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Tim Elmore is a People Developer. From the boardroom to the classroom, Tim develops people to become better leaders. He has taught leadership for corporations such as Chick-Fil-A Inc., The Home Depot, HomeBanc, Gold Kist, Home and Garden Party, OTI Consulting, The Duncan Group, The Community Bankers Association, Network 21 International, First Horizons Loans, Puro-First, the Iowa Flex Plan Association, and Martin and Osa, a division of American Eagle, among others.
Tim is the Founder and President of Growing Leaders, Inc.: a non-profit organization created to develop emerging leaders. Through Growing Leaders, he and his team are equipping middle school, high school and college students on hundreds of campuses including Stanford, Duke, Rutgers, University of South Carolina, Florida State, Baylor University, Liberty University, Asbury College and Regent University. Tim's heart for young leaders grew out of his experience working alongside, and being mentored by, Dr. John C. Maxwell since 1983: author of the New York Time's bestsellers, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and Today Matters.
Dr. Elmore has authored twenty one books, including the bestselling Habitudes: Images that Form Leadership Habits and Attitudes, Life GIVING Mentors, and Nurturing the Leader Within Your Child (Thomas Nelson Publishers). He has appeared on ABC’s Family Channel and on national radio broadcasts, casting vision for developing emerging leaders within the next generation, in this post-modern world.
Since 1979, Tim has served on the leadership team for five organizations. He has also served as Vice President of Leadership Development for EQUIP, Inc.: a non-profit organization founded by Dr. John Maxwell. EQUIP’s objective is to train fifty million leaders in hospitals, orphanages and faith-based organizations around the globe by 2020, through conferences, training materials, books, DVDs and technology. A dynamic communicator, Dr. Elmore has taught leadership in 36 countries, including India, Russia, China, England, Egypt, Lebanon, Australia, Argentina, several countries in Europe and the Philippines. Additionally, he has taught courses, or modules, on leadership and mentoring in nine universities and graduate schools in the U.S. He is committed to developing young leaders on every continent of the world. This is his passion.
Tim lives in Atlanta with his wife Pam and his two children Bethany and Jonathan.
