Future-Focused Leadership: Preparing Schools, Students, and Communities for Tomorrow's Realities

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Can your organization keep up with today's rapid pace of change, or is it falling behind, overrun by forces that seem almost uncontrollable? In Future-Focused Leadership: Preparing Schools, Students, and Communities for Tomorrow's Realities, Gary Marx shows how staying abreast of currenttrends (and being aware of those just around the corner) forms the essence of successful leadership. In this insightful and informative guide, Marx presents principles, tools, and techniques to help leaders steer their organizations confidently into the future and prepare the next generation of leaders for life in the 21st century. Readers will learn to

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Leader as a Connected Generalist

Guiding Principles for Future-Oriented Leaders

The Importance of Being Connected—Internally and Externally

Trends: Identifying and Analyzing Their Impact

About the authors

Gary Marx, CAE, APR, is president of the Center for Public Outreach (CPO), in Vienna, Virginia, an organization he founded in 1998. CPO provides counsel on future-oriented leadership, communication, education, community, and democracy.