Bishop Ough and members of the Dakotas Conference Extended Cabinet invite you to join them at the 2014 Global Leadership Summit hosted by the Willow Creek Association (WCA) on August 14-15, 2014. 

Founded in 1992, WCA is the organization behind the Global Leadership Summit.  According to its website, “the Summit is a world-class experience for leaders who want to get better.  Everybody has influence and the responsibility to lead well. When cultivated in a culture of Christ-centered leadership, your influence can change lives and the organizations in which you lead. Leaders worldwide leverage the Summit to sharpen their skills and to unleash the full potential of their teams.”

The Leadership Summit is available by simultcast at the following sites in North Dakota: Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Williston. 

The Leadership Summit is also available by simultcast at the following sites in South Dakota:  Mitchell, Rapid City and Sioux Falls.  The Dakotas Conference leadership team will participate at DWU’s Sherman Center in Mitchell.

The two-day Summit, telecast live from the Willow Creek Association (WCA) campus near Chicago to more than 300 locations in North America. More than 170,000 church, business and organization leaders participate each year.

“The Global Leadership Summit has been growing and is great leadership opportunity, " noted Jeff Pospisil, Dakotas Conference Treasurer who has participated that past several years.

Speakers at this year’s Summit include:

Tyler Perry – Filmmaker, actor and philanthropist
Jeffrey Immelt – President and CEO of General Electric
Susan Cain – best-selling author of “The Power of Introverts”
Wilfredo De Jesus – senior pastor, New Life Covenant Church; Time’s 100 Most Influential People 2013
Patrick Lencioni – best-selling author, “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” and one of Fortune Magazine’s Gurus You Should Know
Carly Fiorina – former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Woman in Business for six consecutive years
Joseph Grenny – social scientist for business performance

For a full list of speakers, go to www.willowcreek.com/summit.
For more information or to register, visit www.willowcreek.com