Who We Are
Youth Leadership Development & Training
Founded in 2003 by Dr. Tim Elmore, Growing Leaders is a non-profit organization which serves public schools, state universities, and civic organizations, as well as faith-based organizations and churches. Our mission is to develop young leaders who will transform society. Our goal is to equip and mobilize one percent of the world’s population under the age of 25 (30 million students) to think and act like authentic, life-giving leaders. We will do this by helping them discover their purpose, equipping them for leadership development and showing them how to use their gifts to serve the world around them. We are about youth leadership development.
Specifically, we provide leadership training and resources targeted for the millennial generation which includes young people born from 1984 to 2002. The bull’s-eye of this target is students ages 12-24 who are middle school, high school and college age. These students make crucial decisions about their life at this time. In fact, the U.S. Department of Labor reports that the average American makes seven major decisions in their lifetime; and five of the seven are begun in college. This is why we specialize in student leadership training. If we’re serious about our future, we must be serious about investing in these future leaders.
Our Purpose:
To develop young leaders who will transform society.
Our Vision:
We see learning environments that contagiously affect students to think and act like life-giving leaders. From these environments, we see young leaders emerging worldwide using their influence to transform society.
We see millions of young leaders from every continent of the globe serving people and solving problems…and transforming society in the process. We will accomplish this vision by providing schools and organizations with the finest youth leadership training and resources. Our goal is to nurture a leadership culture on every campus or organization who partners with us.
Our Values:
Process
We believe youth leadership development is a process not merely an event.
Relevance
We believe we must use what is cultural to teach what is timeless.
Catalytic
We believe we are called to ignite the leadership journey for students and staff.
Mentoring
We believe we cannot develop student leaders en masse but through life-on-life relationships.
Partnership
We believe we must partner with campuses and organizations to train student leaders.
Excellence
We believe we honor God best when we give our best and excel in all we do.
According to the US Department of Labor, the average American makes seven major decisions in their life. At least five of them begin in college. |
Track Record of Accomplishments
Since 2003, Growing Leaders has:
• Created more than 30 leadership training resources for next generation leaders
• Spoken to 300,000 students, faculty and staff
• Partnered with more than 700 schools and organizations to train young leaders
• Mentored more than 100,000 students through our resources
• Trained emerging leaders in 14 countries around the world
Organizations that use our training resources include:
• The U.S. Department of Justice
• Boys and Girls Clubs of America
• Baptist Collegiate Ministries
• Kansas City Royals Baseball Club
• Youth Source
• Christian Medical & Dental Association
• Campus Crusade Media in Asia
• The National FFA Organization
Schools that have used our leadership resources include:
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