Greg Leith

CEO of Convene

Greg Leith is the CEO of Convene. He was born in Canada and lived in all four corners of North America. His career spans over 35 years of senior leadership roles in corporate, non-profit and academic sectors. Recently, he served as Director of Strategic Alliances for 13 years at Biola University in California.

Greg has served the persecuted church with food, brought relief and long term jobs to Orissa, India, assisted mission agencies in China with strategy and helped envision a School of Journalism in Haiti. He and Shelley, his wife of 38 years, have crisscrossed Canada for over a decade speaking on marriage and parenting for FamilyLife helping thousands of marriages.

Greg was a senior executive for 20 years with the $9 billion ServiceMaster Company, serving in various leadership capacities. He was Vice President of Arrow Leadership and Director of Leadership Development for Christian Leadership Alliance, creating learning experiences for the most influential Christian organizations in the world.

Married for over 38 years to his wife Shelley, he’s the father and friend to five thriving young adults.

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Is Your Business Just an ATM Machine for Ministries?
Is Your Business Just an ATM Machine for Ministries?

“Whatever you do, eating or drinking or anything else, everything should be done to bring glory to God.”

Here I Am
Here I Am

When God calls our name as leaders, He is not looking for a weak response of “I’m here”. He’s not interested in the bored or quiet “here” that we sometimes utter when we’re called upon to sound off in travel groups or classrooms. God is looking for us to say “Here I am” with gusto.

Should We Just Sing a Little Louder and Wait for Jesus to Come Back?
Should We Just Sing a Little Louder and Wait for Jesus to Come Back?

The story goes like this. In the days of the Holocaust, on a Sunday morning, a train filled past overflowing with Jewish prisoners was headed to a Nazi prison camp where the captive men, women and children would surely be put to death.

Obey. Obey. Obey.
Obey. Obey. Obey.

Somebody challenged me in the last week to hang out in Psalm 119. And right away I was like, oh, that's the long one. And I read it before and I don't think I'm going to go for it.

Podcast Episode 96 - What Defines a Healthy Leader with Greg Leith of Convene
Podcast Episode 96 - What Defines a Healthy Leader with Greg Leith of Convene

It’s Tuesday. Which means it’s time to gather. Or, as you might say, it’s time to Convene. And that’s exactly what we’re talking about today. Our guest, Greg Leith leads a ministry to Christian CEOs and Entrepreneurs called Convene. His work there has taught him what it means to be a healthy leader, as well as what we as entrepreneurs can do to foster and encourage our growth as both leaders and people...

Achieve Perfection or Pursue Excellence?
Achieve Perfection or Pursue Excellence?

“One of our four corporate objectives in our $300 million enterprise was ‘To pursue Excellence’. I like that better than ‘Achieve Perfection’, don’t you? It takes the pressure off, but doesn’t let us off the hook. It’s important that we get excellence right, under a biblical banner, so we can execute God’s way.” 

How Do You Grow as a Leader?
How Do You Grow as a Leader?

How do you grow as a leader? Read books, meet over coffee with like-minded friends, listen to God, get a life coach? Each of those are good but none of them alone is likely enough... Real learning and growing happens over time and within a community.

If You Dream It, You Can Do It?
If You Dream It, You Can Do It?

Greg Leith, CEO & Board Member of Convene shares about five amazing leaders who have partnered with God and dreamed big for Kingdom impact then got together to talk about faith in the midst of building movements from the big dreams God gave them.

Can leadership change the world?
Can leadership change the world?

To be sure, leadership learning or ideation sparks new companies and new corporate direction, and yet, at the end of the day, it’s people that have eternal value and meaning to God. People don’t just want money for their day at your workplace, they want meaning.

A Spiritual Forecast
A Spiritual Forecast

Greg Leith, CEO & Board Member of Convene shares that “the spiritual forecast for our world is rather cloudy. Yet, regardless of the leader of your country, you’re still a leader in your company. The spiritual forecast for the world depends on you, and it starts in your business.”

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