Lead Where
You Are
Transform the ordinary into extraordinary, Lead Where You Are. Discover the power of influence at GLS 2025 and take charge of your leadership destiny.
Craig Groschel
Jon Acuff
John C. Maxwell
James Hewitt, Ph.D.
David Ashcraft
Juliet Funt
4th October 2025
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8:30am-5:00pm
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Hotel Radisson Blu, Mumbai
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LEARN FROM THE WORLD’S BEST
World-Class CEOs, Entrepreneurs & Business Gurus will Inspire, Equip, Educate & Empower you.
CRAIG’S TALK: Permission to Obsess
- Break free from limiting habits
- Reach levels of performance that defy convention
- Harness the transformative power of the present moment
Globally recognized as a leader of leaders, Craig Groeschel is the visionary founder and Senior Pastor of Life.Church, rated by Glassdoor as the #1 Place to Work for two consecutive years. Life.Church created the YouVersion Bible App, downloaded on over 500 million devices worldwide. Craig also hosts the top-ranked Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast and is a New York Times bestselling author. His latest book, Think Ahead, helps readers make seven daily decisions for a God-honoring, impactful future. In his session, he will share how leaders who give themselves permission to fully obsess over the right priorities can unleash innovation, deepen commitment, and create lasting influence. Participants will leave inspired to channel intense focus toward what matters most—building organizations, teams, and lives that reflect excellence and intentionality.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
Founder and Senior Pastor, Life.Church; Bestselling Author
JON ACUFF
INC Top 100 Leadership Speaker; Bestselling Author
Jon’s Talk: Procrastination Proof — The Four Permissions That Give You the Life You’ve Been Waiting For
- Break free from procrastination’s grip
- Unlock four permissions that fuel progress
- Turn untapped potential into action
Jon Acuff is the New York Times bestselling author of 10 books, including his most recent, “All It Takes Is a Goal: The 3-Step Plan to Ditch Regret and Tap Into Your Massive Potential.” When he’s not writing, Acuff can be found on a stage, as one of INC’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers. He’s spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences, colleges and companies around the world including FedEx, Nissan, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Chick-fil-A, Nokia and Comedy Central. He’s also helped some of the biggest brands tell their story, including The Home Depot, Bose and Staples.
Jon redefines procrastination not as wasted time, but as stored creativity, energy, and possibility waiting to be unleashed. With humor and insight, he unpacks the four key permissions leaders must embrace to break free from delay and step boldly into purpose. Participants will leave with a proven framework for ending procrastination and moving toward a remarkable life.
JOHN’S TALK: BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A WORLD THAT DIVIDES
- Build a legacy that outlives your tenure
- Multiply value by developing leaders who develop leaders
- Lead with character that compounds over time
John C. Maxwell has spent his life helping people. His mission is to add value to leaders who multiply value to others. In pursuit of this desire, he has founded multiple organizations, written more than 90 books selling 38 million copies, produced six New York Times bestsellers including a number one, trained more than 5 million leaders in 180 countries and created the largest coaching company in the world. Business Insider called him America’s #1 leadership authority, and Inc. magazine identified him as the most popular leadership expert in the world. The recipient of the Horatio Alger Award and the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network, Maxwell is still growing, writing, speaking and creating transformative programs in the U.S. and around the world. John is joining us as a speaker for his 6th Global Leadership Summit!
At GLS 2025, in his talk *Leaving a Legacy in Leadership*, Maxwell challenges leaders to think beyond short-term results. He emphasizes the importance of integrity, intentionality, and investing in people—principles that compound into a legacy of influence long after titles and positions are gone. Leaders will leave inspired to cultivate daily habits that ensure their impact lives on in the lives of others.
John C. Maxwell
Founder, Maxwell Leadership® | Bestselling Author
James Hewitt, Ph.D.
Human Performance Scientist | Founder, Knowledge Work Lab
JAMES’ TALK: REGENERATIVE PERFORMANCE
- Replace burnout with sustainable performance
- Leverage cognitive gears for clarity
- Align work with natural energy rhythms
James Hewitt is a human performance scientist who provides some of the world’s top-performing businesses with science-backed strategies for achieving sustainable high performance. Combining firsthand experience as a full-time racing cyclist with ground-breaking research, proven on Formula 1 tracks and in Fortune 500 companies, Hewitt integrates endurance sports strategies with insights from neuroscience, physiology and psychology to reveal a future where well-being fuels business success. Hewitt holds a doctorate in performance science and is the founder of the Knowledge Work Lab, a human high-performance consulting firm that serves some of the world’s leading companies.
In his session; Regenerative Performance, he reveals strategies to achieve peak results without sacrificing well-being.
DAVID’S TALK: SHIFT YOUR QUESTION
- Move from comparison to contribution
- Discover your unique leadership value
- Embrace a question that changes everything
David Ashcraft is president and CEO of the Global Leadership Network. He is also the founder and president of The Advantage, a leadership collaborative that mentors and encourages pastors across Pennsylvania. As senior pastor of LCBC Church in Pennsylvania for 32 years, David helped grow weekly attendance from 150 people to a combined average of more than 22,000.
In his talk, Shift Your Question, David invites leaders to release comparison and embrace their unique strengths to lead with confidence and clarity
David Ashcraft
President & CEO, Global Leadership Network
JULIET’S TALK: LEADERSHIP GLUTTONY
- Escape the trap of leadership overload
- Focus on what truly drives progress
- Unlock clarity, capacity & results
A regular feature in top global media outlets, including Forbes and Fast Company, Juliet Funt is a tough-love advisor to the Fortune 500. As the founder and CEO of the firm Juliet Funt Group, she is an evangelist for freeing the potential of companies by unburdening their talent from busywork. She has brought her powerful concepts to Spotify, National Geographic, Anthem, Vans, Abbott, Costco, Pepsi, Nike, Wells Fargo, Sephora, Sysco and ESPN. Juliet is also the author of “A Minute to Think,” nominated for the Next Big Idea Club curated by Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink, Susan Cain and Adam Grant. She brings her Reductive Mindset framework to GLS 2025. In her talk, Leadership Gluttony, Juliet will challenge the “do more” obsession and show leaders how to free their teams for clarity and breakthrough
Juliet Funt
Founder & CEO, Juliet Funt Group | High Performance Expert
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