Dr. Tim Elmore

Based on his book A New Kind of Diversity. People talk a lot about diversity today—ethnic, gender, and income diversity. But there is an elephant in the room. A different kind of diversity exists among the diverse generations that serve on your team. Today’s workplace has four to five generations working together, and far too often, we collide instead of collaborate. This session explores the characteristics of each generation working today and how to leverage them to be your competitive advantage. Too often, we stereotype, taking mental shortcuts and profiling young or old team members. This session offers practical strategies to bring out the best in each generation.

Based on his book 8 Paradoxes of Uncommon Leadership. Since the pandemic, a new kind of employee has emerged. They are savvy, educated, and socially aware, bringing higher expectations of leaders than a generation ago. Today’s worker requires leaders to practice social and emotional intelligence, differentiating them from common leaders. 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 to manage, complete with case studies and applications.

The world’s best organizations are constantly adapting to change. Effective teams flex and plan accordingly like a sailor harnessing contrary winds to take the ship to the desired destination. In this session, Tim unpacks five crucial secrets to effective change and principles to guide the process. He will ignite discussion your team can leverage repeatedly in order to be ready for the shifting cultural headwinds we face each year.

Based on his 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 cannot merely repeat what they’ve always done. It’s essential to “read the need before they lead”. Effective leaders discover what’s new while also holding on to timeless values. This session sets up discussion on how to march into new territory, prepare for the future and set the pace for other organizations.

Based on his book 12 Huge Mistakes Parents Can Avoid. We not only see a new generation of kids today, but we’re also witnessing a new generation of parents. The stress our kids are under, the presence of portable devices, and the nature of their mental health nudge us to solve problems for the short term instead of the long term. Over the years, the data show parenting styles often prevent teens from being ready for real life after graduation. We’ve done a better job protecting rather than preparing. This session identifies common mistakes and offers ideas to prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child.

Living in a world of smart technology has its advantages. One of the disadvantages is students have become accustomed to instant access on-demand lifestyle. Research reveals that resilience and resourcefulness have dropped in younger generations. This event reveals what is happening and the steps educators and parents can take to cultivate grit and help kids delay gratification. Packed with easy-to-remember diagrams, helpful images, and practical steps, the session provides a game plan to deepen grit levels in everyone: staff, faculty, and students.

Over the last half a century, five different leadership styles became popular. Today, new team members enter with more education and a desire to be heard and not just 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.

Team members don’t want to be managed. They want to be led. And they don’t want to be informed, and 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 learning style using images, conversations, and experiences, this session inspires and equips leaders to lead in a life-giving manner.

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.

Most company brands are set up to employ and sell to Millennials and Generation X. The new kids on the block are a population known as Generation Z—and they are a different breed of staff member and customer. Attention spans and retention spans are shorter. They grew up with a smartphone, creating a greater sense of agency and anxiety. So how do we attract them, equip them and retain them as employees, and how do we reach them as consumers? This session explores both the data and the solutions for these challenges.