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A forward-looking guide to helping leaders in education and other fields better prepare students for such challenges as globalization, demographic shifts, and advances in technology.
The latest from Bill Ziegler and David Ramage, Future Focused Leaders, provides school leaders with practical, relevant, and useable strategies for immediate application that promote sustainable innovation in leadership. Organized by three main overviews—Relate, Innovate, and Invigorate—each chapter ends with action steps for school leaders to take in order to strengthen their overall leadership abilities. · Relate: focuses on the effect relationships have on teacher and student success across an entire building; readers will learn strategies for conversational leadership, communication methods, and relationship building to create a culture of sharing and collaboration · Innovate: highlights tools and skills to change leaders’ approach to everyday school processes, incorporate technology, and inspire creativity in both staff and students · Invigorate: addresses the need for educators to return to their roots about why they went into education—to make a difference This book is for any school leader who is committed to building learning relationships, innovating for student success, and invigorating educators to make a difference in the life of every child.
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.
When females lead, societies and organizations benefit tremendously. However, females continue to struggle, and finding proper guidance is challenging even when a woman’s heart is in the right place. As we journey into the future, we must facilitate the emergence and success of future-focused female leaders in society and the workplace. The Future-Focused Female Leader is for ladies intending to develop or strengthen their leadership skills to excel. It is also a resource that can be leveraged to coach and mentor younger female leaders to continue developing themselves and their perspectives. Dr. Chinyere Almona leverages her 30 years of leadership experience in diverse roles across Africa. She shares her ups and downs, failures and successes, strengths and weaknesses, showing anyone striving to lead successfully that the secret lies in strengthening or developing certain attributes. The Future-Focused Female Leader is a great read, with insights and actionable ideas. It is a book that will genuinely resonate with female leaders at different stages of leadership. It is personal, practical, and powerful, making it relatable for female leaders in their leadership journeys.
This book is for you if you: are familiar with the current leadership theory and would like to have it all put together in one practical model; would like to catch up on leadership research; want proven strategies for dealing with a challenge to change your organization; are responsible for recruiting and evaluating educational leaders; or want to analyze your leadership performance and plan for future professional growth based upon what works.
Seize the Future: A leader's guide to mastering the art of being future-fit and leading with relevance. In an era of constant flux, Relevant emerges as an indispensable roadmap for today's leaders. It's a clarion call to executives, entrepreneurs and C-suite teams who aspire to master the art of thriving in an unpredictable, AI-infused world. This transformative book equips you with future-focused 'lenses' to make sense of and navigate our world of work with clarity and agility. It addresses the pressing issues of our times - complexity, uncertainty, technological advancements, and social dynamics - while providing you with actionable strategies for leading with foresight and adaptability. Drawing from extensive experience and profound insights, Louise Mowbray offers you a compelling journey through the realms of conscious leadership, systems thinking and innovative behaviours, vital for leading with relevance in the unfolding future. Relevant is a must-read that will change how you understand yourself, others, the future and our extraordinary world.
"Fascinating - A teaching book that I couldn't put down!" If the world is changing, leadership needs to change. The world is changing. It is that simple; it is that complex. Through our work in TomorrowToday Global we have been at the very forefront of this intersection of a changing world and changing leadership across the broad scope of industries and sectors spanning all corners of the globe. And what we see concerns us. We see leaders who are frustrated that they can't mobilize their teams to adapt quickly enough to change. We see leaders who feel the horizon of their strategic plans rushing ever closer, resulting in decision making that often feels closer to guesswork than science. We see leaders battling to manage their teams, to keep and get the most of talent, to develop succession plans and to ensure everyone is focused on the same outcomes. We see leaders exasperated at the lack of initiative their teams have, and yet equally bound by increasing regulation, bureaucracy and inertia. We see leaders struggling to lead. We see leaders unable to admit that they're struggling to lead. Maybe the symptoms we've just listed don't all apply to you, or maybe you have a sense that your organization's problems lie elsewhere. Whatever the specific issues are, we're sure you'll agree with us that leadership isn't what it used to be. And a big part of the reason for this is that leadership itself is changing - just as the world around us is changing in dramatic ways. The leadership theory that underpins our practices of leadership is in need of review. For the most part, the way in which we review and measure leadership practice no longer works. The only way to change all this is for leaders (and those tasked with the responsibility of leadership development) to step back, rethink things and be willing to change. It means asking searching questions, challenging assumptions and revisiting formulae that have, for a very long time, worked rather well. This is easier said than done. But it can be done, and this is what this book is about. Future-focused leaders will gain insight into what it takes to succeed in a time of disruptive change. The book provides both a new lens through which to see the world and leadership, as well as practical tools and tips to help you make the journey towards a new leadership style and approach.
