LIVE2LEAD is a world-class leadership experience designed to equip you with new perspectives, practical tools and key takeaways. You’ll breathe new life into your leadership during this information-packed half-day event.

Learn from world-class leadership experts at this simulcast broadcast on Oct. 15 from 9 a.m.-noon at The Center for Rural Development. You will return to your office ready to implement your new action plan and lead with renewed passion and commitment.

John Maxwell, leadership expert and best-selling author, will be joined by Pat Lencioni, president of The Table Group and best-selling author; Valorie Burton, best-selling author, speaker, and life coach; and a video interview with Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s chief operating officer.

Reserve your seat by registering online for LIVE2LEAD simulcast. The cost is $20 per person.

LIVE2LEAD is sponsored locally by Lake Cumberland Rheumatology, PLLC, Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce, and The Center.

LIVE2LEAD Speakers

John Maxwell

A No. 1 New York Times best-selling author, coach, and speaker, Maxwell has sold more than 25 million books in 50 languages. In 2014, he was identified as the No. 1 leader in business by the American Management Association and the most influential leadership expert in the world by Business Insider and Inc. magazine.

As the founder of the John Maxwell Company, the John Maxwell Team, and EQUIP, he has trained more than 5 million leaders in nearly every country of the world.

Valorie Burton

A best-selling author and certified personal and executive coach, Burton has served clients in over 40 states and 10 countries. She has written 10 books on personal development, including Successful Women Think Differently, What’s Really Holding You Back?, Happy Women Live Better and her latest, Get Unstuck, Be Unstoppable.

She is the founder of The CaPP Institute, which provides tools and training that build resilience, well-being and productivity for life and work. In addition, Burton has been a regular contributor on the Today Show, CNN, and HLN.  She has also appeared in and on Dr. Oz, NPR, Oprah Radio, “O” The Oprah Magazine, Essence, and hundreds of others.

Patrick Lencioni

Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to providing organizations with ideas, products and services that improve teamwork, clarity and employee engagement.

After 12 years in print, his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team remains a fixture on national best-seller lists. His most recent book, The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business, became an immediate national best-seller.

Kevin Turner

As Microsoft’s chief operating officer, Turner leads the company’s global sales, marketing and services organization of more than 47,000 employees in more than 190 countries.

Under his leadership, the sales and marketing group delivered more than $78.6 billion in revenue in fiscal 2013. Turner oversees worldwide sales, field marketing, services, support and partner channels as well Microsoft Stores and corporate support functions including information technology, worldwide licensing & pricing and operations.