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

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.

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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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Jo Saxton

Founder, Ezer Collective; Executive Director, The 25; Podcast Host; Author

Jo Saxton is the founder of the Ezer Collective, an initiative dedicated to investing in women leaders around the world, equipping them to own their voice and boldly step into their calling. 

She currently serves as the Executive Director of The 25, a leadership development initiative at Bethel University. Born to Nigerian parents and raised in London, England, Jo now lives in Minneapolis and co-hosts The Lead Stories Podcast, a weekly conversation on leadership and life. 

Saxton has also written several books, including “Ready to Rise,” “More than Enchanting,” and “High Heels and Holiness.”

Presenting: Amplify Your Purpose To Elevate Your Impact

As leaders, there are things that are done to us and there are things we do to ourselves. The way we handle these situations will determine not only our well-being but our impact. Join Jo Saxon as she unpacks how our response dictates our future. 

Walk away with questions that will help us uncover blind spots, and explore how purpose guides us through the difficult moments we all have.

Kindra Hall

Storytelling Expert; Bestselling Author

Kindra Hall is a bestselling author and the former Chief Storytelling Officer of Success Magazine. She has become the go-to expert for storytelling in business and beyond. Gartner and Forbes said her debut book, “Stories that Stick,” “may be the most valuable business book you read.” 

Released in May 2024, her newest book, “The Story Edge: How Leaders Harness the Power of Stories to Win in Business,” helps leaders to better communicate with and inspire their teams and organizations.

Hall has helped shape the stories of global brands including Target, Univision, United Way, USO, and Farmers Insurance. She inspires teams and individuals to better communicate the value of their company, their products and their individuality through strategic storytelling.

Presenting: Harness The Power Of Story

Good storytelling is a critical part of successful leadership. Stories are the key ingredient to engaging audiences, building consensus, and inspiring action. Join Kindra Hall, as she helps us recapture storytelling as the underutilized talent that separates the good from the best in business. 

In this talk, identify how you can find, craft, and tell a great story while avoiding the most common mistakes. Walk away confident in your ability to tap into the true universal language of storytelling.

Erwin Raphael McManus

Founder, The Arena Mastermind for Optimal Performance, MOSAIC; Bestselling Author

Erwin Raphael McManus is an award-winning author and artist. His books have sold over one million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His creative genius has resulted in consulting work with organizations spanning from the NFL to the Pentagon. 

McManus has spent the last 30 years advising and coaching CEOs, professional athletes, billion-dollar companies, universities, and world leaders, and he is passionate about helping people destroy their internal limitations and unlock their personal genius.

A native of El Salvador, McManus is also recognized internationally as the founder of Mosaic, a faith movement from Los Angeles that has inspired millions across the globe.

McManus coaches leaders, entrepreneurs, and communicators worldwide through The Arena as well as his groundbreaking work on The Art of Communication. His newest book, “The 7 Frequencies of Communication,” will be released in summer 2024.

Presenting: Seven Frequencies Of Communication

To communicate effectively and dynamically, leaders must know how to speak to the frequencies of their audience. Join Erwin Raphael McManus as he unpacks how you can communicate in a way that forges powerful connections. 

In this talk, identify the seven frequencies of communication that we use across our families, our workplaces, and our communities. Explore how each frequency is a unique combination of factors: its strength, its shadow, and the way it impacts its audience.

When you decode your communication frequency, you discover how to truly engage, influence, and connect with those around you.

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.