An inspiring leadership event, featuring an international flavour, is coming to Orillia - virtually.
Broadcast live from Atlanta to hundreds of locations around the world each year, Leadercast Live “brings together some of the most recognized and respected global leaders to create a leadership experience unlike any other.”
It’s billed as the biggest one-day leadership conference in the world.
This year’s event will bring together attendees in Orillia and more than 700 locations around the globe.
The goal of the event is to inspire those in attendance “to develop their leadership skills and master the art and science of developing and leading healthy teams.”
The speakers will provide practical guidance on how to enhance your leadership, both for yourself and your team.
“All will be speaking to inform, inspire and equip you to lead healthy teams and provide you with the tools and resources for leadership so you can bring more success to your organization,” said a media release.
This year’s theme, Leading Healthy Teams, builds on the overall mission of the event: to fill the world with leaders worth following.
Healthy teams yield fulfilled employees, effective collaboration, high organizational engagement and greater long-term success.
This year's speaker lineup includes:
- Gayle King, Co-Host, CBS This Morning and Editor-at-Large, O, the Oprah Magazine
- Patrick Lencioni, Best-Selling Author and Founder, The Table Group
- Marcus Samuelsson, Award-Winning Chef and Restaurateur, Author and TV Personality
- Carla Harris, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
- Ginger Hardage, Former Senior Vice President of Culture and Communications, Southwest Airlines
- Dr. Caroline Leaf, Communication Pathologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist
- Andy Stanley, Leadership Author and Communicator
- Juliet Funt, CEO, WhiteSpace at Work
- Craig Springer, Executive Director, Alpha USA
- Host: Tripp Crosby, Comedian and Filmmaker
The Orillia event will feature a special local guest.
National wellness coach Alisa Herriman will be taking the stage to provide local insight into what it means to lead a healthy team.
Herriman has been researching and teaching nutrition for more than 14 years. She specializes in nutrition for cancer recovery and prevention.
Herriman’s aim is to motivate and empower individuals to make healthy choices through understanding how diet and lifestyle affects the physical body, as well as mental health.
Herriman lectures across Canada doing more than 50 lectures a year and teaches at an Ontario-based Nutrition College. She is also a leader of a large organization in the direct sales industry and understands the challenges of living a wellness-focused lifestyle while meeting the demands of high-level leadership.
Leadercast Lake Country 2019 is a fundraising event with all net proceeds donated to The Orillia Lighthouse Soup Kitchen and Shelter Capital Campaign, Building Hope.
The May 10 event, sponsored by the Orillia District Chamber of Commerce and AltaVista, will be hosted by Lakehead University in Orillia.
Cost for tickets is $109 for local Chamber of Commerce members and $119 for non members.
For event, exhibitor, sponsorship and ticket information, please go to www.leadercastlakecountry.com
