ONLY the FUTURE is MANAGEABLE

Only the future is manageable. You cannot manage the past; it is over. You cannot manage the present; it does not exist. You can only manage the future.

That poses a conundrum: managers must manage what hasn't happened yet. To stand a reasonable chance of doing so effectively, they must be futuristic leaders who envision where the organization needs to go.

Futuristic leaders gaze across time to make extraordinary things happen. They have 20/20 vision. They clearly "see" a new future, "map" that future, and inspire people to go there. They gather up the scattered energy of an organization, focus it into a laser beam of immense power, and shine it with pin-point direction on tomorrow to achieve extraordinary success.

To discover Executive 2020 vision — and how to manage the future — please check out the book FUTURISTIC LEADERSHIP which is summarized at this website: http://www.executive2020.net/ .

(Also see Frank Feather profiled in York University’s "Executive Learning Works" e-newsletter.)