KOHIMA, SEPTEMBER 29: Successfully running into its third consecutive year in Kohima, The Global Leadership Summit (GLS), a summit held via video cast worldwide with renowned leaders around the globe as speakers, is all set to be held on October 7 and 8 at Union Baptist Church, Kohima.
Speaking to media persons at a press conference held this afternoon at UBC, Kohima, Rev. Dr. Rachülie Vihienuo, Convenor of organising team GLS, Kohima, said there have been tremendous positive feedbacks from participants of the last two summits which had enabled them to effectively practice in their workplaces.
Quoting Bill Hybels ‘Everyone wins when a leader gets better,’ Rev. Dr. Vihienuo said in order to help leaders lead well the GLS aims at leveraging the influence and effectiveness of those who lead others.
To accomplish this, he said GLS carefully assembles faculty of top leadership experts from across variety of backgrounds like church, business, non-profit, academic and government because of the strong conviction that leaders can learn from anyone. ‘What sets the Summit apart is the intentionality to engage not just the leader’s mind, but also their heart. So those who attend GLS don’t just leave having attended a good event but they leave inspired,’ said Rev. Dr. Vihienuo.
With a desire to help Naga leaders experience world class leadership event here in Kohima, the Union Baptist Church is hosting the two-day GLS Summit 2016 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Four sessions will be held each day including special music, food and discussions. The registrations fee details are Rs 300 (August 1-31), Rs 350 (September 1-30), Rs. 600 (October 1-8). The GLS Kohima is targeting 350 delegates this year and is open to all people in every profession.
This year’s speakers are Melinda Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Allan Mually, President & CEO of The Frod Motor Company (2006-2014); Jossy Chacko, Founder & President of Empart Inc; Bishop TD Jakes, Founder & Senior Pastor of The Potter’s Church; Patrick Lencioni, Bestselling Author and founder of The Table Group; John C Maxwell, Leadership Expert, Bestselling author and coach etc.
Considered one of the best ways to catalyse mission, vision and strategic initiatives, the GLS will focus on topics such as executing ideas that matters most, virtues that accelerate teamwork, navigating effectively through cultural differences, harnessing the power of emotional intelligence, building cultures that values efficiencies, ingredients of successful turnaround.
Though the summit speakers are from diverse backgrounds, Rev. Vihienuo said they all have one thing in common- they are all innovative leaders positively impacting the world in a big way. He, therefore, said GLS is an opportunity for leaders and their team in Kohima town to learn incredible insights, get high challenge ideas and fresh perspective on leadership from these leaders, who have proved themselves in their own fields.
All the speakers will be presented via video-cast on a giant screen with an objective to provide a realistic experience to the attendees. The Summit is open to all, who are willing to sharpen their leadership skills in order to develop people in their organisation, government, business, or church.
The organising team for the Kohima GLS are Pastor Jonathan Mesen, Associate Pastor of Powercomm, UBC, as the producer; Pastor Visato Yhoshü, Associate youth pastor UBC as the marketing coordinator; Rev. Dr. Rachülie Vihienuo, Pastor UBC as the Convenor of Organising Team; Meripeni Zares, government employee of Nagaland Civil Secretariat as member of organising team; and Kedo Peseyie, Pastor of City Church, Kohima, as member of organising team.
It may be noted that GLS was founded in 1992 by Pastor Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, Illinois, USA. It started as a small local affair in 1992 but over the years, it has grown and has today become a global movement impacting more than 2,50,000 leaders in 105 countries around the world.
