One of my favorite conferences each year is the Willow Creek Leadership Summit.  Mark your calendars – the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit is Thursday and Friday, August 9-10 this year!   Columbia International University is honored to be a host site for this event.  Willow has put together again another great line-up of speakers.  This year’s facultyfeatures:

• Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church
• Condoleeza Rice, Former Secretary of State
• Jim Collins, Business Thinker and Author
• Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone
• Sheryl Wundunn, Author; Pulitzer Prize Winner; Business Executive
• Craig Groeschel, Senior Pastor of LifeChurch.tv
• John Ortberg, Senior Pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
• Mario Vega, Senior Pastor, Misión Cristiana Elim, El Salvador
• Marc Kielburger, Co-Founder, Free The Children and Me to We, Toronto, Ontario
• Pranitha Timothy, Director of Aftercare, International Justice Mission, Chennai, India
• William L. Ury, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Harvard University’s Program on Negotiation
• Patrick Lencioni, President, The Table Group; Author 

And this years musical guests include:

• Gungor
• Kevin Olusola

The Summit is informatiive, inspirational, and a great catalyst for your leadership team.  Do you want to maximize your Summit experience?  Bring a team from your church or organization.  Every year I think of someone who would enjoy hearing the messages from the Summit – go ahead and ask them now.  Don’t say their “no” for them.

You will find the Summit a transformative event, not only for your leadership team, but for your life.  If you have been to the Summit in the past I would love to have you respond to this post and give me your feedback.   I look forward to seeing you at the Summit!