Sustainability Leadership: Strategies and Paradigms

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand what this term, sustainability, means on a personal and professional level, and be willing to change perception and think differently as you examine different scenarios and organizations.
• Understand how to listen to your own internal guidance in order to know when to hold space/be of service to others and when to take action. Examine the best practices of sustainable organizations, and define what your role is as a sustainability leader.
• Learn to think in terms of interconnections and relationships, and develop the capacity to facilitate the creation of a sustainable present and future (systems thinking).
• Connect values to management by developing self-knowledge and awareness to understand your own boundaries when addressing sustainability and leadership so that you can effectively manage, facilitate and work with others.
• Learn how to engage stakeholders in taking actions that create sustainable outcomes, understand the role emotions play in making sustainable choices and how to leverage effective management and leadership based on the information that emotions provide (Emotional Intelligence).
• Explore the concept “going further together” and the importance of working in teams, creating community, communicating clearly and effectively to others (Collaboration and community).