Tim Milburn

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Developing A Philosophy Of Failure (Part 1)

Tim Milburn

The most effective leadership development processes give people the opportunity to learn to lead by leading. Because a student leadership culture that doesn’t know what to do with failure will dumb down the leadership development process in order to minimize the mistakes made by students in leadership training.

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Developing Your Soul For Leadership

Tim Milburn

It’s to inspire others to embrace a leadership perspective and posture for life – I want to develop lifelong leaders. Related posts: Equip – The YouthWorker’s Guide To Developing Student Leaders. My mission in life isn’t to simply raise up and grow leaders for the moment. What would you add to this list?

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Developing A Philosophy Of Failure (Part 2)

Tim Milburn

In Part One of this article I explained why it was important to develop a philosophy around the ways we approach, handle, and learn from failure. In this second part, I will offer six questions to aid in the process of developing our own philosophy of failure. Related posts: Developing A Philosophy Of Failure (Part 1).

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Timeless Principles In Developing Student Leaders

Tim Milburn

I’d like to think there are some parts of the leadership development process that are as true today as they were a thousand years ago. In my work developing student leaders I keep these principles in mind. Because of that, they’re vital to any quality leadership development program. I’ve come up with four.

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My Latest Leadership Development Mistake

Tim Milburn

I’m in the business of developing leaders. Some of you who read my posts also have an interest in leadership, whether it’s developing your own or other’s. Leadership development isn’t an exact science, but there are some best practices we learn along the way. I think about it…a lot.

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Equip – The YouthWorker’s Guide To Developing Student Leaders

Tim Milburn

“If you’re going to develop student leaders, the first person who needs to be developed is you.” ” This is the opening line to my latest book, Equip – The YouthWorker’s Guide To Developing Student Leaders. When was the last time you thought deeply about your own leadership development?

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Designing A Leadership Development Program Checklist

Tim Milburn

Yesterday I acknowledged a mistake I was making in my work to develop student leaders (post link: My Latest Leadership Development Mistake ). I knew early on, when you create a leadership development program, the best place to start is with the outcomes. No leadership development program is perfect. Relationships.