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Biography

Dr. Tim Elmore is first and foremost a family man, which includes his wife Pam, their two adult children and their dog Sadie (CEO of their home). He not only leads Tim Elmore, Inc. as he speaks to businesses, sports teams, and non-profits, but he is also the Founder of Growing Leaders, a non-profit organization created to develop emerging leaders. His passion for leader development and for the emerging generation grew out of his work alongside best-selling author Dr. John C. Maxwell since 1983. Growing Leaders and Maxwell Leadership Foundation merged in 2023.

Over the last decade, Tim has spoken to 500,000 leaders of corporations, such as The Home Depot, Chick-fil-A, Ford Motor Company, Cox Communications, Cici’s Pizza, Coca-Cola Bottlers Association, and Delta Global. His curriculum has been used by sports teams like the Kansas City Royals, New York Giants, Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Rockets, San Francisco Giants, as well as athletic departments at the University of Alabama, Ohio State, Stanford and Duke University. He is committed to building the next generation of leaders all over the globe.

Tim Elmore’s expertise on the emerging generation and generational diversity at work has led to national media coverage on CNN’s Headline News, Fox Business, Newsmax and Fox & Friends. He is a TEDx speaker and his blog is read by 100,000 people weekly. Tim writes a column for Inc. and Psychology Today and was listed as one of the top 100 leadership speakers by Inc. Magazine.

Tim has written 40 books, including the best-selling Generation iY: Our Last Chance to Save Their Future, Habitudes®: Images that Form Leadership Habits and Attitudes, Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership and A New Kind of Diversity. His latest book, released November 2025, is The Future Begins with Z: Nine Strategies for Leading Generation Z as They Disrupt the Workplace.

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Featured Keynote Programs

The Future Begins with Z

Finding, Keeping and Leading Generation Z on Your Team

Book: The Future Begins With Z: 9 Strategies to Lead Generation Z as they Disrupt the Workplace

Just when organizations grew accustomed to the Millennials, a new generation has emerged: Generation Z, your youngest team members. They bring with them a wealth of value—but too often, older managers cannot get past how different they are. Three out of four managers say they are the toughest generation to lead on a team. But what if your biggest challenge could become your greatest solution? What if you could turn your frustration into fascination with these young team members? This session is about how to engage them, retain them and prepare them for leadership. Tim explains the “Peter Pan Paradox” and then explores some best practices and innovative ideas for getting the most out of these young staff.

Leading Multiple Generations

Book: A New Kind of Diversity

“Mind the Gap” is a common phrase used when boarding trains. But there is a huge gap that many workplaces struggle to close: it’s the generation gap. Boomer and Xer managers differ from Gen Z team members. Today’s workplace has four to five generations working together, and too often, we collide instead of collaborate. Older generations struggle to connect with younger ones, and vice versa. Too often we stereotype, taking mental shortcuts with young or old teammates. This event explores the characteristics of each generation at work today and how to leverage each of their strengths to be your competitive advantage. Based on Tim’s book on the subject, the session offers practical strategies to bring out the best in each generation.

8 Paradoxes of Uncommon Leadership

Book-8 Paradoxes of Great Leadership

Since the pandemic, a new kind of employee has emerged. They are savvy, educated, socially aware and bring higher expectations of leaders than a generation ago. Today’s worker requires leaders to practice social and emotional intelligence, which differentiates them from the rest. They balance paradoxical traits that enable them to connect with people: they’re both confident and humble, stubborn and open-minded, visible and invisible. This session reveals eight paradoxes top leaders leverage on teams, complete with case studies and applications.

Adjusting the Sails

The Art of Leading Change

Book - Marching Off the Map

The world’s most successful organizations are constantly adapting to change. And the best ones lead that change. Much like a sailor harnesses contrary winds to take the ship to the desired destination, effective staff and leaders flex and plan accordingly. They capitalize on current realities. In this session, Tim unpacks five vital secrets for effective change and principles to guide the process. He will ignite discussion that your team can leverage repeatedly in order to be ready for the shifting cultural headwinds we face each year.

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Building Emotionally Intelligent Teams

As AI plays a larger role in the workplace, the greatest differentiator team members can build is their emotional intelligence. Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management are ingredients no smart technology can duplicate. This session not only illustrates the importance of cultivating a high EQ but offers strategies to do so. It’s loaded with practical ideas to deepen your team’s interpersonal skills with customers and each other.

Marching Off the Map

Leading with Innovation

Book: Marching Off the Map

When Alexander the Great assembled three armies and began his campaign, he marched his soldiers off the current, familiar maps and into new, uncharted territory. They had to draw new maps as they marched. This is our reality today. Leaders and organizations cannot merely repeat what they’ve always done. Team success must be about more than fulfilling a current job description. Effective leaders discover what’s new while also holding on to timeless values. They are timely and timeless. This session sets up discussion on how to hold fast to your values and you march into new territory, prepare for the future and set the pace for your industry.

Secrets from the Land of Oz

Practicing Team Leadership

Over the last half-century, five different leadership styles have surfaced.. The 21st century requires a new kind of leader. Today, team members enter with more education and a desire to be heard and seen. This session offers a leadership approach that embraces these new dynamics while giving actionable steps along the way. This new approach to team leadership enables leaders to avoid manipulation or intimidation and move toward collaborative exploration to problem-solving on your team.

Becoming a Life-Giving Leader

Book: Habitudes for Life-Giving Leaders

Team members don’t want to be managed, they want to be led well. And they don’t want to merely be informed, they want to be inspired. This session teaches the disciplines of a leader who empowers team members to own the organization’s mission while cultivating a healthy team culture. In an innovative facilitation-style format, using images, conversations and experiences, this session inspires and equips leaders to lead in a life-giving manner.

Choosing Your Soundtrack

How to Build a Magnetic Culture

It’s been said a thousand times: Culture eats strategy for breakfast. This session teaches actionable strategies to cultivate a healthy, magnetic culture (without blowing out the budget). Attendees will learn the habits and attitudes that enable leaders—and their teams—to flourish. The session facilitates discussion on the four elements that make a positive culture stick.

Growing Grit on Your Team

Living in a world of smart technology has its advantages. One of the disadvantages is that employees (especially Gen Zers) have become accustomed to an instant access, on-demand lifestyle. Research reveals that resilience and resourcefulness have dropped. This event reveals what’s happening in our culture and the steps leaders and managers can take to cultivate grit and help employees stay the course, finish the task, delay gratification and go the extra mile. Packed with easy-to-remember diagrams, helpful images and practical steps, the session provides a game plan to deepen grit levels in everyone: executives, managers and staff.

Balancing Acts

Enjoying Health & Wellness in Trying Times

Mental health is an issue leaders and teams must focus on today. We live in a world where addiction, isolation and mental illness have become normalized. Healthy teams establish systems to balance our overwhelming days while still achieving growth and productivity. This workshop provides principles and processes that work teams can utilize to experience life-giving relationships and results.

Five Ways to Increase Your Capacity

Teams often get stuck because of their mindset. We normalize defects and assume our performance is as good as it gets. We forget that people can actually increase their capacity. This session expands on five different strategies to increase your personal capacity at work and provides an opportunity to workshop an action plan.