Daniel Southern’s story of overcoming personal adversity to become a Crusade Director for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) for 20 years, is nothing short of remarkable. In his book The Message of Leadership Dan shares about his core values and the life-lessons that have brought him triumph over challenges and led to his success as a respected leader, speaker, author, trainer and personal coach. Possessing a true global resume, he has lived in such diverse places as Moscow, New York City, Seoul and London. In 2000, he was invited to be one of the lead facilitators for the historic international conference held by the BGEA in Amsterdam and attended by representatives from more than 150 nations. One of his most prestigious accomplishments was overseeing the largest public meeting ever held by Billy Graham in North America in New York City’s Central Park. He has had the privilege of knowing the most famous of celebrities, royalty, athletes, politicians, CEOs, visionaries, musicians and philanthropists. He is the CEO of the Daniel Southern Leadership Group and PROstrata; consulting firms he founded in 1998. Dan’s passion is helping companies and organizations apply his dynamic leadership formula to create winning strategies in business and life. His presentations are a unique mixture of analysis, humor, faith, straight talk and common sense that focus on how effective leadership ultimately results in profitability and excellence for any team.
For twelve years following his career with Billy Graham, Dan was President of the American Tract Society. He has addressed leaders at the Pentagon and three of the major military service academies (West Point, Coast Guard and Air Force) on more than one occasion In April 2007 he was awarded the Russian International Peacemaker Star in Moscow. It was given to him in recognition of his international work toward promoting Peace and unity among the many groups and leaders (church, government, business) he has worked with through the years. (Other distinguished recipients were noted sculptor Gregory Pototsky and Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov who spent 12 minutes outside a Voskhod spacecraft in Russia’s first space walk).
Dan has written a great deal and been published many articles on leadership training, organizing, promotion, negotiations, public speaking, mobilizing volunteers, team-building, fund-raising, writing, board leadership and motivation. His seminars and workshops are full of creative solutions that turn complex challenges into opportunities for positive change. Audiences enjoy his friendly presentation and find themselves better equipped and motivated by his practical ideas and examples. In The Message of Leadership he creates vision and mixes it with numerous insights and illustrations to help leaders restructure their organizations; work productively with their Board of Directors; produce events; develop fundraising mechanisms; work successfully with the media; develop training materials and move them to a higher level of effectiveness. He has a strong presence and speaking voice that shines on radio and television. In addition to hosting his own radio program for many years, he has been a guest on 100s of programs globally and recorded more than 1000 radio shows. Dan’s insights and fresh perspective will speak to any audience and specifically address the concerns facing diverse industries. He offers hope and inspiration while helping leaders understand what drives change and how to thrive in the midst of it. In 2006 Dan partnered with actor Stephen Baldwin to launch a dynamic youth outreach using extreme sports to impact street kids. Today he serves as President of Stephen Baldwin’s outreaches because of his shared belief in the need to reach today’s culture with a positive life message. Together they are pursuing hundreds of fresh opportunities to use this blended
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