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COUNTDOWN 2001 AREAS OF EXPERTISE STRATEGIC PLANNING It is vital that individuals and groups understand how to identify what they want and how to correctly plan and cant' out their ideas. COUNTDOWN 2001 offers a range of services to help organizations move beyond reacting and responding to current problems by developing and implementing strategic plans. In addition, we facilitate and train groups in the specific skills included in strategic planning ..h Amnmental ca-setingril, . LEADERSHIP SKILLS DEVELOPMENT The quality of life shared by people in the next century will depend to a great extent on the quality of leadership we have over the next thirteen years. COUNTDOWN 2001 has committed itself to helping people o%all ages and backgrounds to develop the knowledge, skills, and perceptions necessary to become leaders in tomorrow's world. We provide speeches, seminars, organizational support, and individual projects that focus on the theme of leadership, outline the characteristics of offecd%,c lead^rsh_p for the future, and provide learning experiences that allow participants to develop and practice the skills and techniques of effective leadersnlp. CREATIVITY AND DECISION MAKING To successfully move into the 21st century, we must be able to bring fresh perspectives and improved decision making skills to the complex issues and dilemmas that face h1imanity at every level today. At a global. national, community, organizational, and personal level, mere are specific skills and strategies that can be employed to make better decisions. COUNTDOWN 1001 is helping people learn and apply those skills and techniques to the issues they are facing, personally and professionally. MANAGEMENT TRAINING The styles of management most effective in the past will no longer continue to work effectively in the future. We are in a transitional period, where roles arc confusing and outcomes uncertain_ Although nobody can predict the future, we can identify things that successful managers will need to know and be able to do in the future. Organizations of all sizes will increasingly need to focus on the changing role of managers in the years ahead. Managers themselves will need to understand emerg- ing trends and their implications, develop necessary skills, and proactively lead their organizations. We have provided management training for state and local government agencies, labor-management gnuups, and private corporations. EDUCATING FOR THE FUTURE COUNTDOWN 2001 believes that the purpose of all education is to prepare people to live in the furore. Therefore, education should be based upon a recognition that the world of the future will not be the same as the world of the. past. Tee knowledge, skills, and attitudes that contributed most to becoming effective citizens yesterday may not be the same as those that will be helpful in becoming effective citizens tomorrow. Our staff works with individual educators, schools, school districts, and national and international educational organizations w help them better prepare people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to live meaningful, productive lives. We are dedicated to including young people in future -focused discussions and activities. One of the most 'Important ways in which they can learn to understand emerging issues and what they can do about them is to participate along with adults in visioning, discussing, and working toward a better future.