A world-ranked expert in leadership is to speak at a conference beamed to Bermuda by satellite.

John C. Maxwell, a New York Times bestselling author and coach, will be a keynote speaker at the Live2Lead event, to be held at the Elbow Beach Hotel next month.

Dr Maxwell was in 2014 named as the world’s most influential leadership expert by US business magazine Inc.

The conference, to be broadcast worldwide by simulcast, will also feature Dan Cathy, chairman, president and CEO of the family-owned US fast food chain Chick-fil-A, who will talk about his hands-on approach to management.

And Simon Sinek, an author and leadership expert who teaches organisations how to motivate staff, will also feature, alongside Liz Wiseman a researcher, executive adviser and president of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development company headquartered in California’s Silicon Valley, who has also written bestselling books.

Live2Lead will be held on Friday, October 7, between 10am and 2pm. Tickets are $125 per person and group discount tickets are available.

For more information, contact Bob DiGiacomo at BermudaBob@me.com or on 705-9897, by visiting the Live2Lead Bermuda Facebook page or at Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live2leadbermuda-tickets-26039199948