Sustainability Mindset and Transformative Leadership: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

This book explores the importance of leadership in developing an effective sustainability strategy, defining the sustainability mindset and surveying the primary motivations, conditions, or environments that cause leaders to embrace sustainable practices. It presents a framework for establishing a mindset for sustainability to foster transformative leadership.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 270 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive volume delves into the critical role of leadership in crafting a successful sustainability strategy. It establishes a foundational understanding of the sustainability mindset and explores the primary factors, circumstances, or environments that drive leaders to adopt sustainable practices. In alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8, embracing a sustainability mindset is believed to enhance productivity and promote economic growth. The book is organized into thematic chapters, each written by contributors from diverse global perspectives, covering topics such as strategy, culture, and leadership styles in cultivating a new form of mindfulness for leaders and organizations. Recognizing the urgent need for accelerated change within organizations and society as a whole, this book provides scholars with a framework for establishing a sustainability mindset to foster the transformative leadership required for a sustainable future.

Weight: 401g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030760717
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021