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Sustainable Leadership. Lessons of Vision, Courage, and Grit from the CEOs Who Dared to Build a Better World. Edition No. 1

  • Book

  • 224 Pages
  • September 2022
  • Region: Global
  • John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • ID: 5838401

Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly Bestseller


Deliver Extraordinary Sustainability Results for Your Business

In Sustainable Leadership: Lessons of Vision, Courage, and Grit from the CEOs Who Dared to Build a Better World, accomplished leadership expert Clarke Murphy shares a can’t-miss toolkit for delivering remarkable sustainability results. You’ll learn what it takes to become a Sustainable Leader and how you can turn your sustainability promises into tangible action on the ground.

Drawing on the real-life stories of Sustainable Leaders from across the world, Murphy proves that sustainability success is within reach for every business executive. He debunks the myth that sustainability is at odds with profitability and reveals the inside track on how to make sustainability your new growth strategy.

You’ll find:

  • A step-by-step framework on how to build your Sustainable Leadership legacy.
  • Pragmatic examples of balancing the demands of shareholders and other stakeholders.
  • Lessons from CEOs on how they stayed the course in the face of setbacks.

Strategies to prepare your up-and-coming executives to carry the sustainability mantle and help you hit your short and long-term sustainability goals.

An essential blueprint for CEOs, boards, founders, entrepreneurs, and other business executives, Sustainable Leadership also deserves a place on the bookshelves of Chief Sustainability Officers and ESG professionals looking for immediately actionable approaches to increase the long-term viability of their organizations.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: A Meeting of Minds 1

Part I Why the World Needs Sustainable Leaders 13

Chapter 1 A Sense of Urgency 15

Chapter 2 A Shining Example 29

Part II Inside the Mind of a Sustainable Leader 43

Chapter 3 Born versus Made 45

Chapter 4 Moonshot Makers 59

Chapter 5 The Learning Quotient 73

Part III From Pledge to Practice 87

Chapter 6 Weaving It Through 89

Chapter 7 From CSO to CEO 107

Chapter 8 The Ecosystem 119

Chapter 9 The Money That Follows 137

Part IV A Sustainable Future 155

Chapter 10 Sustainable Startups 157

Chapter 11 A Generation of Nudgers 173

Epilogue 189

Notes 197

About the Author 203

Index 205

Authors

Clarke Murphy