Actions for leadership in corrections & strategic planning

Actions for : Five lessons for Leaders'

A leader is someone you choose to follow to a place you wouldn^'t go by yourself-Joel Barker, Futurist

Five Lessons for Leaders

Lesson 1: Focus the majority of your efforts on the future.

Lesson 2: Understand the nature of fundamental change.

Lesson 3: Appreciate complex systems and how they work.

Lesson 4: Examine your leadership style and see how it affects productivity.

Lesson 5: Create shared vision to build bridges to the future.

Vision

As we move further into the 21st Century, it becomes more evident that many of the things we did during the last Century simply will not sustain us through the next 100 years.

YOU ARE NOW A CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATOR

1. What are some things as correctional administrators you have done in the field that you can no longer afford to do?

2. As leaders of today,and tomorrow in your agency, what are some thinks you CAN do to better insure a healthy organization now and in the future?

YOUR CHALLENGES

What are the top three challenges in Corrections today? Identify those challenges and explain each challenge.