Tim Munden
Tim works with leaders, teams and organisations to fulfil their potential in the disruption and opportunity that the 21st Century is bringing. He is an extremely popular speaker on purpose, leadership and culture, and resilience and wellbeing. The former Chief Learning Officer at Unilever, Tim is also a Senior Associate at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, a Luminary at Accenture, and Director of inchigo.
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Tim Munden's 2025 biography
Tim Munden’s background
Tim has been fascinated by leadership, and how leaders can create the space for people to do the extraordinary, since he was a teenager. His exploration took him through an education sponsored by the UK Army, working with youth leaders worldwide, and a global business career, to now working with leaders, teams and organisations on how to thrive and perform in the 21st Century reality.
As the award-winning Chief Learning Officer and Head of Wellbeing at Unilever, Tim was responsible for the development of Unilever’s approach to leadership in the 21st Century, for wellbeing for Unilever’s 135,000 people. Tim led the creation of Unilever’s approach to leadership, working with the most senior leaders and their teams deliver and to thrive in the disruption. Prior to being CLO, Tim’s experiences included being HR Vice President for Unilever UK & Ireland, a 2.5bn Euro business, setting up Global Business Services and turning around an under-performing company.
Tim now works with organisations across a range of sectors globally, including finance and insurance, technology, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, and consumer goods, ranging from mid-size firms to FTSE 100 scale organisations, focusing on culture and leadership.
Tim Munden's 2025 talks & topics
21st Century Leadership
Effective leadership Is situational, and the situation Is changing. Different attitudes to work and to power, and a fast moving and disruptive context mean that expectations from leaders and what It takes to deliver have changed. This talk is about the key capabilities for 21st Century leadership and how to build them.
Leading In uncertainty
The 21st Century is full of opportunity, but to seize them leaders need to manage uncertainty. To do this we need to stop associating not knowing with not being safe and comfortable, and learn how to unlock our Inner agility; this talk focusses on practices and techniques to build these key 21st Century capabilities.
The power of purpose
Research shows that when people have a clear sense of purpose and can bring that to their work, they are both happier, have higher wellbeing – and are more productive. This talk covers the research, how to unleash the power of purpose for yourself and your organisation.
Nurturing the energy to perform
Since the pandemic the wellbeing of people In workplaces around the world have continued to be under pressure; at the same time the resources given to wellbeing have often been squeezed. This talk covers how to build wellbeing Into your organisation; not as an Initiative, but hard wired Into how leaders and teams work, and how performance Is honed and managed.
Build your own adventure.
What does It mean to build a career In today’s environment, where people stay only a few years at each employer, but will potentially work until their 70s? Aimed at people in the early stages of a career, this talked focusses on how to own and direct your career, how to nurture your energy, and plan the phases of your career, and bring together purpose and performance.