Guest Post by Dr. Hans Finzel
Listen to and learn from a leadership guru! Hans equips organizations with the tools they need to thrive in today's rapidly changing culture. We are thankful Hans is helping us develop our leadership training.
It is scary for me to watch the world that our grandchildren are growing up in America. Is there any hope? Though there are a lot of red flags and discouraging developments, the bright spot is our up-and-coming young Christian leaders.
I spend a good deal of time on college campuses, and I am thrilled when I meet bright young men and women that love Jesus and want to lead their generation for good. They are worthy of our investment in leadership training. If we can raise up as a new generation of strong positive leaders for our country—it is a huge win for our nation.
And, I am talking teenagers and twenty somethings! This is where the hope resides!
Why invest in next generation leadership? Our nation rises or falls on leadership.
1. The next generation is our only hope for a positive future for our nation.
2. Most kids today are NOT growing up with great role models – we can help!
3. Teenagers and young adults are hungry to learn from positive leadership role models.
4. There is power in peer-to-peer influence: If we impact the influencers their power multiplies.
5. What better investment of our time and treasure than in tomorrow’s leaders?
"We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hans Finzel is known as an author of great leadership books. He travels the world speaking and teaching on all things leadership. Hans is a successful author, mentor, speaker and trusted authority in the field of leadership. Hans has trained leaders internationally on five continents. He and Donna founded HDLeaders in 2012 where he serves as President. Prior to that, Hans completed twenty years as President and CEO of international non-profit WorldVenture. Hans and his wife Donna spent ten years living in Vienna, Austria while training leaders throughout Eastern Europe behind the Iron Curtain before the fall of communism.
He has an earned doctorate in the field of leadership from Fuller School of Intercultural Studies. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Columbia International University for twenty years. Hans is host of “The Leadership Answer Man” podcast. He is the author of ten books, including his bestseller The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make (David C Cook) and his newest release is MillennialBOOM! (Top Ten Enterprises) with Patrick Kelly. His books have been published in over twenty foreign languages. Currently, Hans serves as the chairman of the board of Next Generation IMPACT.