Frank O'Brien-Bernini is the vice president and chief sustainability officer at Owens Corning, the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. We spoke recently about his evolving role in the company, and how the growing sustainability department...
GB Talent Show: Why are there no women 'sustainability pioneers'?
When the Weinreb Group released our latest report, "Pioneers of Sustainability: Lessons from the Trailblazers," the outpouring of feedback regarding the gender imbalance of the Six Pioneers surprised me. All of them were white men. When James Epstein-Reeves and I...
GB Talent Show: Is 'agile leadership' the next sustainability buzz phrase?
Conference season is here. During this time of reconnecting with colleagues, the top question I receive is: “What are the newest trends in the job market?” Read more here in the latest GreenBiz Talent Show post.
GB Talent Show: 5 job search tips from a skydiving sustainability director
Samantha Joseph is director of corporate responsibility and sustainability at Iron Mountain, a data and records management company. I recently had the opportunity to talk to her about her job search and experiences working in the sustainability field. Read more here...
GB Talent Show: How to follow the paths of sustainability trailblazers
Sustainability pioneers do not rest on their laurels. They consistently and passionately work toward long-term improvement, and they are powerful examples of persistent boldness and conviction, particularly when the going gets tough. That's just one of the findings...
GB Talent Show: Motivating employees, with or without money
What initiatives can human resources create to motivate employees? What do you want your employees to do -- to stay, to work harder, to become brand ambassadors? And finally, do financial or non-financial incentives work best? To answer those questions, I had the...
GB Talent Show: The 5 definitions of sustainability recruiting
Many people don't immediately connect "sustainability" and "recruiting," but putting these two powerful concepts together can yield several business benefits. Sustainability recruiting can have a long-term impact on a company's profitability, productivity and employee...
GB Talent Show: Turncoats? Moving from Greenpeace to the corporate world
I love talking to the iconoclasts who make drastic career changes, like those who leave a grassroots nonprofit for the halls of a corporation. That’s what Jonathan Wootliff and Danny Kennedy did when they went to the private sector from Greenpeace. I wouldn’t call...
GB Talent Show: Nest, AECOM add human factor to clean tech innovation
At the recent Cleantech Forum San Francisco, I was surrounded by buyers (investors) and sellers (cleantech startups) from all over the world, including Hong Kong, Sweden, Canada and Ecuador. With speakers from companies such as EMC, Google and General Electric, the...
GB Talent Show: CSOs and the city: No longer an anomaly
There are all types of chief sustainability officers (CSOs) out there. In addition to the corporate CSOs that I have researched, there is a growing number of chief sustainability officers at cities, hospitals and universities. My search firm, Weinreb Group, is...