions in the face of unprecedented terror
attack. Your leadership in the line of duty,
September
11 and all days before and since. Your inspirational example,
showing millions worldwide what it truly means to put service
to others, service to community, and service to country first.
Bestowed this 3rd Day of November, 2001, on the occasion of
the International Leadership Association Annual Conference,
Miami, Florida, United States |
Judy Sorum Brown,
poet/leadership educator and
Michael Jones, Pianoscapes, Canada.
Judy Sorum Brown served in the
role of conference weaver; she shared her reflections on the experiences
and knowledge gained by participants throughout the conference.
To close the conference, Michael
Jones posed several questions- "What is it that calls us
into life? How do we live - and lead -without a script? Where
do we go to find beauty and inspiration? What are those gifts
and vocation that are natural to our true selves? How do
we find an authenticity in our own voice? What would it mean to
live - not only a 'successful' - but a gifted and artful life?"
and then while participants reflected on these questions, he shared
several beautiful original piano compositions.
The
tone of the conference was simultaneously light, friendly, and
seriously professional.-- Edward
Hampton.
Good
mix of scholarship/practice. Also, very reflective, good
space in which to work.--Emily
Perl.
As
a practitioner in the field of OD, I was looking for a conference
that would compliment and help me integrate my non-profit leadership
experience, my professional practice, and my need to know more
about what research is occurring in the field. The ILA conference
was an ideal setting and a great experience. - -Amy Taylor
It
provided me an opportunity to make great contacts with others
doing dissimilar work. Getting the opportunity to hear Meg Wheatley
speak and meet authors of research and writings (e.g. Bernard
Bass) I have read and studied was very exciting and motivating.
I was also delighted to have a participant list for follow up
contacts. -- Johanna Adams
The
connections I have made, the learning that has taken place,
and the new ideas that have been generated are priceless.
Highlights this year: conferences weaving that took place
(creative, courageous, impactful), The director’s introduction
(sensitive, inclusive, and just right!) and the presentation
of the annual award (absolutely appropriate and so moving).
- -Laurie Schnarr
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