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Sixteen Trends: Their Profound Impact On Our Future
$21
In 2000, Educational Research Service teamed with futurist Gary Marx to produce the book Ten Trends . . . Educating Children for a Profoundly Different Future. That publication has drawn significant attention to the urgency of considering the implications of trends in shaping the futures of educational systems and other institutions. Since then, demand continued to grow for the next generation of the resource valued by thousands of educators as well as leaders in business, government, and the community at large. That is why the Marx-ERS team has reunited to produce this expanded and complex new book.
Overview Sixteen Trends: Their Profound Impact On
Our Future - $10
The perfect complement to the full publication, An Overview of Sixteen Trends provides quick references and strategic guidelines to the points raised in Marx’s complete report.
This Overview is a quick look at the Trends included in the full report titled "Sixteen Trends…Their Profound Impact on Our Future. Its purposes are to whet the appetite for even more information available through the larger work and to provide a vehicle for carrying basic information about trends and their implications to expanded numbers of people.
Future Focused Leadership - $21
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 suggests that staying abreast of current worldwide trends and being aware of those just around the corner is 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
* Scan the environment to identify and analyze significant trends and issues;
* Manage issues to set priorities and minimize negative fallout;
* Identify the characteristics of an ideal organization and construct scenarios that depict possible futures;
* Engage the larger community in building a future-focused organization; and
* Develop a strategic communication plan that supports the organization's goals and contributes to its ultimate success.
Future-Focused Leadership is written not only for education leaders, but also for anyone interested in successful, forward-looking leadership. Combining stimulating ideas and practical suggestions, the book will ensure that your organization or community is fully prepared today to confront the challenges of tomorrow.
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