Sustainable Leadership

The business case for operating along sustainable principles is becoming very clear. Sustainable organizations outperform their peers on many criteria, including corporate social responsibility, employee satisfaction and – surprising for some – even financially. Sustainable Leadership: Honeybee and Locust Approaches presents an evidence-based view of how 23 leadership practices facilitate outcomes that go beyond what is commonly referred to as the triple bottom line – environmental sustainability, corporate social responsibility and financial success. The book centers on a powerful metaphor of honeybee and locust behaviors, which illustrate two leadership philosophies with very different outcomes for a business and its viability. Gathering evidence from scholars combined with observations from successful firms around the world, the book presents a bundle of principles, behaviors and beliefs that forms a sustainable leadership system. This engaging, insightful book offers a set of principles that can be adapted in many ways to underpin sustainable leadership in different situations. It provides evidence and a rationale for building a business case to change towards more sustainable practices.

Sustainable Leadership: Honeybee and Locust Approaches

Avery, Gayle

Bergsteiner, Harald

Reference

Routledge

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Psychology & Counseling

Prentice Hall Australia (a Pearson Education Australia company)

Understanding how to create and maintain high performing, resilient, environmentally friendly and socially responsible organizations and societies requires input from many disciplines, insights from researchers with diverse backgrounds, and leadership from business and government. A good place to start is with an understanding of the issues. The multidisciplinary author team on Fresh Thoughts in Sustainable Leadership quite provocatively covers diverse topics related to establishing sustainable leadership in different national and industry settings. The contributions are based on current research into sustainable leadership presented at symposia run by the Institute for Sustainable Leadership. Fresh Thoughts in Sustainable Leadership contains 15 chapters organized into three parts. Part I contains chapters concerned with transforming organizations towards sustainable practices. Then, as the chapters in Part II indicate, leadership plays a major role in creating and maintaining sustainable enterprises. Part III in turn then covers a fundamental aspect of sustainable leadership, namely what educators are doing for sustainability, particularly in universities. Overall, the chapters in Fresh Thoughts in Sustainable Leadership&gt; examine many aspects of sustainable leadership – from transformational change and leadership issues to education; from insoluble problems to easy-to-use tools for under-resourced small businesses and individuals; and from cultural change at the national level to ways in which individuals can become proactive, civil and skilled at picking up cues related to sustainability. With contributors from multiple continents including Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe, this book offers the read a stimulating journey through these fresh thoughts.

Sustainable Leadership: Fresh Thoughts

Business & Money

Hughes, Bronwyn

Management & Leadership

Tilde Publishing and Distribution

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