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Who we are

The first Global Leadership Summit site in Asia — helping Singapore's leaders grow since 2006, because when leaders get better, everyone wins.

What drives us

Leadership is influence — and everyone has it

You don't need a title to lead. Wherever you have influence — at work, at home, in your community — you can use it to make things better. Our mission is simple: to inspire and equip leaders to lead where they are.

It's leadership with a higher purpose — grounded in character, service and the dignity of people, and built for the everyday marketplace. When leaders grow, the people and organisations around them grow too.

Part of something bigger

The Singapore home of a global network

The Global Leadership Summit began near Chicago in 1995 and has grown into one of the world's largest leadership gatherings. Today the Global Leadership Network reaches leaders in more than 135 countries — and Singapore is proudly part of that story.

2006
First Asia Site
400K+
Leaders Impacted
135+
Countries
2,200+
Host Locations
The Global Leadership Network Singapore community
Our story

It started in Singapore in 2006

A small local team believed Singapore's leaders deserved a front-row seat to the world's best leadership thinking — so they brought the Summit home, and Singapore became the very first Global Leadership Summit site in Asia.

Twenty years on, more than 15,000 leaders across the marketplace, the community and the church have grown with us. What began as one gathering has become a movement of Singapore leaders getting better, together — and opening the door for the rest of the region to follow.

Our journey

Twenty years, one growing movement

A few of the moments that shaped the Global Leadership Network in Singapore.

2006
A first for Asia

Singapore becomes the first Global Leadership Summit site in Asia, bringing the movement to the region for the first time.

2009
Putting down roots

Year on year, more leaders from business, the social sector and the church join in — and keep coming back.

2013
Beyond the boardroom

The community broadens across the marketplace, the community and ministry — leaders learning side by side.

2017
A Singapore stage

Live local and regional voices join the world-class filmed faculty, making the Summit truly ours.

2020
Leading through disruption

When the world changed overnight, we adapted to keep Singapore's leaders connected and growing.

2025
15,000+ strong

Singapore passes 15,000 leaders impacted since 2006 — a movement, not a moment.

2027
A new chapter

The Summit gathers at Bethesda Cathedral, Bedok — two days, high impact.

What we believe

The values under everything we do

Everyone has influence

Leadership isn't a title — it's the influence you already have, wherever you are.

Character first

Who you are matters more than what you achieve. Integrity is the foundation of trust.

People first

Leadership exists to serve people and lift them up — never the other way round.

Stewardship

We're caretakers of what we've been given — our influence, our people, our community.

One set of values, lived out in the everyday marketplace — shaped by enduring, godly principles of service and stewardship.

Grow with us in Singapore

Be part of the movement

Join thousands of leaders at our flagship Summit — or start a conversation about bringing GLS Impact to your community.