Month: August 2019

Liz Bohannon: Beginner’s Pluck

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Abby Jungles - Articles, Leading Yourself, The Global Leadership Summit

The GLS19 Illustrative Summaries are drawn and designed by Melissa Whelan.

The following are notes from Liz Bohannon’s talk at #GLS19. Use them to help you apply the content you learned at the Summit.

Story of Ethiopian shoe factory: Liz forgot it was Saturday at the factory, and the bell signal meant the day was over, not the lunch break. She continued working and ended up locked in until two Ethiopian women heard her banging on the door for help when they were walking by.

Story of her journey: Five years ago, Liz designed strappy sandals–flip flops that don’t flop. She was not interested in fashion or intending to be a designer. She needed to sell a tremendous amount of sandals to create the community and opportunity she dreamed of for the women in East Africa.

Realized being locked in the shoe factory she was afraid–not just of the outcome but of the journey she is now on.
Waking up most days in a state of fear.
Thought today is the day the curtain got pulled back.
Felt like an imposter and a fake.
Not living up to her expectations of using her journalism degree.
Did she have any business running a business?

Is this all just beginner’s luck?

Luck refers to the supposed phenomenon of novices experiencing disproportionate frequency of success or succeeding against an expert in a given activity.
When business decisions and opportunity arose, Liz felt the insecurity of failure and embarrassment.

Stages of Learning

Stage 1: Land of unconscious incompetence: You don’t know what you don’t know

Stage 2: Conscious incompetence: You know what you don’t know

- - Where the ego hurts most
  - Fake it till you make it” culture

Stage 3: Conscious Competence: I can do it, but it takes effort

Stage 4: Unconscious Competence: I am so good at this; I can do it with little effort

- - The stages of learning are a cycle not a step-by-step process
  - If we look at it in steps, it limits our ability as leaders, and we act out of fear of losing our place at the top or make comparisons of where we should be

How to become a more courageous, innovative and creative leader

1. Dream Small

You’re never going to find your passion
Pluck–knowing you don’t need to find a passion but you can build it
You are average, most of us are living in the middle of the bell curve
You don’t need to be above average to live an extraordinary life
If we can just get over ourselves and own our average, we will go on to build lives of purpose, passion and impact
What is meant to be inspirational is actually creating fear, anxiety and serious analysis paralysis

2. Analysis paralysis

How do you get the big dream in the first place?
I have this dream, but I haven’t done anything with it

3. Use your power

Think of how you can use your power and privilege in your platform to make the world better for others

Story of introductions: When Liz is announced, a lot of times the introducer will say something to the effect of how she quit her one-way job, moved to Uganda. She’s a big dreamer–and while it’s quite nice for her ego, it’s not how the story went down. She moved to Uganda and made friends, started a chicken farm.

Liz felt passionate about issues women and girls were facing around the world and took classes in college
She plotted and planned the big dream that would bring millions of girls out of poverty while looking for a job post-graduate school
Accepted a corporate job, holding the big dream in her back pocket
What are you saying and what is the community you are building?
Started dreaming small
Liz didn’t start with bringing one million girls out of poverty; it started with knowing and making one friend who was experiencing poverty and hardship
Become a doer not a dreamer

Do not do anything else before giving yourself and those you lead to dream small.

Leadership isn’t about building your own little kingdom and making your life better; it’s for all
Nobody needs or wants you to be their hero
Do the hard work in yourself
The role of leaders is not to be the hero of anyone else’s story, but rather to do the hard work in ourselves so that we can inspire and equip others to be the hero of theirs

Plucks fly together!

Ben Sherwood: Leading and Succeeding in the Age of Disruption

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Abby Jungles - Articles, Leading Organizations, The Global Leadership Summit

The following are notes from Ben Sherwood’s talk at #GLS19. Use them to help you apply the content you learned at the Summit.

Future Prediction: Futurists believe within the next 100 years; we’ll see the equivalent of 20,000 years of human progress.

How to lead in a time of crisis and how to lead in a time of rapid change and disruption.

Nelson’s Touch: The battle of Trafalgar in 1805 off the coast of Spain. Admiral Horatio Nelson was outgunned, out-manned and predicted to lose. It was the British Army against the Spanish and French Armada. The objective was to stop the French and Napoleon from invading Britain. He considered the battle history and how they fought parallel. Admiral Nelson made the decision to fight perpendicular–going straight at the Spanish and French lines in two columns and try to separate them into three sections he knew he could defeat. Admiral Nelson was wounded by a bullet and died after the battle. His body was given a hero’s welcome as it was brought home to England. His statue now stands in Trafalgar Square because of his bold leadership.

What is required to be a person of influence? A bold leader?

1. You need to be a farmer with a pitchfork

The greatest swordsman in England can handle the second greatest swordsman. They know the rules. They fight by established principles. They train against each other. They fought each other many times before. The greatest swordsman in England is afraid of a farmer with a pitchfork. A farmer with a pitchfork has nothing to lose.
Asymmetrical conflict: Where one side has ten times more power than the other.
Studies found when conventional tactics were used in a conventional conflict of power, one is ten times mightier than the other.
71.5% of the time, the stronger power wins.
When one side uses unconventional strategy, unconventional tactics and innovative approaches, the weaker side wins 63.6% of the time.

Story of David and Goliath: David wins 63.6% of the time across the arc of history.
● Leaders need to be bold and innovative.

Stories of history: In 1928, a character named Mickey Mouse was created by Walt Disney, but he couldn’t get distribution for those shorts and no one saw them until a character named Steamboat Willie showed up. Picasso made 20,000 pieces of art. Einstein wrote 240 papers. Edison had 1,039 patents and Richard Branson has started 250 companies.

● It’s the quality of the idea and also the quantity.
● Some of us have just one idea a day or in a week. Develop as many as you can because there is a high correlation.

Where do ideas come from?

A desire to know what’s next.
From men and women and leaders who gather to learn and to expand their horizons. When we don’t look backwards very long–when we keep moving forward, opening new doors and doing new things because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading down new paths.

2. Belief in Magic

When you believe in something, believe it all the way.

Story of Walt Disney: Walt’s first full-length animated feature was known widely for years in Hollywood as Disney’s folly. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs cost $1.5 million in 1937 and took years to produce. It was three times over budget but when it premiered, it was the most successful movie.

3. What are you waiting for?

• The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.

Story of the FAA: The airplane crash survival school training flight attendants and other safety experts on how to survive a plane crash. The first 90 seconds is all the matters. When flying, the first three minutes and the last eight minutes are when disaster strikes.

How to get going and start moving:

1. Maintain your point of reference

Exert influence.
Know where you are and where you’re trying to go.
No matter how hard you get hit, no matter how hard the knock is, if you maintain your point of reference, you stay on course.
It’s when people lose their point of reference that we can get lost.

2. Wait for sudden and violent motion to stop

Things will settle.
In the calm, you can grab a hold of the team and inspire them to pursue the direction that you’ve set out.
They always do and this is when the calmest and coolest decisions can be made.

3. Practice realistic optimism

Story: James Stockdale was the highest-ranking officer in Vietnam serving as a prisoner of war. He remarked that the optimists were not the ones who survived.

Optimists rode their emotions up and they rode their emotions down and it was too much for them–the dashed expectations.
When brutality continued, Stockdale observed it was the realistic optimists who endured and survived and managed to lead.
A realistic optimist is someone who has an unflinching sense of their surroundings, ruthlessly honest about the challenges that they face.
True situational awareness–the military term for all of the threats and the realism to maintain optimism about the future.

The power of faith and community is undeniable.

Story of research: Research tells us people who attend church regularly live 7.7 years longer than people who do not.

Power of the community, the behaviors and the leadership that come from religious organizations around the world.
80% (5.2 billion people) of the world’s population is involved in organized religion.
Religious attendance and religious participation drive psychological, social and behavioral benefits.
Faith is such a powerful survival tool and it is a powerful leadership tool.

What’s the one thing the one leadership idea to impart today? Only connect.

Connect with your fellow men and women.
Connect with the mysteries around us.
Connect one to many.
Connect one on one.
The power of your ability to connect with the people that you want to influence is the most important power of all.
If you want to increase your influence, if you want to increase your boldness, if you want to be the leader you were meant to be, connect.

Bozoma Saint John: One-on-One with Paula Faris

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Abby Jungles - Articles, Leading Organizations, The Global Leadership Summit

The following are notes from Bozoma Saint John: One-on-One with Paula Faris at #GLS19. Use them to help you apply the content you learned at the Summit.

Paula Faris: How important is a healthy and thriving culture to the success of a business?

Bozoma Saint John: The easy answer is yes, it’s important. Where we get lost is in thinking where the culture begins. We often think it happens in the employee handbook or from the CEO’s office. It doesn’t happen in the employee handbook. It’s in the cubicle next to you and in your own cubicle.

Faris: What happens to a company when the culture is toxic?

Saint John: That’s just it–we associate bad culture with competitiveness, but competition is not bad. A toxic culture is when people are put against each other in an unhealthy way and start to hurt each other when they are working towards the same goal and want to get there by any means.

Faris: You’ve been in so many positive environments and thriving cultures. What does a thriving culture look and feel like?

Saint John: It feels like everyone is moving in the same direction. To me, the competition in trying to get to the best place or the, you know, the best thing for the company is great for all members. However, if you start to try to cut people down or put them against each other, especially as a leadership team, that’s when things go awry.

Faris: What does unhealthy culture look and feel like?

Saint John: Nothing is ever black and white. There’s a lot of gray and sometimes some rainbow colors in there, too. There is no culture that is perfect, where everything is fantastic. It looks like people who aren’t necessarily looking to make everyone feel included and that when there’s a difference of opinion or a difference of character, then somehow that opinion is wrong.

Faris: When you were at Uber, you were hired to fix a toxic culture. How were you tasked to fix it, and were you able to fix everything you wanted to in that one year?

Saint John: I saw the need to help change the internal culture, which meant a lot of different things–listening to people, understanding what some of the challenges were.

Could junior people bring their ideas to the table? Were they being heard? When you go into meetings, who’s actually making the decisions? Sometimes in corporate cultures or any culture for that matter, it is up to us as individuals to make sure we’re changing that. Even the small things, when you’re in a meeting or in a group discussion and someone is dominating the conversation. Even if you’re not in charge of the meeting, I always encourage others to jump in there. If you have a voice, if you have a strong voice, jump in there–not only for yourself but to advocate for the next person. You know, maybe that looks like saying “Julie actually had a good idea.” Unfortunately, I didn’t get to finish everything I wanted to do at Uber. Quite frankly, I don’t know that at any job I have been able to finish it.

Faris: After one year at Uber, did you have enough and wanted to move on?

Saint John: Yes, it was time for me. There were things at the company that weren’t great for me personally, and if I was going to survive and be great, I couldn’t diminish myself any longer.

Faris: What was one way you attempted to change the culture of Uber that leaders will find fascinating?

Saint John: I became an Uber driver for the day and experienced working from their point of view. Any leader can glide into the office and not participate on every level of the company. It’s such a disservice. How are you going to know what it’s like to do that job, or that job, or what the challenges are?

Faris: For leaders trying to identify if they have an unhealthy culture, what is the best way to identify that?

Saint John: People are afraid to tell leaders when something is wrong. It’s like, when your mom says, “You know, you can tell me anything.” You know you can’t. Understand, as leaders, you need to create an environment in which people feel free to speak. It can be as simple as the anonymous suggestion box. Allow people to be able to be unafraid. It’s a combination of an open door policy to come into the office and say if there’s something that you believe could be different to make your experience here better.

Faris: How does a leader go about changing a toxic work environment?

Saint John: This is the million-dollar question. A leader can’t do it, not alone. It is absolutely a group effort. It’s everybody. Helping people to understand that it is everyone’s responsibility to do it is really, really important.

The difference between diversity and inclusion: “Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.” – Verna Myers

If we’re going to really change the way culture is, it’s not leadership who writes policies. It’s not in the handbook. It’s not up to another employee. It’s up to us. It’s our responsibility. We all have to step up and do it, and we’re all leaders in that capacity.

Faris: How do we as leaders show up as our true selves?

Saint John: By not pretending. Show your cracks. Show your emotion. You don’t need to be buttoned-up and perfect all of the time. People want to connect with you. Share with your team and they will probably do the same.

Faris: What advice can you give on the power of empathy?

Saint John: Sometimes we’re afraid to let other people see our emotions. We’re afraid to let them hear what we’re going through. I think we need to give people the ability to connect. We need to give people the ability to come into our circles knowing the full story of who we are, because we’re humans not superheroes.

GLS19 Illustrative Summaries

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Abby Jungles - News & Updates, The Global Leadership Summit

These beautifully drawn illustrations provide a helpful bird’s-eye view summary of each of the #GLS19 faculty talks.

Craig Groeschel: Bend the Curve

Bozoma St. John: Bozoma St. John One-on-One with Paula Faris

Ben Sherwood: Leading Succeeding in the Age of Disruption

Liz Bohannon: Beginner’s Pluck

Jason Dorsey: Generational Clues Uncovered

Danielle Strickland: Leading Transformational Change

Devon Franklin: Your Difference is your Destiny

Patrick Lencioni: What’s Your Motive?

Chris Voss: Chris Voss One-on-One with Paula Faris

Mayor Aja Brown: When Vision Overcomes

Jia Jiang: Rejection Proof

Todd Henry: Hearding Tigers

Dr. Krish Kandiah: VIP Leadership

Jo Saxton: Level Up your Leadership

Bear Grylls: Soul Fuel

Craig Groeschel: Heart Over Head

Episode 056: Jason Dorsey: Understanding Generational Differences

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Abby Jungles - Leading Yourself, Podcasts, Productivity

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SUMMARY:

Jason Dorsey’s research into generations provides leaders with information to help build bridges in the workplace. In this episode, Summit Champion, Craig Groeschel, engages Jason in a fascinating conversation about generational differences, exploring nuances between the four different generations in today’s workplace. Walk away with specific strategies on how to reach younger audiences and build bridges of respect among the generations.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

When Jason Dorsey was 18, he wrote a book for the Millennial generation that became a best-seller.
Much of the story we hear about Millennials is simply not true.
A generation is a group of people born at about the same time and in about the same place.
- Generation Z: Born 1996 and younger. They do not remember 9/11. Their parents are Generation X. They came of age during the Great Recession (2008-2009) and are practical with money.
- Millennials: Born 1977 – 1995. Millennials are older than most people assume. They are delaying the historic markers of adulthood. They are tech-dependent.
- Generation X: Born 1965 – 1976. Gen X came of age at a disruptive time of rising divorce rates, corporate layoffs and the AIDS epidemic. They tend to be more skeptical and are tech savvy. They are at a life-stage where they are parenting kids and caring for aging parents. Gen X retention is the most important data in the workplace right now.
- Baby Boomers: Born 1946 – 1964. The massive generation born after World War II. Boomers are characterized by a high work ethic and willingness to pay their dues. They are the most influential generation right now.
To connect with younger generations in the workplace:
- The first day on a job has never been more important
- Provide specifics of the performance you expect
- Provide frequent check-in style feedback
- Use younger communication styles (emojis, Slack, etc. ) if they reflect your work environment and culture.
To connect with older generations in the workplace:
- Maintain eye contact and take notes
- Adapt to the communication style of older generations (email, phone calls, etc.).
To reach younger generations with your message and/or product:
- Millennials want a unique experience and are video-driven.
- Generation Z is interested in social purpose, value for their money and diversity.
To begin to work on generational issues in the workplace, create a generational snapshot. Then, figure out what is working and what is not and have candid multi-generational conversations.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

1. Do a quick generational snapshot of your team right now. List specific names in the four generational categories: Boomers, Xers, Millennials and GenZ-ers.

2. Think about the people on your list. Are you clustered in one or two generations or is there generational diversity? Do the different people display typical generational characteristics?

3. Think about your customers or constituents. Are they clustered in one or two generations or is there generational diversity? What about your product appeals to them?

4. Based on Craig’s conversation with Jason, what is one thing you could do in the next week to:
a. Work better with your multi-generational team?
b. Reach a new generational demographic?

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

My Reality Check Bounced

Jason Dorsey on 60 Minutes

Morley Safer

9/11 Attacks

The Great Recession of 2008-2009

AIDS Epidemic in the U.S.

Craig Groeschel: Bend the Curve

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Abby Jungles - Articles, Execution, Leading Organizations, Productivity, Resource Allocation

The following are notes from Craig Groeschel’s talk at #GLS19. Use them to help you apply the content you learned at the Summit.

Get more production done in your business.

You want to be better. You want your organization better. You want to be more efficient, profitable and reach more people.

Four-finger flipper story: When Craig first started his church, they had an overhead projector for worship. The timing of slides did not align with the worship song. Craig was convinced the projector was the problem and they needed a “real” video projector for $2,500. He wasn’t sure the church could afford it and performed a cost-benefit analysis.

Cost-Benefit Analysis: Do the potential benefits justify the costs?

The problem in leadership and assumption many make:

Better always costs more
Many come across the better curve–thinking equal quality would equal cost
There are diminishing returns and the most might not bring as much quality
We assume investing more brings a better return
Over time, investing more eventually brings a diminishing return

GETMO: Good-Enough-To-Move-On!

Look for the greatest level of return based on time, money and resources invested
Perfectionists–you have a problem and it robs you of more production
Perfection is often the enemy of progress
The pursuit of excellence will motivate you, but the pursuit of perfection will eventually limit you
If we spend more on something, we aren’t really making it better. We’re making a trade.
Better is a higher return for equal or lower investment

What do we do when we feel stuck or trapped?

BTC: Bend-the-Curve

What do leaders do? Leaders bend the curve.
Don’t spend too much time in a place with a diminishing return.
Leaders are looking for resources and allocation. Leaders truly make things

How do we do this? How do we Bend the Curve?

Two practical ways to apply this as leaders:

1. Think INSIDE the box

Problem with outside the box are the unlimited options.
Constraints drive creativity.
When you have options, you have to make decisions. Decisions drain your energy and you end up with decision fatigue.
Let constraints motivate you and drive you to innovation.
Constraints eliminate problematic and stupid options.

Story of Sam’s Birth: 18 years ago, Craig’s wife gave birth to their first son, Sam, hours before a church service. Craig wasn’t going to make it to give the sermon and needed to find a way to overcome this obstacle. The ideas suggested were too “big box”–stupid and impractical, so the team thought smaller. Due to the constraint, they were able to bend the curve–streaming a video of Craig speaking.

Ask Yourself:

In your organization, where do you have tension?
Where do you have a rub?
Where are you hung up and need a breakthrough?
Look inside the box and allow constraints to drive you.

If you have the courage to think inside the box, don’t let your constraints cause you to fear.

See them as a motivating force to innovate and do something really special.
If you’re stuck, think inside the box.

Application:

Instead of investing $2,500 on a project, create a constraint and ask, “What can we do with no money by using our brains?”
Instead of adding a campus, add two more services where you are now.
Spend a few weeks on a project instead of six months.
You have everything you need to be able to do everything you are supposed to do.
God often may withhold something that you think that you want to help you see something that you would not see otherwise.

Story of Peter: A man was sitting in the streets unable to walk and begged Peter for money. Peter looked at the man, told him he did not have money to give him. Instead, Peter prayed for the beggar and God performed a miracle–the man was now able to walk again.

If Peter had what the man wanted, Peter may not have given him what he needed–the power of a miracle and ability to walk again.
The constraint led to a breakthrough.
If you had everything you wanted, you might miss what you really needed–embrace your limitations.

2. Burn the Ships

Story of Hernan Cortes: The Spanish conquistador’s expedition crew was exhausted and discouraged and wanted to go home.

This may be where you are right now. Maybe you’re not sure if you can overcome the problem you are facing or endure the attack you are facing right now.

Eliminate the options to turn back

Leaders, step into your position and commit to the assignment–whatever the task is.
Commit and sell out to that. No excuses. No retreating. No turning back.
Lessen cost and the quality goes way, way up.
When you’re compelled to do something, figure out a way. Don’t give up.
Sell out for your mission. For your vision. Stop with the excuse.

There’s will always be a current excuse

If you’re older and you’re not dead, you’re not done. You still have an assignment here.
Leaders–what are you called to do? What are you about?

If you commit to the WHAT and are consumed by your WHY you will figure out the HOW!

3. Step Into It

Step out of doubt and step into the calling.
You are one step away from the posture that creates respect from the vision casting that draws people who will join your journey. One step away.
Stop obsessing over things that do not matter.
Take your valuable resources and spend it somewhere else.

We as leaders make things better

You have everything you need to do everything you are called to do.

Help people and add value

Market share
Create jobs
Meet needs
Offer help
Offer hope

Change the world–THAT is what great leaders do.

Your Support Multiplies the GLS Across the Globe This Fall

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Rosey LaVine - Africa, Asia, Because of the GLS, Central America, Eastern Europe, Middle East, South America, Stories, The Global Leadership Summit

Thank you for joining us on a journey to inspire and equip world-class leadership that ignites transformation. Your support will multiply the 2019 Global Leadership Summit experience in another 135+ countries, 900+ sites and 60+ languages starting in the Fall and all the way through Spring 2020. Thank you for making this possible!

You make it so that no leader has any financial constraint in being a part of this experience.

Imagine what can happen when just one person embraces their calling—their influence—and uses it to bless others through a ripple effect of transformation. We imagine hundreds of millions of lives touched by your generosity. You make it so that no leader has any financial constraint in being a part of this experience.

Your partnership fuels a movement of Christians and churches maximizing their full leadership potential to impact the world!

Be encouraged and inspired by our friends who express their thanks for the impact you have already had on their lives and in their countries, and please continue to pray for the outcome.

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Thank you from Swaziland

Because of the Summit, I have become a better father and a better husband. God has really challenged me to become a better leader and influencer in that capacity. It also instilled a passion within me to make a difference in people’s lives, and for God to use me to be an influence one life at a time. Thank you very much for the opportunity to learn and grow and be a part of an amazing movement where God is using us in such a supernatural way. We cannot even begin to measure what He is doing. Just to be a catalyst for change has really stirred up a passion within me to keep striving forward.

On behalf of myself and Swaziland, I want to say thank you very much for the contribution you have made to bring the GLS to our country. Without you, I do not think we would have experienced the impact we have. Thank you for your generosity and for all the love and compassion you have shown. May the Lord kindly repay you for the way you have shown kindness to us.

Thank you from Riverbend Correctional Facility in Georgia

The Leadership Summit has inspired and empowered me to embrace the leadership he has placed deep down in my soul. Thank you for your commitment, love and compassion and for not forgetting those of us who are in prison. We have influence here, with our families and in the world when we join it again.

Thank you from Lebanon

I want to thank all the supporters, donors and believers in the GLS. I know if it wasn’t for your support, your giving, your prayers and for all the work you have been doing these years, GLS wouldn’t be where it is today.

I also want to ask and encourage you to keep on praying for GLS in all these countries around the world that are hosting the event. I know this wouldn’t have been done without your support and your faith. So from my heart, I want to thank every one of you who are supporting the Summit. Keep on supporting it financially, through your prayers, through your work and time. More leaders are coming and growing. Countries are being changed. Churches are being changed. Society is being changed.

If we don’t raise leaders today, and if we don’t work on developing leaders today, the world will be in a much worse place tomorrow. This is a great commission you are doing, and we are doing with you in raising and equipping leaders every year. Thank you from my heart.

Thank you from Cambodia

On behalf of me and our team in Cambodia, I want to thank those of you who put your effort, your prayer, your work, your volunteering and your finances toward The Global Leadership Summit. You will change the world. The world is not going to be the same. Your donations, effort and prayers have blessed the world. Thank you so much.

Thank you from Nicaragua

I don’t think I would have come this far or achieved so many results if it were not for The Global Leadership Summit. Thank you for calling me and equipping me year after year. It is shaping me to be a great father, husband, friend, boss and leader for my staff and other pastors.

All of this is possible because of donors. We prefer to call them investors and the ROI we are shooting for is taking kids out of poverty and bringing them to Jesus. And it is happening! Praise God!

So thank you so much for your investment; for all the resources that you are giving. We are committed and will continue to work really hard to make sure the return on your investment is happening by developing leaders and transforming communities. At the end of the day, we’re helping these people transform their community by breaking cycles of poverty and reaching people for Jesus. All of this is possible because of you!

Thank you from Zanzibar and Tanzania

Your financial support has been so much help, especially in Tanzania, Zanzibar and other parts of the world. You have taken the GLS to where it has never been before. Thank you very much!

Thank you from Uruguay

Thank you for your heart to give. Thank you for thinking about countries far away from where you are. You can’t imagine the difference you’re making in so many countries. This is a global movement, and thanks to you, many people are able to sit and listen to this incredible content. So once again, thank you for reaching out to underdeveloped countries like Uruguay.

Thank you from Serbia

We as Christians are a minority in our country, and there are a lot of spiritual attacks. Sometimes in this work God entrusted me to do, I get a lot of discouragement. But that is part of following Jesus, and I’m very happy that God has been using me. It’s a great opportunity to partner with God.

When you are working and pouring yourself into people, you don’t always see the final product. But what is motivating me is when I see the lives of young people who are changed because God used me somehow. When I see someone has given their life to Jesus, or got baptized, or changed their perspective about how they’re doing their job, or developing other people, that is encouraging. It is fuel for me to never give up. Thank you for making the GLS possible in Serbia and allowing more leaders to be encouraged.

Thank you from Bahrain

The Global Leadership Summit is a great opportunity for people all around the world to come together to understand what our differences are. It brings us together through our differences. It is the single best opportunity we have to help us share, give and learn together. It allows people from all over the world to host GLS. In the Middle East, this is a huge opportunity. Sometimes there is a shortage of funds and hence I would urge people who can to donate generously to make this even happen in parts of the world where GLS would otherwise never reach. Personally, I have benefited a lot from attending and using the resources of GLS in my sphere of influence. And it is my dream to make this available to more people, not just in Bahrain, but to the whole region of the Middle East. Thank you for helping to make this possible.

Thank you from Greece

I believe the GLS is something that can change someone dramatically. When we understand God’s power within us, we can do what we dream.

In Greece it is not easy to find people who will to continue to support the GLS financially so it can reach more people. I want to give thanks to you, because with your financial help, the GLS has happened in Greece. Thank you for your offerings and for your gracious hearts.

We live in hard times in Greece, and it is not easy to cover expenses. If you continue to help us, we believe we will see changes to many other places in Greece. We need you. Your money is not going to waste; it is going to God’s glory and God’s kingdom. Thank you.

If you didn’t get a chance to give a donation during the GLS this year,
you can still send your gift at www.GlobalLeadership.org/Give

After the GLS in August, What Happens Next?

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Rosey LaVine - Because of the GLS, Middle East, News & Updates, The Global Leadership Summit

The sun shimmers upon a person holding a globe in their hands.

Last week, together we experienced The Global Leadership Summit in the United States, and it was incredible.

But we’re just getting started!

This fall and through the spring of 2020, this same world-class leadership content will be shared with another 250,000 people, in 135 countries, 800 cities and 60 languages around the world.

We’re so excited for what God is going to do to unite the hearts and minds in an amazing, spirit-filled way, maximizing impact for His Kingdom—powered by the belief that everyone has influence!

Forces of influence change the direction of our world.

Forces change the direction of our world. We know that leaders are also forces of influence. And you, yes YOU, are a force of influence.

Many of us give to many different causes throughout the year. And we should. There are a ton of fantastic organizations out there doing amazing work. But if you ask, “What’s the most impactful use of my resources?” Bet on leaders. Leaders are the change-makers who affect every cause in every sector in every country.

Take a moment and think about a cause that you care deeply about.

Now think about the impact that could be made for that cause if local leaders were empowered and equipped to rise up and rally around that cause. That’s the impact of The Global Leadership Summit. We’ve seen it time and time again.

“I was ready to give up.”

This is a common theme we heard in the comments from attendees at The Global Leadership Summit event in Pakistan. Here is an amazing testimony from of one of those leaders:

As a pastor, watching my church die was really painful. I recently had a stroke, and my family was suffering due to my health. I was at the edge of giving up on God. I even tried suicide. I have been praying for the last two years, expecting God would do something supernatural in return for my prayers, and revive me…but nothing happened.

I was at the edge of giving up on God. I even tried suicide.

Then I was given a brochure about the GLS. My travel and lodgings were sponsored for me, and that was a great help in my decision to attend. During Albert Tates’s session, tears started rolling down my cheeks. I watched the entire session with blurred focus, because I was crying the whole time.

A pastor sitting beside me, who I didn’t know, held my hand to comfort me. In that moment, God did something supernatural in me. I came back changed.

I came back to my church, and preached again that Sunday. After the service, a Muslim lady who had recently moved next door to my church while I was away for the GLS, met me and asked me to pray for her. After two days, she came back to our service and asked for prayer again. She was healed.

Before she left, she gave me an envelope that had the exact amount of money needed to run the church and provide salary to the church staff for a whole year! Praise God! She is a regular visitor to our service now and we are praying for her salvation.

God did something supernatural in me. I came back changed.

I look at myself and look at what God has done, and I can only say thanks to God for working in mysterious ways. And thank you to the GLS.”

Imagine one million stories like these. That’s our goal by 2025—to equip and inspire one million leaders through the GLS. But we can’t get there without you.

Your generosity makes a difference.

More than 50 percent of international sites cannot support the cost of their events through registrations. But we don’t think that should be a barrier to equipping and inspiring leaders in these communities. Your generosity and your prayer make this possible. Imagine the stories we will hear years from now of God blessing your investment in leaders around the world!

Thank you for your prayer and generosity as we launch into the international season to share the GLS to inspire vision and ignite transformation globally.

To give to the Global Leadership Development Fund today, go to GlobalLeadership.org/Give

#GLS20 Faculty Preview

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Abby Jungles - News & Updates, North America, The Global Leadership Summit

Fresh, actionable and inspiring leadership content from a world-class faculty at a convenient location near you.

We are excited to welcome this incredible group of leaders for #GLS20.