GLS Next Gen Speakers

4:34 Minutes

Ashley Bohinc has spent the last 20 years serving the next generation in education, athletics, and ministry. She is the author of Communicating to Middle Schoolers and The Art of Group Talk for Teenage Girls and the founder of Make It Middle School. Ashley is a dynamic speaker and coach known for her passion and authenticity in making a difference. Ashley also serves as the Executive Director of Carry 117 in Ethiopia.

9:58 Minutes

Christine Caine and her husband founded the anti-human trafficking organization The A21 Campaign, a recipient of the Mother Theresa Memorial Award. They also founded Equip & Empower, a ministry mobilizing people to live on mission for Jesus, and Propel Women, which comes alongside women to activate their God-given purpose. Their ministry has also planted three Zoe Churches in Europe, bringing the Gospel to the region and serving the most vulnerable during times of crisis.

22:35 Minutes

Globally recognized as a leader of leaders, Groeschel is the Founder and Senior Pastor of Life.Church, rated the #1 place to work in 2020 for small and mid-size companies by Glassdoor, and the innovative creator of the YouVersion Bible App. As the champion of the Global Leadership Summit, he advocates building leaders in every sector of society. He is a New York Times Bestselling Author and the host of the top-ranked Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast.

25:11 Minutes

Dallas Jenkins is a film and television director, writer, and film producer. He is best known as the creator, director, and co-writer of “The Chosen,” the first fully crowd-funded, multi-season series about the life of Jesus of Nazareth you will never see actualized in real life.

19:25 Minutes

Erwin Raphael McManus is a renowned life architect, award-winning author, and artist. With over one million book sales and translations into multiple languages, he has captivated audiences in stadiums across seventy countries on five continents. His creative expertise has extended to consulting for esteemed organizations, from the NFL to the Pentagon. For three decades, McManus has advised CEOs, athletes, celebrities, and billion-dollar companies, helping them overcome limitations and unlock their genius.

8:18 Minutes

Greg Stier is a champion for unleashing this generation with the Gospel. As the founder of Dare 2 Share Ministries, he is driven to help the Church activate Christian teenagers to reach their friends. In the last 30 years, Greg has trained millions of youth leaders and students how to relationally engage their world with the Good News of Jesus. A much sought-after speaker, Greg is a former pastor, church planter, youth leader, as well as the author of numerous books, including his latest, Unlikely Fighter: The Story of How a Fatherless Street Kid Overcame Violence, Chaos, and Confusion to Become a Radical Christ Follower.

31:56 Minutes

Jia Jiang is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker, known for the project 100 Days of Rejection, in which he faced daily rejections to learn how to deal with fear. He shares strategies to transform rejections into opportunities for growth and is an advocate for resilience in business and in personal life.

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Keith Cote is the Global Lead for GLS Next Gen, where he equips and inspires young leaders around the world to live out their purpose with courage and impact. A coach, speaker, producer, and author, Keith is passionate about developing the next generation to become a transformative force for good. With a background in leadership development and communication, he brings energy and vision to the Global Leadership Network’s mission of raising leaders everywhere.

18:33 Minutes

Kristoff Hart is a speaker and creative business leader who has inspired thousands to greater love, understanding, and balance in their lives. He leverages his life experiences and background in entertainment and marketing to foster hope, growth, and creativity in leaders worldwide.

7:09 Minutes

As an international speaker at churches, conferences and university chapels, Megan Fate Marshman is a leading voice to this generation. She is currently completing her Doctorate of Ministry while serving as a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and as Director of Women’s Ministries at Hume Lake Christian Camps. She also shepherds women at her home church, Arbor Road in Long Beach, CA, and an internationally renowned speaker and author.

31:31 Minutes

When Michelle Poler started a project to overcome her own personal fears, she didn’t expect to go viral—100 Days Without Fear caught the attention of the Today Show, Forbes, CBS, and Huffington Post. Today, Poler has founded Hello, Fears, a social movement reaching more than seventy million people worldwide. She has also authored Hello, Fears: Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who You’re Meant to Be.

32:17 Minutes

Ryan is the CEO of a leadership development firm in Dallas, training over 15,000 leaders annually, from Fortune 500 companies to professional sports teams. He is the author of Chasing Failure (USA Today bestseller) and Leveling Up (Wall Street Journal bestseller). Ryan’s passion is helping leaders break free from autopilot and level up in their personal and professional lives.

7:59 Minutes

Shola Richards is a best-selling author and workplace civility expert whose work has been featured on the Today Show, CBS, Forbes, and Black Enterprise, among many others. Richards is a best-selling author whose research around true kindness and civility is featured in his books, Making Work Work and Go Together

5:06 Minutes

Vanessa Van Edwards is a bestselling author, professional speaker, and founder of the human behavior research lab Science of People. She is known for her work on interpersonal intelligence and people skills, with books like Captivate and Cues. She writes and teaches about human behavior, with her research featured in publications like Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, and her TED talk viewed millions of times.