Case Study: Global Leadership Foundation achieves major time and cost savings with LifeSize video conferencing

World Leaders work with LifeSize HD Video Conferencing Solutions to improve communications

The Global Leadership Foundation (GLF) is a network of 34 former heads of state and senior leaders that provides discreet, confidential advice to current decision makers. With members spread across seven countries and Secretariat staff often working from different locations, GLF faced high travel costs and significant time lost to attend board meetings, and needed a better way to enable regular, face‑to‑face communication without compromising confidentiality.

GLF implemented LifeSize video conferencing—installing a LifeSize Room 220 in its main meeting room and five LifeSize Connections seats—and immediately shifted a scheduled in‑person board meeting to a virtual format. The roughly £16,000 setup cost was nearly recovered after that single meeting by avoiding three trans‑Atlantic business‑class flights; meetings now take half a day instead of several days, members report better engagement (and no jetlag), and the Secretariat uses the system for routine and ad‑hoc coordination with plans to expand its use.

Global Leadership Foundation

Peter Osborn

Operations Manager, Global Leadership Foundation