Global Leadership Summit Coming Back to HSU

 Hardin-Simmons University will host the Global Leadership Summit for the sixth time on August 11-12.

HSU serves as a premier host site for the live telecast conference. HSU is one of 19 locations in Texas allowing participants a convenient way to connect with the summit, which will be telecast from South Barrington, Illinois.

“As the premier host site for West Central Texas, the Global Leadership Summit offers the HSU and Abilene communities an opportunity to learn from diverse, world-class leaders while also engaging the application of leadership principles with area change-makers,” said James Stone, special assistant to the HSU president.

Participants can expect to hear topics such as virtues that accelerate teamwork, ingredients of successful turnarounds, building cultures that value efficiencies, executing ideas that matter most, navigating effectively through cultural differences and harnessing the power of emotional intelligence.

Participants in the summit have been known to experience improvements in teamwork, effectiveness, significance and leadership.

 “Summit attendees will be empowered and equipped to lead with greater impact wherever, and however, they serve,” said Stone.

The summit will feature speakers such as Bill Hybels, founder and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church; Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Bishop T.D. Jakes, founder and senior pastor of The Potter’s House; and Patrick Lencioni, bestselling author and founder of The Table Group. 

Other speakers include:

Alan Mulally who was the president and chief executive officer of the Ford Motor Company from 2006-2014. Under Mulally’s leadership Ford became the #1 automobile brand in the United States. He was named number 3 on Fortune’s “World’s Greatest Leaders” and one of TIMEMagazine’s “The World’s Most Influential People”.

Horst Schulze is the CEO of Capella Hotel Group and founding president of The Ritz-Carlton Group. He upholds standards of excellence in the hospitality and service industries. The Ritz-Carlton Group has been awarded the Malcom Baldridge National Quality Award twice under his leadership.

Dr. Travis Bradberry is a bestselling author and co-founder of TalentSmart. His bestselling book was Emotional Intelligence 2.0. TalentSmart is a consultancy that serves 75% or more of Fortune 50 companies.

Erin Meyer is a professor at INSEAD located in France, author and consultant. INSEAD is one of the world’s leading business schools. Her most recent book, The Culture Map, looks at global leaders navigation with cultural differences and multicultural environments.

Wilfredo De Jesus is the Senior Pastor at New Life Covenant Church and community leader and author. Under his leadership New Life Covenant Church has gone from 120 people to more than 17,000. He was named on of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2013.

Chris McChesney is a bestselling author and executive at Franklin Covey. His book The 4 Disciplines of Execution was a Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller.

Danielle Strickland is an Officer in the Salvation Army, advocate and author. She is currently serving with the Los Angeles as The Western Territorial Social Justice Secretary for the Salvation Army. She is also an ambassador for a global anti-human trafficking campaign, Stop The Traffik.

Jossy Chacko is the founder and president of Empart Inc. During 2015 he helped plant an average of 11 churches a day in Asia. The goal is to reach 100,000 communities by 2030.

John C. Maxwell is a leadership expert, bestselling author and coach. He has been named a #1New York Times bestselling author and #1 leader in business by the American Management Association.

For more information and to register visit https://www.willowcreek.com/ or https://www.hsutx.edu/gls/.