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True leaders have a vision of something better, something more; and they care about people enough to help them see that vision, too. Then they find a way to get there, together. That’s what leads to changed businesses, changed churches, changed communities, and changed lives. And that’s why we’re here.

The Global Leadership Summit (GLS) is the largest leadership experience in the world which partners with local churches, ministries, and organizations to help leaders to grow and become a catalyst for change. With the partnership of industry-leading experts representing ministry and marketplace, GLS will fuel inspiration, recharge your vision, and trigger intentional action to never stop learning!

Join us for the GLS23 Southern African Online Experience, where you will join other leaders like YOU!
  • 08:30-10:15 | Session 1: Craig Groeschel & Erin Meyer
  • 10:30-12:05 | Session 2: James Clear & Anita Elberse
  • 12:20-13:45 | Session 3: Erwin McManus & Ryan Leak
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    Craig Groeschel
    Founder & Senior Pastor, Life.Church; Best-Selling Author; Champion of the GLS
    Globally recognized as a leader of leaders, Craig Groeschel is the founder and senior pastor of Life.Church. Known for their missional approach to leveraging the latest technology, Life.Church facilitates online and in-person services across 40 campuses with a weekly attendance of over 85,000 people. Innovative creator of the YouVersion Bible App, which has more than half a billion downloads worldwide, Life.Church was instrumental in providing free tools to churches navigating virtual experiences in the wake of the global health pandemic in 2020. On behalf of The Global Leadership Summit, he advocates to build leaders in every sector of society. He is a New York Times best-selling author and the host of the top- ranked Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast.
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    Erin Meyer
    Professor, INSEAD | Best-selling Author
    rin Meyer is the co-author, with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, of the New York Times best-selling book and FT nominated best business book of 2020— No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention. She is also the author of The Culture Map and a professor at INSEAD. Her work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, and Forbes.com. In 2021, Erin was selected for the third time by Thinkers50 as one of the 50 most influential business thinkers in the world.
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    James Clear
    Founder, Habits Academy | Best-selling Author
    James Clear is one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation. His New York Times best-selling book, Atomic Habits, has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, has been translated into more than 50 languages, is the number one best-selling book of 2021 on Amazon, and also the number one audiobook on Audible. Known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work, Clear’s “3-2-1” email newsletter is sent to more than 1 million subscribers each week. He has presented his teachings to audiences at many Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, Facebook, and Google. His work has been featured in Time, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and on CBS This Morning.
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    Anita Elberse
    Professor, Harvard Business School | Best-selling author
    Anita Elberse is the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. An award-winning teacher and scholar, Professor Elberse develops and teaches an MBA course covering the “Businesses of Entertainment, Media, and Sports,” which ranks among the most sought-after courses in the School’s curriculum, and chairs a short executive education program, also named “The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports.” In her research, Professor Elberse primarily aims to understand what drives the success of products in the entertainment, media, sports, and other creative industries, and how firms can effectively manage products and talent in such sectors. She is acclaimed for her work on digital-media strategies. Professor Elberse has conducted case studies on dozens of entertainment companies and personalities, including The Walt Disney Studios, Live Nation, NBC Universal, NFL, Nike, and Spotify. Several of these are described in her first book, Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment. Professor Elberse is one of the youngest female professors to have been promoted to full professor with tenure in Harvard Business School’s history.
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    Erwin McManus
    Author and Futurist
    Erwin Raphael McManus is a Mind Architect and an award-winning author and artist. His books have sold over one million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. As a Mind Architect, McManus has spent the last 30 years advising and coaching CEOs, professional athletes, celebrities, billion-dollar companies, universities, and world leaders, and is passionate about helping people destroy their internal limitations and unlock their personal genius. His new highly anticipated book, Mind Shift: It Doesn’t Take a Genius to Think Like One, will be released in October 2023.
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    Ryan Leak
    CEO, The Ryan Leak Group | Best-selling Author
    Ryan Leak is an executive coach and best-selling author who’s widely known for two documentaries: The Surprise Wedding and Chasing Failure. He is also the CEO of the Ryan Leak Group, a leadership development firm that has the privilege of working with leaders and teams all over the world, from NBA teams to Fortune 500 companies. Known as a deeply aware coach and connector who can seamlessly operate across the spectrum of a business, Leak helps leaders better understand the potential of their teams by addressing the friction that stands in their way. He trains 15,000+ entrepreneurial leaders and speaks to over 200,000 people each year as a curator of relevant leadership content and transformational storytelling. Leak teaches that being a great leader is not about having all the answers but asking the right questions. His latest book, Leveling Up: 12 Questions to Elevate Your Personal and Professional Development helps you focus on the leader you’re becoming and think about the goals you want to accomplish.