Welcome to Difference Makers: A Leadership Podcast
Hello! I am Tim McWilliams. I’ve been a leadership practitioner, scholar, leader development professional for a long time. I have not only designed, updated, and managed important DoD civilian leader development programs, but also deliver my own workshops, courses and programs. I created Difference Makers Leadership Podcast to provide a better way of developing leaders who make a positive difference in the lives of people, teams, and organizations. In contrast to the archaic leader development approaches and curriculum still used today, I provide a modern, comprehensive, and holistic approach leadership and leader development to meet the 21st century needs and challenges that are grounded in the latest multidiscipline scholarship and perfected in real leader development programs. (Click to see the rest)
About Difference Makers
Difference Makers: A Leadership Podcast provides a modern, 21st century leadership and leader development approach that significantly improves outdated models, methods, and approaches. In doing so, it provides you with expert insights, strategies, and practices to help you not just be a leader people want to follow, but be an exceptional leader that makes a positive difference in the world we live in, a difference maker!
About Tim
Dr. Timothy S. McWilliams is an award-winning talent development professional and strategic advisor with more than 40 years of civilian, military, and government leadership experience and more than decade managing talent and leader development programs—all backed by a doctorate in strategic leadership. He is the founder and CEO of Timothy S. McWilliams Leadership and Leader Development, LLC, which does business under the Timotheos Leadership and Strategian Leadership and Communication brands.
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Episode #1 – Improving Your Leadership by Rethinking Leader Development
April 8, 2026
This episode discusses some of the factors contributing to the epidemic of toxic and ineffective leadership in our organizations, makes a case for rethinking our approach to leadership and leader development, and describes a modern, 21st century leadership and leader development approach that significantly improves outdated models, methods, and approaches. In doing so it provides four key leadership lessons and challenges leaders to think broader and deeper about leadership and who they are as a leader.
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April 8, 2026
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Episode #1 – Improving Your Leadership by Rethinking Leader Development