Past Years’ Speaker Line-up

We have had some of the world’s foremost leadership experts and communicators contribute to the Global Leadership Summit (GLS) over the years. Below is a list of speakers who have graced the GLS platform.

2009

• Bill Hybels (Founder and Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church) —“Leading in a New Reality”
• David Gergen interview (Political Analyst, CNN & PBS, Former White House Advisor to Four Presidents) —“Eyewitness to Power”
• Jessica Jackley interview (Co-founder of Kiva.org, the world’s first peer-to-peer mircolending web site) —“The KIVA Story”
• Dave Gibbons (Founder and Lead Pastor of Newsong Church, California) – “Third Culture Leadership”
• Tim Keller (Founder and Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York) – “Leading People to the Prodigal God”
• Chip and Dan Heath interview (Chip Heath, Author, Consultant and Professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Dan Heath, Author, Consultant and Co-founder of Thinkwell) —“ Switch”
• T.D. Jakes (Founder and Senior Pastor of The Potter’s House Church, Texas) – “Exceptional Leadership”
• Wess Stafford (President and CEO of Compassion International) – “Leveraging Your Past”
• Harvey Carey (Founder and Senior Pastor of Citadel of Faith Covenant Church, Michigan) – “Against All Odds”

2008

• Bill Hybels (Founder and Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church) —“The High Drama of Decision-Making”; “Relentless”
• Gary Haugen (CEO and Founder of the International Justice Mission) – “Just Courage: Charging in the Darkness”
• Brad Anderson interveiw (Vice Chairman and CEO of Best Buy, Inc.) -“An Uncompromising Focus on People”
• Efrem Smith (Senior Pastor of The Sanctuary Covenant Church, Minnesota) – “Leading in New Cultural Realities”
• Craig Groeschel (Senior Pastor of LifeChurch.tv) – “How Leaders Can Get IT and Keep IT”
• Bill George (Professor, Harvard Business School, Former CEO, Medtronics) – “Finding Your True North”
• Catherine Rohr (Entrepreneur & Founder of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program) -“Risk-Taking, Barrier-Breaking”

2007

• Bill Hybels, (Founder and Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church) -“Vision to Die For”; “Whatever You Do, Inspire Me!”
• Carly Fiorina interview (President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005 ) – “Tough Choices”
• Richard Curtis interview (Screenwriter, Co-founder of the Make Poverty History campaign and the Live 8 concerts and founder of Comic Relief UK) – “Living for the Greater Good”
• John Ortberg (Author, Speaker and Senior Pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California) – “A Leader’s Greatest Fear”
• Markus Buckingham (Consultant, Speaker, and Best-selling Author) – “Go Put Your Strengths to Work”
• Jimmy Carter interview (President of the United States of America from 1977 to 1981 and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002) -“Building Humanity”
• Colin Powell interview (United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005) – “Leading at the Highest Level”

2006

• Bill Hybels (Founder and Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church) —“ Life Cycle of a Leader”; “The Power of Clarity”
• James Meeks (Senior Pastor, Salem Baptist Church, Chicago) —“Enemies of a Growing Church”
• Andy Stanley (Senior Pastor of North Point Community Church, Atlanta) —“Focused Leadership”
• Peg Neuhauser (President, PCN Associates) -“Tribal Warfare”
• Ashish Nanda interview (Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School)—“Risky Business of Hiring Stars”
• Jim Collins interview (Management Expert and Best-Selling Author of Good to Great) —“When Business Thinking Fails the Church”
• Patrick Lencioni (Founder and President of The Table Group, Inc.) —“Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars”
• Wayne Cordeiro (Senior Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship, Honolulu) —“Dead Leader Running”