Leader to Leader marks 30 years with new section for young leaders

Leader to Leader is celebrating its 30th anniversary by launching Bright Future: Viewpoints from Tomorrow’s Leaders, a new section for contributors about 30 and younger. The move expands the journal’s focus on leadership challenges, including artificial intelligence and cross-sector change, while inviting new voices into the conversation.

Why it matters: - Leader to Leader is using its 30th anniversary to broaden its platform to younger leaders who are shaping management, education and business now. - The new section is designed to surface fresh views on leadership, artificial intelligence and changing workplace expectations. - The launch extends Frances Hesselbein’s long-running push to bring younger generations into leadership conversations early.

What happened: - Leader to Leader launched Bright Future: Viewpoints from Tomorrow’s Leaders as part of its 30th anniversary celebration. - The journal was founded in 1996 by Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Frances Hesselbein. - The publication describes itself as a 19-time APEX Award-winning journal. - Bright Future is open to contributors approximately 30 and younger.

The details: - Leader to Leader says the journal gives readers insight into opportunities and challenges facing leaders, executives, educators and thought leaders across sectors. - The Bright Future section is meant to give younger leaders space to share views on the current environment, the impact of artificial intelligence, what leaders need today and how they are leading now. - Hesselbein previously wrote about Millennials and Generation Z in her Leader to Leader column. - Hesselbein urged leaders to seek out younger generations’ contributions and said of Generation Z that she could only think their futures would be bright. - The new section has already featured Shanthi Bhaskar, an undergraduate student at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Computational Biology. - Bhaskar wrote “Leading Through Growth, Not Perfection” about becoming comfortable speaking to a crowd and volunteering at a government school in Tamil Nadu, India. - The section has also featured Julia Jones, a marketing analyst at the Los Angeles Times. - Jones wrote “Reframing Leadership: The Connected Way Forward” about how inclusion and connection shaped her career and daily leadership. - Leader to Leader is seeking more contributions from young leaders for future issues. - Suggested topics include growing up in a virtual world, leadership experience on a project, a personal definition of leadership, today’s challenges and solutions, leadership insights for other sectors and past leaders who have influenced contributors. - The publication is inviting readers to share the opportunity with young leaders in their networks. - Contribution guidelines are available here. - The release also lists Sarah R McArthur of Leader to Leader Institute and includes social links for LinkedIn, Instagram and the website.

Between the lines: - The anniversary launch signals an editorial bet that leadership coverage is more valuable when it includes emerging voices, not just established executives. - The focus on AI and a virtual upbringing suggests Leader to Leader wants the section to reflect how leadership is changing for a generation that grew up with digital tools. - Highlighting student and early-career contributors helps position the section as a pipeline for future leadership talent, not just a commentary forum.

What's next: - Leader to Leader plans to keep publishing Bright Future contributions in future issues. - The journal is actively recruiting young leaders for upcoming editions. - Readers are being asked to pass the opportunity along to younger people in their networks.