Late last year, I sent a short survey to my network of (mostly) sustainability executives across a range of small and large organizations covering multiple sectors. My objective was to understand how the corporate sustainability role is shifting to include a greater...
Post-election, we all are facing more volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. As a result, the sustainability professional’s work has just become even more important. Let’s take a look at a few items on the 2017 laundry list: We have a new, controversial...
I have written quite regularly about our VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) world and how this relates to the sustainability professional. Change is hard. Navigating it is necessary for success. Leith Sharp, director of Executive Education for...
Presidio Graduate School (PGS) and Pinchot University, the two universities most distinguished for their sustainability management programs, announced they've joined forces, with San Francisco-based PGS acquiring metro Seattle-based Pinchot. Using "sustainable" in the...
I was excited to partner with GreenBiz on its 2016 State of the Profession Report. This year’s report finds salaries are up, budgets are up and headcount is up. All encouraging and good news. Many years ago, I had made some weak attempts at a salary survey. GreenBiz’s...
Two years ago, I convened a group to talk about their transitions out of long-term sustainability roles. They shared advice on navigating a successful career as well as a smooth transition out. All of them were leaving sustainability leadership roles with the...
GreenBiz Group’s fourth State of the Profession report takes a look at the evolution of the sustainability executive and its unique role in industry. Weinreb Group partnered with GreenBiz to look at how much sustainability professionals make, where in the company they...
Millennials, and what makes them tick, is part obsession, part mystery, for HR professionals today. But they aren’t so easily defined; this demographic needs to be more nuanced if we are to understand them better. PwC Chief Purpose Officer Shannon Schuyler’s talk at...
It’s always a pleasure when I can speak with a kindred spirit — someone similarly passionate about sustainable business and its application in the workplace. I found this in a recent conversation with Simon Pickard, director for international programs at the Academy...
Human resource professionals long have been concerned with improving employee well-being, but haven’t always had the ability to reliably measure and prove the return on investment in such programs. But now, with increasingly sophisticated technology and improved...