8th Global Leadership Forum — The Challenges of Leadership

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  1. Leadership and Public Policy, nationally and internationally
  2. Leadership and new initiatives in the private sector
  3. Leadership in academic institutions, NGOs, and capacity building
  4. Leadership, management, and corporate social responsibility

June 22-25, 2006

Istanbul, Turkey

In collaboration with
The International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership
The Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC
The Russian Academy of Public Administration, Novosibirsk
The Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil and
The Eminönü Municipality in Istanbul

About the Global Leadership Forum
Professor Adel Safty, the founding UNESCO Leadership Chair, founded the Global Leadership Forum to promote a multidisciplinary and multicultural conception of leadership, when he was Head of UN Mission in Amman, and Director of the UNU Leadership Academy in the 1990s. The Global Leadership Forum emphasizes an inclusive approach to leadership in the public-policy arena, the private sector, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, in educational institutions, and in citizens’ associations. It seeks to promote Value Leadership by emphasizing the interconnectedness of peace, democracy and development, on the one hand, and the relationship between human development and leadership in whatever field, on the other hand. The GLF has been sponsored by the UN, the World Bank, the UNESCO, several governments, private sector corporations, and educational institutions including the University of Bahcesehir; the Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA; and the International Partnership for Service- Learning and Leadership, New York. Over the years the GLF has brought together distinguished political leaders, senior representatives of inter-governmental organizations such as the UN and the World Bank, distinguished scholars of public policy and of management, corporate and business leaders, students, and representatives of various governments from all over the world, and members of civil society organizations.

Speakers
Dr. Linda Chisholm, Founder and Past President, The International Partnership for Service- Learning and Leadership, New York
Dr. Leo Bruno, Former Vice-President of Samsung Brazil; Director, Center for Leadership Development, Dom Cabral Foundation, Brazil

"Ultimately, leadership is about human development; beyond that, it cannot go; less than that, it is not leadership."
- Adel Safty, Founding President of the Global Leadership Forum

Quotes from Previous Global Leadership Forums
“No one leads by fiat in the modern world.” — Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former UN Secretary General. 2nd GLF, Amman.
“Non-violent leadership requires maximum openness.” — Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the former Soviet Union. 3rd GLF, Amman.
“Leadership requires patience, perseverance, humility, commitment and compromise.” — Oscar Arias, former President of Costa Rica. 4th GLF, Istanbul.
“We do find leaders in all walks of life.” — Ajay Chhibber, Director, the World Bank. 5th GLF, Istanbul.
“Six Sigma combines leadership and operational excellence to achieve maximum success.” — Muhsen Menguturk. Partner, Breakthrough Management. 5th GLF.
“By deliberately bringing in turbulence, organizations are actually embracing innovations.” — Stan Gryskievicz, former Vice-President of the Center for Creative Leadership. 6th GLF, Istanbul.

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