BILL HYBELS Founder & Senior Pastor
Willow Creek Community Church |
Bill Hybels is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community
Church in South Barrington, Illinois, and the chairman of the board for
Willow Creek Association. He convened The Global 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 related to
leadership, evangelism, and church growth. An exceptional communicator,
he is a best-selling author of more than 20 books, including the
upcoming release, The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God and Having the
Guts to Respond.
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ANDY STANLEY
Senior Pastor,
North Point Community Church
Founder, North Point
Ministries |
Under the leadership of Andy Stanley, North Point Community Church in
Alpharetta, Georgia, has become one of the largest and most innovative
churches in the United States. Founded in 1995, the church has grown to
three campuses and a weekly attendance of more than 22,000 people. They
have also helped plant more than 20 strategic partner churches across
North America. Stanley is a dynamic speaker and author whose books
include Visioneering, Next Generation Leader, and Communicating
for a Change. His latest volume, The Principle of the Path,
explores a basic truth that can eliminate regret, as it helps to
successfully move people from where they are to where they want to go.
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ADAM HAMILTON
Founder and Senior Pastor,
The United Methodist Church
of the
Resurrection |
Adam Hamilton is senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the
Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. One of the fastest growing, most
influential mainline churches in America, the adult membership has
increased from four to 13,000 since 1990. Leaning on personal leadership
experience, Hamilton provides perceptive insights into how and why
leaders fall—and how to help preempt such failures within a team before
they occur. The author of several books, including Leading Beyond the
Walls, 24 Hours That Changed the World, and Making Love
Last a Lifetime, he was identified as one of the top "Ten People to
Watch in America's Spiritual Landscape" by PBS's Religion and Ethics
Newsweekly.
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JACK WELCH 
Best-selling Author
Former Chairman & CEO, General Electric
| Said to be the most studied CEO of the 20th century, Jack Welch began
his 41-year career with the General Electric Company in 1960, and in
1981 became the company's eighth chairman and CEO. Fortune named
him "manager of the century," and the Financial Times named him
one of the three most admired business leaders in the world. He teaches
at MIT's Sloan School of Management and recently launched the Jack Welch
Management Institute at Chancellor University, offering advanced
management degrees online. A prolific business writer, he authored the
internationally best-selling autobiography, Jack: Straight from the
Gut and also wrote The Welch Way, a widely read BusinessWeek
column. |
JIM COLLINS
Best-selling Author &
Nationally Acclaimed
Business Thinker
| Jim Collins, nationally acclaimed business thinker, serves as a teacher
to leaders throughout the corporate and social sectors. Author of the
best-selling books Good to Great and Built to Last, he is a
student of companies—how they grow, how they attain superior
performance, and how good companies can become great companies. His
writings, based on groundbreaking research, have been featured in Fortune,
BusinessWeek, The Economist, USA Today, and Harvard
Business Review. His latest volume, How The Mighty Fall: And Why
Some Companies Never Give In, looks at common mistakes of
organizations in a state of decline and what leaders can do to reverse
negative patterns and flourish anew. |
TONY DUNGY 
Best-selling Author,
Winning Coach of
2007 Super Bowl &
NBC
Analyst
| One of the most admired and beloved figures in professional sports, Tony
Dungy's name is synonymous with character and integrity. A former
professional football player, he coached the Indianapolis Colts for
seven years, becoming the first African American coach to win the Super
Bowl. Since his retirement, he has written two best-selling books, Quiet
Strength and Uncommon, and is an analyst for NBC's Football
Night in America. Involved in the work of many not-for-profit
organizations, he also takes an active role in mentoring younger
athletes. Craig Groeschel, pastor of LifeChurch.tv, will talk to him
about his new book, The Mentor Leader, and how to positively
influence others through personal coaching. |
ZHAO XIAO, PH.D.  Leading Chinese Economist,
Chairman of Cypress
Leadership
Institute,
Professor, University of Science & Technology, Beijing
| A prominent Chinese economist, Dr. Zhao Xiao was commissioned by his
government to study the success of the American economy. He concluded
that a moral foundation allowed the economy to flourish, argued that
China's economy would benefit from the spread of the Christian faith,
and embraced Christianity himself. He continues to be a respected
scholar and government advisor, speaking openly about the influence of
Christianity on economics. Our first non-English speaking faculty
member, he will lean on a gifted translator to share his thoughts on the
relationship between morality and a market economy, the state of the
Church in China, and the challenges of leadership as a Christian in a
secular Communist country.
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TERRI KELLY
President and CEO of
W.L. Gore & Associates
(Innovation
Leaders & makers
of GORE-TEX® Products)
| Terri Kelly is president and CEO of W.L. Gore & Associates, a
50-year old, multi-billion dollar enterprise that is often profiled as
an example of the future of management. A pioneer in lattice-based
management structure, Gore's "associates" become leaders based on their
ability to gain the respect of their peers and to attract followers.
Kelly became president and CEO in 2005, after she was elected by her
peers to serve in that role. Employing more than 8,000 associates in 45
plants around the world, Gore produces many unique products, including
Gore-Tex® fabric, and is perpetually named on lists of "the best places
to work." Kelly will explain how this unique culture works on a
practical level. |
DANIEL H. PINK
Best-selling Author,
Business Thinker &
Former White House
speechwriter
| Best-selling author, business thinker, and former White House
speechwriter, Daniel Pink has been credited with defining a new era in
the workplace. His book A Whole New Mind examined the kinds of
"right brain" skills that will be required as we move from an
Information Age to a Conceptual Age. His new book, Drive, looks
at the science of motivation, and he'll be revealing key findings about
the forces that will drive employees in well-led organizations of the
future: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Pink is also the author of Free
Agent Nation, and his articles on business and technology have
appeared in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast
Company, and Wired. |
TD JAKES
Best-selling Author
Chief Pastor, The Potter's House
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Named by TIME magazine as one of the "25 Most Influential Evangelicals
in America," Bishop Thomas Dexter (T.D.) Jakes is an entrepreneur,
global advocate, philanthropist, and pastor of The Potter's House.
Located in Dallas, Texas, this multiracial, non-denominational
congregation has more than 30,000 members. Known for his service to both
the church and the global community, he's led initiatives to combat
domestic violence, homelessness, poverty, and AIDS. A prolific writer,
Bishop Jakes has authored more than 30 books, including two New York
Times best-sellers. A past and popular Summit speaker, he will close
our 2010 gathering with a powerful and moving reminder of the greatness
of God.
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JEFF MANION Senior Pastor, Ada Bible Church
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Known for his vibrant teaching skills and passion for communicating the
Scriptures in a clear and relevant way, Jeff Manion has served as
teaching pastor of Ada Bible Church in West Michigan for more than 25
years. His church of 6,000 attendees was named by Outreach
magazine as one of America's largest and fastest growing churches in
2009. Using video venues and two offsite campuses, they strive to create
a small church feeling within a large church setting. Invited to the
Summit after Bill Hybels heard a taped message he gave on The Land
Between, Manion will share biblical insights on how to avoid pitfalls
that can easily entrap those who are living in a time of transition.
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BLAKE MYCOSKIE
 Founder and
"Chief Shoe Giver" of TOMS Shoes, Inc.
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Acknowledged as one of today's most dynamic serial entrepreneurs, Blake
Mycoskie launched five successful companies before the age of 30. He is
best known as the founder and "chief shoe giver" of TOMS shoes, a
for-profit company with a unique social enterprise model that has drawn
tremendous media attention. Providing a new pair of shoes to a child in
need for every pair sold, they have distributed more than 400,000 pairs
of shoes to children around the world to date. Darren Whitehead,
teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington,
Illinois, will interview Mycoskie on leading organizations with a cause
and navigating the start-up phase of an organization.
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