History

Lifework was birthed when U.S. Senator William Armstrong (CO) convened Christian business leaders and casted a vision for a nation that could be transformed through leaders who had a clear calling and Christian worldview. Armstrong challenged Ralph D. Veerman, of Veerman & Associates and Larry Kreider, President of The Gathering USA, Inc. to be founding partners in 1992. Our model was refined in 2000 with the appointment of Steven French as President. French brought Lifework’s staff, program and curriculum to a position that enabled its model of leadership transformation to be transferable to other cities. From our inception, our desired outcome has been – "transformed leaders lead to transformed cities"
 

Originally known as The Greater Orlando Leadership Foundation (GOLF), our founders desire was to develop a new generation of leadership in the Greater Orlando area that would transform our businesses, homes, churches and ultimately their city. By the fall of 2006, our leadership program had grown to a leadership community of over 500 alumni that was bringing vitality to Orlando. As a result, our name was changed to Lifework Leadership to reflect the hope that our leadership community would move beyond Orlando. A pilot program was developed in Fort Lauderdale, and the lessons learned from that experience enabled us to welcome the invitation from our leadership community in other cities. Presently, there are affiliates in Ashland, OH, Cleveland, Fort Lauderdale/Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa Bay. Affiliates in New York and Nashville will be launched soon.