Global Leadership Summit coming to Willow Creek

Willow Creek’s Global Leadership Summit, this year featuring speakers including Howard Schultz, president of Starbucks, and Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, will be held this week at the South Barrington church, with 8,000 expected to attend.

The summit Thursday and Friday, Aug. 11-12, will be transmitted live via satellite to 185 locations throughout the U.S. and videocast to more than 270 cities internationally in the fall, reaching 165,000 people.

In a turbulent world where businesses, banks and even churches are struggling to stay afloat, the Willow Creek Association turns to leaders in business, education, government and compassion arenas to guide the way.

In an era where businesses, nonprofits and churches need strong leadership to figure out how to say afloat, it’s focused training events like this that can help leaders navigate the difficult waters of leading in times of turmoil. It has a 16-year history of training church leaders, and leaders in industry, the arts, service organizations, nonprofits and public service.

Other speakers include: Dr. Henry Cloud, a clinical psychologist, leadership consultant, and best-selling author; Len Schlesinger, president of Babson College, Harvard professor, former vice chair of Limited Brands; Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, founder and president of Salter McNeil & Associates, a Chicago-based leadership development organization; Michelle Rhee, founder of StudentsFirst.org; and Bill Hybels, senior pastor of Willow Creek.

A complete list of speakers and information about local satellite sites is at willowcreek.com/events/leadership/schedule.asp or call (224) 512-1980.

The Willow Creek Association is a growing multidenominational worldwide network that serves more than 12,000 churches from 90 denominations and 50 countries. The nonprofit association equips churches and church leaders with strategic vision, training, and resources.