Bringing together the foremost experts in climate change leadership, this book proposes models of how climate change leadership capabilities can be developed in organisations, and sets out the qualities and approaches needed by leaders to successfully develop and implement climate change mitigation and adaptation policies.

Climate change is one of the most significant and challenging problems we face today, and many organisations have recognised their responsibility in reducing emissions and environmental degradation and regenerating biodiversity. However, conventional leadership has failed to respond adequately to the magnitude of the threat, and a profound change in corporate leadership is required to substantively cut emissions and change climate policy to minimise further destructive environmental impact. This book sets out the qualities and approaches needed by leaders to successfully develop and implement climate change mitigation and adaptation policies.

Bringing together the foremost experts in climate change leadership from business, leadership, psychology and coaching backgrounds, this book addresses the failures of current leadership practice and proposes a variety of models of how climate change leadership capabilities can be effectively developed in organisations. It is structured around four concepts: foundations, which includes models of environmental, ecological and evolutionary leadership; transitions, which looks at transformational and ethical models that are being repurposed for the age of sustainability; progressions, which explores innovative models that are being developed for the current age including systems, adaptation and maturity-based models of leadership; and actions, which includes models of sustainable goal setting and climate leadership coaching and development.

The book is written for corporate leaders, researchers and educators and will be an invaluable addition to the leadership curriculum and executive development programmes to help the next generation of leaders respond to global challenges.

Autorentext

Doug MacKie has over 30 years' experience as an organisational and business psychologist, working in the UK, Europe and Australasia. He has researched and accelerated the development of leadership, team and organisational capability in boards, CEOs and C-Suite executives within many of the top 100 companies in the UK and Australia.

Inhalt

An Introduction to Climate Change Leadership in Organisations PART I: Foundations 2. From ESG Management to Positive Impact Creation: The Dual Mindset Transformation 3. Overcoming Cognitive Biases That Contribute to Corporate Climate Change Inertia 4. An Evolutionary Perspective on Corporate Sustainability Transitions: A ProSocial Approach 5. Guidance to Green Action: Environmental Leadership Through the Lens of Evolutionary Psychology 6. Sustainability Leadership Starts With Our Mindset 7. Ecological Leadership in a Planetary Emergency 8. Environmental Leadership Is Contemporary Leadership: State of the Literature and Recommendations PART II: Transitions 9. Green Leadership 10. Responsible Leadership in the Governance of Managed Retreat: A Place-Based Approach to Climate Change Adaptation 11. The Intersection Between Environmental Ethics and Leadership PART III: Progressions 12. We Are Prolonging Unsustainability. Shouldn't We Save Humanity Instead? 13. A Systems Perspective on Organisational Leadership for Climate Change: Implications of Viewing Organisations as Complex Adaptive Socio-Technical Systems 14. System Leadership and Climate Change Mitigation 15. Adaptation Leadership: A Key Capability for Organisational Innovation PART IV: Actions 16. Sustainable Goal Setting for Climate Action: What Leaders Value Defines How They Take Action 17. Corporate Carbon Targets: The Role of Goal Setting in Driving Organisational Change for Climate Action 18. Coaching in the Anthropocene 19. Developing Climate Change Leadership in Organisations 20. Case Study: The Role of Leadership and Enabling Change Specific to the Cluster and Energy Transition