GLN Website Terms of Use

Effective date: July 17, 2026

The Global Leadership Network (GLN, us, we, our) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that produces the Global Leadership Summit (GLS) and other leadership development resources.

ARBITRATION NOTICE: ALL UNRESOLVED CONFLICTS WILL BE RESOLVED THROUGH ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. YOU CANNOT SEEK LEGAL RECOURSE THROUGH STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS, THROUGH JURY OR BENCH TRIALS, OR THROUGH A CLASS ACTION. PLEASE REVIEW THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SECTION BELOW IN FULL.

Acceptance of these terms

These GLN Website Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the globalleadership.org website and any content we deliver through it or through our email newsletters (together, the "Website"). By accessing or using the Website, you accept these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.

Other GLN services are governed by their own agreements. Your use of the Network membership platform is governed by the Network Terms of Service. Your registration for or attendance at the Global Leadership Summit is governed by the Global Leadership Summit Terms and Conditions. Host site access to Summit Central is governed by the Summit Central Terms of Use. If there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and one of those agreements, that agreement controls for the service it covers.

Who may use the Website

The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the Website. If we learn that we have done so, we will delete it. Features that require registration, purchase, or account creation carry their own eligibility requirements, including minimum age requirements, as stated in the agreement that governs the applicable service.

Our content and your license

The Website and its content, including text, articles, graphics, logos, videos, audio, and design, are owned by GLN or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and view the Website and its content for your personal, non-commercial use. You may share our content by linking to it or by using the sharing tools we provide.

From time to time we may make video content available on the Website at no charge. Any such video is licensed for streaming viewing on the Website only. You may not download, record, capture, or re-post it, or present it as part of a paid or ticketed experience.

What you may not do

You agree that you will not:

• Republish, reproduce, distribute, or publicly display Website content, except as expressly permitted above.
• Use the Website or its content for any commercial purpose without our prior written consent.
• Copy, upload, or otherwise use Website content to train, fine-tune, or develop any artificial intelligence model, or to create summaries, chatbots, or other derivative products.
• "Scrape," "crawl," or "spider" any portion of the Website, or use any robot or other automated means to access or extract Website content.
• Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any technical measure we use to protect the Website or its content.
• Modify, adapt, or create derivative works from Website content.
• Use the Website in any way that violates applicable law or interferes with its operation or with any other person’s use of it.

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How we use the words “partner” and “member”
GLN uses words such as “partner,” “partnership,” “member,” and “membership” throughout the Website in a general and descriptive sense to describe relationships within our ministry community. We do not use them in a legal sense. Nothing on the Website or in these Terms of Use creates a partnership, joint venture, agency, employment, or franchise relationship between you and GLN, or grants you any membership interest, voting right, or other governance right in the Global Leadership Network as a corporation. Neither party has authority to bind the other.

Third-party links

The Website may contain links to third-party websites and resources. These links are provided for convenience only. GLN does not control, endorse, or assume responsibility for third-party websites, their content, or their privacy practices. Accessing them is at your own risk and subject to their terms.

Copyright complaints

It is GLN's policy to comply with intellectual property laws and to act expeditiously upon receipt of a valid notice of claimed infringement. If you believe your work has been reproduced on the Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may submit a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to our Copyright Agent by email at heretoserve@globalleadership.org, or by mail to the attention of “Copyright Agent” at the address in the Contact us section below. Your notice should include the information required by 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3).

No warranty

The Website and its content are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. GLN does not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that its content is accurate, complete, or current.

GLN faculty and contributors are invited to share their expertise based on their proven abilities in their respective fields. Their beliefs, opinions, and statements are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of GLN, and GLN is not liable for them. Website content is provided for general leadership development and informational purposes only
and is not professional, legal, financial, medical, or employment advice.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, GLN and its officers, directors, employees, agents, volunteers, and licensors will not be liable to you or any third party for indirect, consequential, special, incidental, punitive, or exemplary damages arising out of or related to the Website or these Terms of Use, and GLN’s aggregate liability for any claim arising out of or related to the Website will not exceed one hundred dollars ($100). Nothing in these Terms of Use limits any right or remedy you may have under applicable law that cannot be waived or limited by agreement.

Changes to the Website and these terms

We may update, modify, or discontinue the Website or any content at any time without notice. We may also revise these Terms of Use from time to time. Revised terms take effect when posted, and the effective date above will be updated. Your continued use of the Website after revised terms are posted constitutes your acceptance of them.

Dispute resolution; arbitration; waiver of class action; choice of law and venue

In the unlikely event that a Dispute (defined below) arises, you agree to give us ninety (90) days from the day you brought the issue to our attention to resolve any issue informally before proceeding to arbitration. If for some reason after such ninety (90) day period has passed and the issue is still not resolved, then and only then may you proceed to arbitration, in accordance with the following.

Subject to any exceptions as set forth herein, any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or your use of the Website (a "Dispute") shall be submitted to mandatory final and binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (the "Tribunal") using its Consumer or Commercial Arbitration Rules, whichever is applicable; provided, however, that this agreement to arbitrate does not (a) extend to disputes in which either party seeks injunctive or other equitable relief for the alleged unlawful use of intellectual property, including, without limitation, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, logos, trade secrets or patents, (b) limit the right to pursue enforcement actions through applicable U.S. federal, state, or local agencies where such actions are available, or (c) prevent either party from seeking injunctive relief in a U.S. court of law. All arbitration hearings will be held at the nearest location to South Barrington, Illinois that is reasonably possible. The arbitration proceedings and decision of the arbitrator(s) shall be kept confidential (and may not be disclosed) by the parties or the arbitrator(s), except to the extent necessary to compel any award made by the arbitrator(s).

You and GLN agree to arbitrate in each of our individual capacities only, not as a representative or member of a class (either class action lawsuit or a class-wide arbitration), and expressly waive any right to file a class action or seek relief on a class basis.

These Terms of Use and your use of the Website are governed by the laws of the United States and the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict of law principles. Subject to the foregoing arbitration requirement and class action waiver, to the extent that any lawsuit or court proceeding is permitted, to the fullest extent permitted by law you agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts and federal courts located nearest to South Barrington, Illinois for the purpose of litigating all such disputes. You also waive your rights to a jury trial.

Exceptions where prohibited by law. Nothing in this section applies to the extent prohibited by applicable law. If applicable law prohibits or renders unenforceable the agreement to arbitrate, the class action waiver, the jury trial waiver, or the venue provision as applied to you, that provision does not apply to you, and the remaining provisions of this section continue to apply to the fullest extent permitted. Without limiting the foregoing, if you are a resident of Canada, the agreement to arbitrate and the class action waiver in this section do not apply to you, and you may bring a Dispute in the courts of your province or territory of residence.

Coordinated Disputes; batching. If twenty-five (25) or more Disputes raising substantially similar claims are submitted to the Tribunal against GLN by or with the assistance of the same or coordinated counsel, the parties agree that the Tribunal will administer those Disputes in batches of no more than fifty (50) claimants each, and that the Tribunal’s Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules and any associated fee schedule will apply to the extent the Tribunal makes them applicable. The parties will cooperate in good faith to select a reasonable number of bellwether Disputes from each batch to be arbitrated first, and will jointly request that the Tribunal stay the remaining Disputes in that batch pending resolution of the bellwethers. Any applicable limitations period is tolled for any Dispute stayed under this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph creates any right to arbitrate on a class, collective, or representative basis.

General

If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it. These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and GLN regarding your use of the Website. You may not assign these Terms of Use. We may assign them without notice to you. The license, restriction, disclaimer, limitation of liability, and dispute resolution provisions survive any termination of your use of the Website.

Privacy Policy

GLN’s Privacy Policy (www.globalleadership.org/privacy-policy) describes our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information when you use our services and the choices you have associated with that data.

Contact us

If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us by email at heretoserve@globalleadership.org, by phone at 800-570-9812 (in the United States) or 1-847-765-0070 (outside the United States), or by mail at 67 East Algonquin Road, South Barrington, IL 60010.