Ira Chaleff

Ira Chaleff is the founder and former president of Executive Coaching & Consulting Associates and chairman emeritus of the Congressional Management Foundation in Washington, DC, a non-partisan organization helping elected officials on both sides of the aisle better serve their constituents. He is the founder of the Followership Learning Community of the International Leadership Association and a past two-term board member of the ILA. He has been named one of the 100 “Best Minds on Leadership” by Leadership Excellence magazine. His classic book, The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and For Our Leaders is in its third edition and has been translated into many languages. It has been an inspiration for those in the burgeoning Followership movement that now complement many leadership programs. He also authored the award-winning book, Intelligent Disobedience: Doing Right When What You're Told To Do Is Wrong, co-edited the Wiley book “The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Make Great Leaders and Organizations, and curated the coffee table book, A Celebration of Followership, which documents the widespread adoption of Followership principles and studies. He lives with his family in Huntly, Virginia.