Sustainability Mindset and Transformative Leadership: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (Sustainable Development Goals Series)

✍ Scribed by Aixa A. Ritz (editor), Isabel Rimanoczy (editor)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 287
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume examines the importance of leadership in developing an effective sustainability strategy. It defines the sustainability mindset and surveys the primary motivations, conditions, or environment(s) that cause leaders to embrace sustainable practices. As described in the UN Sustainable Development Goal 8, embracing the sustainability mindset will lead to greater productivity and promote economic growth.
Organized into themes of organizational operations, leadership competencies, and leadership practices, the chapters, written by contributors representing global perspectives, tackle topics such as strategy, culture, and leadership styles in developing a new form of mindfulness for leaders as well as organizations. Recognizing the need for accelerated change in organizations as well as society at large, this book presents scholars with a framework for establishing a mindset for sustainability to foster much-needed transformative leadership.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
References
Part I Sustainability and Leadership in Organizational Operations
2 Addressing Sustainability Challenges Through Supply Chain Managers’ Transformative Leadership Behavior
Introduction
Sustainability Management in Supply Chains: An Overview
Decision-Making in Supply Chain Management: Drivers, Barriers, Challenges
Developing a Sustainability Mindset Among Supply Chain Leaders
Conclusions
References
3 Strategic Leadership and the Culture for Sustainability
Introduction
Sustainability Mindset
Leadership Through Time and Its Relationship to the Sustainability Mindset
Classic Theories on Leadership
Modern Theories of Leadership
Leadership for Sustainability
Transformational Leadership May Be the Answer
Conclusion
References
4 Sustainable Development Goals as a Factor in Organizational Competitiveness and the Role of Sustainability Leadership: A Conceptual Model
Introduction
Competitiveness and Competitiveness Factors
Sustainable Development
Sustainability Leadership: An Overview
Sustainable Development Goals as an Organizational Competitiveness Factor and the Role of Sustainability Leadership
The Proposed Conceptual Model
Conclusion
Appendix A—Examples of Sustainability Orientation as a Factor of Competitiveness
Appendix B—Examples of Innovation for Sustainability as a Factor of Competitiveness
Research Reveals That Solar Energy Avoids Much Damage to the Environment
WEG Signs Contracts to Supply Wind Turbines to Wind Farms of Energy Alliance
Appendix C—A Case of Organizational Value, Social Capital, and Innovation for Sustainability as a Factor of Competitiveness
Program to Innovation Challenge from Natura
From the Beginning We Said We Would Do This Together
See How Was the Nic Zero Waste Packaging 2019/2020
References
Part II Enhancing Leadership Competencies
5 The Prosocial Leadership Development Process and Its Applications to Business and Education
Introduction
Multiple Motivations for Sustainability
The Importance of Leadership
The Importance of Empathic Prosocial Leadership
Prosocial Leadership Development Process
Stage One—“Awareness and Empathetic Concern”
Stage Two—“Community and Group Commitment”
Stage Three—“Courage and Action”
Stage Four—“Reflection and Growth”
Small to Medium Enterprises (SME)
Pedagogical Strategies
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
References
6 Anthropocene and the Call for Leaders with a New Mindset
Introduction
The Anthropocene
The New Reality
Being a Leader in a Time of Transition
Revisiting the Values of Our Culture
A Guide to Developing a Sustainability Mindset
Four Content Areas
Ecological Worldview
Systems Perspective
Emotional Intelligence
Spiritual Intelligence
Conclusions
References
7 Sustainability Mindset Through Ethical Leadership and CAMB Competencies
Introduction
Ethical Leadership
Ethical Leadership and Follower’s Behaviour
Ethical Leadership and Trust
Competencies for Sustainability Mindset
Organizational Citizenship Behaviour of Management Faculty and Students’ Ethical Conduct
Ethical Leadership and Ethical Community Building
Conclusions
References
8 Beyond Theoretical Learning: A New Perspective in the Development of Future Leaders’ Sustainability Mindset
Introduction
Sustainability Mindset
Methodology
Cases’ Presentation and Analysis
Cases
Systems Perspective
The ‘Knowledge’ (Thinking) Dimension
The ‘Values’ (Being) Dimension
The ‘Competency’ (Doing) Dimension
Ecological Worldview
The ‘Knowledge’ (Thinking) Dimension
The ‘Values’ (Being) Dimension
The ‘Competency’ (Doing) Dimension
Discussion
Final Considerations
References
9 Developing the Sustainability Mindset and Leadership
Introduction
Conceptual Framework
The Universities
Seattle Pacific University
University of Victoria
Nottingham Business School
The Assignments
Seattle Pacific University: Individual Carbon Footprint Assessment and Journal Reflection
Nottingham Business School: Certificate in Sustainable Tourism
Gustavson School of Business: Ecological Footprint Exercise
Discussion
Conclusion
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Appendix A: Assignments
Seattle Pacific University
Individual Carbon Footprint Assessment and Journal Reflection
Nottingham Business School
Assessment
Gustavson School of Business
Personal Footprint Calculation
References
10 Connective Leadership and Sustainable Development
Introduction
Connective Leadership
Intrinsic
Competitive
Power
Personal
Social
Entrusting
Collaborative
Contributory
Vicarious
Sustainability Mindset
Conclusion
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
References
Part III Transcendental Leadership Practice
11 Sustainable Compassionate Education Leadership in a Global Society
Introduction
Transformative Learning
Transformative Learning and a Sustainability Mindset
Transformative Leadership and Compassion: Leading Through Example
Conclusion
References
12 Common Good Mindset: The Public Dimensions of Sustainability
Introduction
Common Good in Aristotle’s Eudaimonia
Common Good in Jacques Maritain’s Integral Humanism
Common Good and Elinor Ostrom’s Governing the Commons
Pope Francis, the Common Good and Integral Ecology
Common Good as Mindset Integrated Model
Conclusion
Questions for Reflection and Discussion:
References
Correction to: Sustainability Mindset and Transformative Leadership
Correction to: A. A. Ritz and I. Rimanoczy (eds.), Sustainability Mindset and Transformative Leadership, Sustainable Development Goals Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76069-4
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