We are International Leadership Associates, a Cincinnati-based leadership education and consulting firm. We specialize in building enduring relationships with clients, focusing on helping them resolve the ever-changing problems they face as a business or institution. We help them develop more and better leaders, build stronger more productive teams, embrace and capitalize on change, and stimulate more innovative thinking and implementation. We are frequently cited as being a great partner. The foundation of our leadership work comes from the three decades of original research by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, authors of the award winning, million seller book, The Leadership Challenge.. ILA is the premier provider of The Leadership Challenge(R) Workshop, and has more experience with it than anyone, but the authors themselves. We know that leadership makes a difference and that people can learn to becomr more effective leaders.