Marching off the Map

Inspire Students to Navigate a Brand New World

By: Dr. Tim Elmore, Andrew McPeak

Narrated by: Dr. Tim Elmore

Leading today's students often feels like being in a new country. The population in this new land has different attitudes (many entitled and narcissistic) and speaks a different language (emojis and social media). Attention spans are six to eight seconds. They multi-task on five screens. They often possess multiple personas on social media platforms. Understanding and connecting with this generation is often times frustrating and draining.

The old maps that helped adults navigate students through adolescence are now producing graduates who move back home, are afraid to take healthy risks, and are unwilling to start at the bottom of a career path.

We're in new territory.

We need new strategies on how to navigate new land...to march off our old maps and create new ones.

That is what this book is all about. From decades of research and hands-on experience, Dr. Tim Elmore and Andrew McPeak collate their conclusions into one resource.

In Marching off the Map, they share practical, research-based solutions that help adults:

Inspire students to own their education and their future

• Lead students from an attitude of apathy to one of passion through metacognition
• Enable students to push back from the constant digital distractions and practice mindfulness
• Raise kids who make healthy progress, both emotionally and intellectually, through their teenage years
• Give students the tools to handle the complexities of an ever-changing world
• Understand and practically apply the latest research on Generation Z
• Leverage what is cultural to instill in teens the wisdom and advice you know they need to succeed in any stage of life

Reviews:

"Marching Off the Map is the much-needed road map for the educators, parents, coaches, and youth leaders interested in guiding today's students." (Dr. Jean Twenge, professor of Psychology and author of iGen)

"Tim Elmore understands today's student and this book, Marching Off the Map, is a compass for those of us to lead them. It is a must read for anyone who cares about the future." (Dr. John C. Maxwell, best-selling author and founder of the John Maxwell Company)

"This book is a must read for those who want to better understand how different generations approach life. As I read this book, I immediately found things that I could use to better understand and motivate the younger generation." (Dr. Mary Lynn Realff, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs, Georgia Institute of Technology)

©2017 Dr. Tim Elmore (P)2017 Dr. Tim Elmore

Pioneers Wanted

Parents, teachers, youth leaders and business professionals need this navigation guide to help our young pioneers make their way in a brave new world.

Fantastic compass guiding current generations!

This has been one of the most realistic, well founded and inspirational books on how to deal, guide and work with current generations to achieve greater results and help them become better people, leaders and prepare them for the kind of world they are living in and for what will come.
I love the positive yet realistic approach to how to speak to the younger generations to get the best out of them and us!

Great but difficult to listen to

Would you listen to Marching off the Map again? Why?

Maybe. The information is great and worth a second listen, but having to listen to Tim read the book and his constant use of the phrase "quote/closed quote" was nauseating. We know you are are putting a word into quotes to make a comparison to something else, but you don't have to save "quote/closed quote" around every word. This really became irritating in a long list of 5 or 6 words that were individually quoted. He said "quote...word...closed quote" six times in a row. Just read the book. If the listener can't figure out that the word is used as an analogy for something, then the book is not for them to begin with.

some good information, but bleh narration

Some good info in here, but at times it feels rambling or repetitive. At other times, it provided some truly good examples and content with thinking about.

One downside was the reading. You could hear him reading as he narrated... pausing to find the next word. There were countless pauses at times when such a pause made it hard to follow. Awful! I almost completely stopped listening to the audiobook on multiple occasions because this was so hard to listen to.

Great knowledge

I thoroughly enjoyed all the learning in this book. Understanding how to train makes better leaders.