The 2024 Global Leadership Summit: Get To Know Our Speakers (Part Three)

The Global Leadership Summit (GLS) is an annual event hosted live from Willow Creek Church outside of Chicago and is broadcast to satellite locations across the globe, including Warsaw, IN. 

This 2-day event on August 8 & 9 brings together top-notch global leadership faculty, and C4One hosts the satellite location in Warsaw to bring this content to our city, community, and county.

Interested in being a sponsor? Our goal is to make it easy for you to motivate positive change in our community, so you can choose from a variety of sponsorship levels and bring your team to GLS this year.

Equipping You To Design Your Tomorrow

The theme of this year’s GLS event is “Equipping You To Design Your Tomorrow”. We want to connect curious, growth-minded people together to ignite transformation, wherever they are and in whatever they do. 

GLS is designed to do just that: bringing men and women from various industries and backgrounds to develop their insight and skills to drive a positive influence on the world around them. No matter your professional background and position, GLS will empower you with the skills you need to design your tomorrow.

Get To Know The 2024 Event Speakers

*Faculty lineup and topics are subject to change

There will be at least 12 speakers presenting information and inspiring their audiences around the world at GLS, so be sure to keep an eye on our website and social media channels as we continue to release more information the closer we get to GLS in August!

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Carey Lohrenz

First Female F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot in the U.S. Navy; Bestselling Author

Carey Lohrenz was the first female F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot in the U.S. Navy and has flown missions worldwide as a combat-mission-ready pilot. She is the former President of the Women Military Aviators Association and currently serves as a Board Leadership Fellow for the National Association of Corporate Directors. 

Lohrenz uses her experience working in fast moving, dynamic environments—where inconsistent execution can generate catastrophic results – to guide others in the fundamentals of winning under pressure, reducing errors and overcoming obstacles. 

Lohrenz is a bestselling author and has helped brands including Cisco, Raytheon, Dell, Deloitte, Verizon and AT&T. She is currently working on her master’s in business administration in strategic leadership.

Presenting: Span Of Control

A leader’s ability to understand and apply the fundamentals of surviving and succeeding during times of crisis is key to accomplishing their goals. Join Carey Lohrenz as she shares life lessons from her time as the first female F14 fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy and practical advice to leaders who are navigating uncertain times.

Walk away with strategies to make your goals a reality by focusing on what matters most, formulating a plan for success, and communicating a vision for a brighter future.

Mike Krzyzewski “Coach K”

Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Duke University (1980 – 2022)

Passionate, dynamic, inspiring, and coach of Duke University men’s basketball team who led Team USA to three Olympic gold medals, Mike Krzyzewski (known as Coach K) is a master innovator—not only of teams, but of individuals and organizations, spurring them on to succeed beyond their own expectations.

Coach K maps out a clear game plan for achieving success through motivating, leading, and providing powerful strategies for building confidence, trust, communication, and teamwork. 

Perhaps the most accomplished basketball coach in history, Coach K’s journey has been marked with numerous honors, including the most NCAA Division 1 victories (1,202), most Final Fours (13; five NCAA Championships, second all-time), most Olympic gold medals as head coach (3; 2008, 2012, and 2016), and many more. 

He is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In addition to being a Co-Founder of the Coach K Center on leadership and Ethics, Krzyzewski serves as a Professor of the Practice of Leadership at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke.

Presenting: Victory Through Teamwork And Leadership

Great teamwork is something you hear about in many leadership circles, but every leader knows that it’s one of the hardest tasks of a leader. 

As a coach, Mike Krzyzewski’s (affectionally known at Coach K) goal and strength has been to instill motivation – for each individual and for the team – to have every individual in a positive state of mind, utilizing abilities to their fullest, and not afraid to fail. 

Join us, as he shares insights, and proven principles used over his legendary coaching career. Walk away with motivational techniques, leadership skills, powerful teamwork strategies, steps for building confidence, the vital impact of trust and communication – that can be applied to every level of personal and professional endeavor.

Michael Jr.

Comedic Thought Leader; Actor; Author

Known as one of today’s most gifted communicators and comedians, Michael Jr. adds more laughter to your life and more life to your laughter. By bringing clarity through his comedy, his versatility has landed him on stages such as TEDx, The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live, and in sold-out venues on his current tour: “Funny How Marriage Works.” 

With a goal to reach one million marriages in the next three years, he and his wife, Ebony, are working together to unlock freedom within marriage and help lower the divorce rate in America. You can also find Michael Jr. in movies such as “War Room,” “Selfie Dad,” “Laughing on Purpose,” and “More Than Funny.” 

He is the author of the bestselling book “Funny How Life Works,” which gives a behind-the-scenes look at his life and career and encourages readers to strategically embrace each life event as a part of a setup, leading to their punchline.

Presenting: Leadership Is Similar To Comedy

Michael Jr. proposes that leadership is more similar to comedy than we know. As leaders, navigating the challenges of leadership daily, it can be difficult when we see obstacles as unfortunate and random. 

Walk away strategically embracing each life and leadership event as part of a setup, leading to their punchline. It will change the way you think about your day.

Amy C. Edmondson

Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School; Bestselling Author

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society. 

Edmondson has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since 2011, and most recently was ranked #1 in 2021 and 2023. She studies teaming, psychological safety, and organizational learning, and her articles have been published in numerous academic and management outlets, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review and California Management Review. 

Edmondson’s latest book, “Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well,” builds on her prior work on psychological safety and teaming to provide a framework for thinking about, discussing and practicing the science of failing well.

Presenting: The Right Kind Of Wrong

We’re often torn between two failure cultures. One says failure “is not an option” and must be avoided at all costs. Another advises us to “Fail fast and fail often.” Neither is particularly helpful! Join Amy Edmondson as she reframes how we understand failure and helps us recognize the crucial distinctions that separate good failure from bad. 

In this session, you will identify the 3 archetypes of failure, how to minimize unproductive failure and maximize blunders of all kinds.

2024 Global Leadership Summit

This year’s leadership speakers represent the best of ministry wisdom and marketplace knowledge to inspire and equip you in your leadership journey, so you can be a catalyst for change in the world.

GLS will take place on August 8-9, streaming live from Chicago to our satellite location at Warsaw Community Church.

We’ll be sharing more specific speaker information and topics in the coming weeks and hope you decide to join us this year!

Interested in being a sponsor? Our goal is to make it easy for you to motivate positive change in our community, so you can choose from a variety of sponsorship levels and bring your team to GLS this year.

Get Involved With C4One

Want to get more involved with C4One? You can join us once for an event or regularly for connection, fellowship, and discussions for leaders in every type of field by attending one of our events. 

We regularly connect with working parents, college students, boardroom CEOs, teachers, pastors, and everyone in between!

We’re here to inspire you as a leader in the marketplace as we work together to live our lives on mission; transforming our communities.