Boardroom Advice
Sustainable leadership; dilemmas in the boardroom
Climate change, social inequality, biodiversity loss - the world expects business to roll up its sleeves. And rightly so, because who else is going to solve it? Politics? Cough.
Sustainable leadership requires more from executives than a fancy mission statement on the website and a shiny sustainability report. It requires a fundamental reorientation of why the company exists, its strategy and how it implements it, and how it leads.
a vision that suits you.
Laura HuijgenExpert Boardroom Advice
Boardroom Advice
How do you create a strategy for your organization that focuses on social and environmental sustainability? What themes within sustainability are within our sphere of influence? How ambitious are we? What suits us? What is needed in the transition of your organization towards that sustainable, or perhaps recovering organization in terms of people and competencies, knowledge, processes, steering & governance?
Uncomfortable questions
How do you deal with uncomfortable themes such as: short-term profits versus long-term sustainability investments, transforming or even winding down profitable but polluting core businesses, the increasing pressure to make meaningful sustainability claims while avoiding the risk of greenwashing, and the concern that our competitive position is being weakened?
Moral compass
On a personal level, leaders struggle with aligning their own moral compass with business interests, often hampered by knowledge deficits on sustainability. Increasing demands for transparency and accountability are forcing greater disclosure of sustainability performance, while uncertainty about changing regulations persists. It is a delicate balance between the diverse expectations of various stakeholders - from investors to activists - that makes sustainability issues a multidimensional challenge, in a constantly changing landscape.
Sustainable leadership
The question is not whether you meet this challenge, but how quickly you master the art of sustainable leadership. PHI can help with:
- Sustainable C-level coaching;
- Interim sustainability director;
- Sustainable course setting and operationalization;
- Sustainability leadership training.
We help leaders of organizations define a sustainability strategy, make it measurable and put it into practice.
Our executive board coaches guide you step by step to make this concrete. Are you ready to take your organization to the next (sustainability) level? Then contact our expert.
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