Business Leadership Member Interest Group Meeting 31 October, 2014 Amber Lineback, Chair Jennifer Moss Breen, Chair Elect 16 th International Leadership Association, October – November 2014 San Diego, CA, USA

Agenda for this meeting  Welcome and Introductions  Overview of  mission and  conference activities: labyrinth  Introduction of incoming Chair  grow the MIG  engage business community  draw outstanding presentations for 2015 conference  make MIG valuable to members between conferences  Brainstorm ways to accomplish these goals and offer others  How to get involved in fund-raising/business engagement  Close

Business Leadership MIG Mission To provide a relevant, respected and compelling experience in the ILA for established and aspiring business leaders and those who support leadership development and are committed to the success of the business sector including university faculty, consultants, trainers, practitioners, students and scholars. These key stakeholders can benefit from and enrich the ILA experience through cross-disciplinary collaboration, program development and networking.

Received 31 submissions 45 Volunteer reviewers All submissions were reviewed by 3 reviewers Final review, ranking and selection took place April Accepted 10 individual presentations, 5 roundtables and 6 poster presentations Final selection based on: Scholarship Quality, Practical Application Value, Skills Building, and Relevance to Business Leadership Mission

Total BL MIG Members: 970 Percentage of ILA Members: 37% (970/2627) Community members in San Diego: 350 Community countries in San Diego: 20 Non-US BL individuals in San Diego: 50

Clear and simple titles and understandable content Real conversation rather than talking heads or PowerPoint presentations If PowerPoint, light on text, no scripted talk, no bullet points, minimal but pertinent info Good storytelling (“Think TED talks”) Ability to connect with the audience, uses active listening Practical content usable in a business context, concrete examples, ROI relevant Bridging research and practice Action/solution oriented – WIIFM, results/financial impacts. use of metrics Uses terms relevant to business (words like “divisions, business units, employees, directors”, etc.) Sequence: find a problem, apply theory, show relation of theory to that problem, alternative theory that might also apply, possible solutions, how to implement solution(s), next steps The language of leadership = the language of business: authentic, consistent, transparent, visionary, courageous, inclusive common sense with humor, humility, content in perspective Entertaining, upbeat, charismatic

Have an extra dinner/lunch for business leaders where they can go deep into biz leadership. Focus on leadership issues within businesses rather than focus on “business leaders” which assumes a positional construct. Seems to be a tension between academic and business focus for the ILA – maybe doesn’t need to be “or” but to further the science and understanding of leadership. And this would be a rich topic for a panel discussion/keynote.

Goals for  Meaningful engagement for MIG members  Continue to engage business community around relevant leadership issues for them  Produce outstanding presentations for 2014 conference  Level of between-conference interest?  Discuss ways to accomplish these goals.  Ways to get involved  be a reviewer  propose a session for 2014  invite business leaders to present around relevant issues

Next year in Barcelona! 17 th ILA Oct 14 – 17, 2015 Conference Theme: Leading Across Borders and Generations  Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to: o Contexts (e.g. sector, community, geography) o Social Justice Issues (e.g. poverty, sustainability, conflict transformation) o Difference (e.g. race, ethnicity, gender, generation, rural/urban) o Skills/Techniques (e.g. dialogue, participatory processes, overcoming inner and outer barriers) o Worldviews (e.g. spiritual, political, social) o Solutions/Innovations/Problem-Solving Business Leadership Keywords: Ethics, Corporate Governance, Social identity, Shifting contexts, teams (distal, virtual, intercultural), Bridge leadership, Multiple stakeholders)

Thank you ….