International

After eight years in public office, Rev. Gabriel Makan was praying about how to serve his community in a deeper way when he was invited to attend and help host the Global Leadership Summit in his city. In a region marked by violent conflict and displacement, Gabriel brought GLS to children living in orphanages—many of whom had lost one or both parents to war. Through stories of resilience, leadership, and healing, these young people began to rediscover their sense of identity, purpose, and worth.

The world needs the light of your leadership.💡Join Craig Groeschel, Thasunda Brown Duckett, Nick Saban, Jon Acuff, Christine Caine, John C. Maxwell, and more world class speakers on August 7-8 in-person or online!

Register at globalleadership.org/summit

Dr. James Hewitt is a human performance scientist who works with some of the world’s top businesses to bring about sustainable high performance through science-backed strategies. In this conversation with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft, James shares the connection between knowledge work and high-performance activities like professional cycling and Formula 1 racing, and some simple steps that we can take to meet the demands of leadership.

Developing, casting, and protecting an organization’s vision is one of the most critical functions of a leader. In this episode, GLN VP of Marketing Whitney Putnam asks President and CEO David Ashcraft to share what he’s learned about vision from his decades of leading. As always, you’ll find David’s insights to be practical, concise, and very clear. We hope you enjoy these tips on how to effectively share vision with your team.

How often do you struggle to navigate the desire to contribute high-impact, important work for your organization, and the seemingly constant demands on your attention from email, messages, and other activities? As a voice in the battle against busyness, Juliet Funt helps organizations release their people so that they can give themselves to their most important, high-impact work. In this conversation with David Ashcraft, Juliet explains some of the mindset shifts that leaders need to undergo in order to be champions for “white space,” and to minimize unnecessary busywork in their organizations.

In this second part of a two-part episode, GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft continues his conversation with author and consultant Les McKeown on the lifecycle stages of organizations, and the different ways leaders can respond in order to meet the unique challenges of each stage.