Leadership Summit 2009
Speaker Lineup
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Bill Hybels is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL, and the chairman of the board for the Willow Creek Association. He convened The Leadership Summit in 1995, following a God-given prompting to help raise and develop the spiritual gift of leadership for the local church. Both visionary and passionate about seeing every local church reach its full God-given potential, he speaks around the world on strategic issues to Christian leaders and is a best-selling author of more than 20 books, including Courageous Leadership and Axiom: The Language of Leadership. Willow Creek Community Church Message Summit Session Highlights |
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Tony Blair served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007 and is one of Great Britain 's most internationally recognized statesmen. During his tenure he helped transform Britain 's public services in education and health care and is widely credited for his contribution towards assisting the Northern Ireland Peace Process. He continues to be active in public life today, working as a key leader in the international community's efforts to secure peace in the Middle East. He also advocates on issues of personal interest, including Africa and climate change. In 2008, he launched the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, which promotes understanding between the major faiths and increases understanding of the role of faith in the modern world. |
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Dr. Henry Cloud is a clinical psychologist, best-selling author, and business consultant with unique insights on relational dynamics in organizations. He is the co-founder and co-director of Cloud-Townsend, Inc.
Cloud on Communication One Life Solution Secret Things of God |
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Carly Fiorina is the former Chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard. She was the first woman to head a Dow 30 company and was named "The Most Powerful Woman in Business" by Fortune for six years in a row. Leadership and Capability 60 Minutes Interview Fear & Change |
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Dr. David Ireland is senior pastor of Christ Church in Montclair, NJ, a 6000 member multi-ethnic congregation which he founded in 1986. The author of several books, he holds a PhD in Organizational Leadership. Joseph in Appointment Joseph in Training Testimony of The Leadership Summit |
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Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, Inc., a specialized management-consulting firm focused on organizational health. He is the author of six best-selling books, including Death by Meeting. Table Group Video Patrick Lencioni Video The Five Dysfunctions of a Team |
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Gary Hamel was ranked as the #1 Business Thinker of 2008 by The Wall Street Journal and called "the world's leading expert on business strategy" by Fortune . An author, speaker, professor, and innovative management consultant, he is most widely known for originating concepts such as "strategic intent" and "core competencies." The founder of Strategos, a worldwide strategic consulting company, his vision for the workplace revolves around releasing human potential and creativity. Hamel will address the paradigm shift needed to fully engage the potential of people and explain how tomorrow's most successful companies will be organized. He is the author of Leading the Revolution and The Future of Management. Reinvention of Management Continuous Management Innovation Fortune's Innovation Conference |
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Called a "C.S. Lewis for the 21st century" by Newsweek , Dr. Timothy Keller is founder and pastor of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. Over the past 20 years, the church has grown to three sites, with weekly attendance of 6,000. Named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Churches in America, Keller's ministry is notable not only for winning over New Yorkers who are skeptical to faith, but also for its missional approach, planting more than 100 churches through the Redeemer Church Planting Center. Author of The Reason for God and The Prodigal God , he will talk about understanding and leading people with different moral temperaments in the church. |
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Jessica Jackley is co-founder of Kiva.org, the world's first peer-to-peer online micro-lending website. Kiva.org allows internet users to lend as little as $25 to entrepreneurs in the developing world, providing affordable capital to start or expand a small business. In just three years Kiva has helped raise over $61 million and connected thousands of people across 120 countries. A graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Jackley's work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Today Show . She brings a fresh perspective on the personal nature of giving and how new generation leaders can innovate through technology.
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One of the country's most gifted and inspiring communicators, Harvey Carey is founder and senior pastor of the Citadel of Faith Covenant Church, a congregation of 650 in Detroit, MI. Located in one of the poorest zip codes in America, Carey's church was identified as one of the top churches in growing people spiritually by the new REVEAL research. A former youth pastor at a large inner-city church in Chicago, Carey has trained and led ministry teams in preaching the gospel in housing projects, shopping malls, and public schools in urban areas across the country. He brings deep insights on how to encourage your people to grow, even in tough circumstances. |
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Dave Gibbons is the founding pastor of Newsong Church, a multi-generational, multi-ethnic, multi-continental, multi-site church in Irvine, CA, named as one of the most innovative churches in America by Outreach Magazine . Gibbons also leads the Newsong Global Alliance, a catalytic church organization with expanding, worldwide reach into Asia, Central America, and Europe. The author of The Monkey and the Fish , Gibbons is a vision-oriented leader known for his insightful thinking on the future of the church. He brings expertise on “Third Culture” leadership and the top skills and experiences every leader will need to reach our global culture with the gospel. |
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Editor-at-large at U.S. News & World Report and political analyst for CNN and PBS, |
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Bono is the lead singer of Irish rock band U2, which has sold more than 140 million albums and won numerous awards, including 22 Grammys. A well-known activist in the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa, he co-founded DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) in 2002, The One Campaign in 2004, and Product (RED) in 2006, and was named TIME's Person of the Year for 2005. Interviewed for the Summit in 2006, he challenged church leaders to mobilize against the ravages of global AIDS and poverty. Be a part of the continuing story, as Bono talks about the church's inspiring response and about his continuing life journey as a "single issue protagonist." |
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New generation leaders Dan Heath and Chip Heath are columnists for Fast Company Magazine and the authors of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek bestseller. At the Summit, they'll be interviewed by Craig Groeschel, pastor and founder of LifeChurch.tv, for an exclusive look at their brand new 2010 book release, Switch. Dan and Chip will be answering questions on how leaders can be positive influencers during times of transition, how to create momentum, and how to persevere when change is hard. Today Show Interview Make Your Ideas Stick Collaborative Innovation Summit Business Week Interview |
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Dr. Wess Stafford, President of Compassion International, is an internationally recognized advocate for children in poverty. Founded in 1952, Compassion is one of the world's largest Christian child development agencies, partnering with more than 65 denominations and thousands of local churches in order to serve more than one million children in 24 countries. Though he's earned degrees from Moody Bible Institute, Biola University, Wheaton College, and Michigan State University, his life experiences are what have uniquely prepared him for his role at Compassion International. He is the author of To Small to Ignore; Why Children Are the Next Big Thing. Child Advocacy Video Child Poverty Video Forgiveness Video |
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Andrew Rugasira is the Founder and CEO of Good African Coffee, an African-based social enterprise that brings quality coffees to the global market. Prior to founding Good African Coffee, Andrew was the CEO of VR Promotions, Ltd., Uganda's leading promotions and events management company, which was featured in president Bill Clinton's 1998 tour of Africa. Andrew was nominated the Young Global Leader 2007 by the World Economic Forum and remains an established leader in economic development. He graduated with honors from the University of London, and lives in Kampala, Uganda, with his wife Jacqueline and their children. Read article in British newspaper The Observer Good Man Video |
