A New Psychology for Sustainability Leadership - The Hidden Power of Ecological Worldviews

Informationen zum Autor Steve Schein Klappentext Drawing on interviews with 75 leaders from multinational corporations and NGOs, Schein explores the psychological motivations of sustainability leaders. Applying theories from developmental psychology, Schein demonstrates how the complexity of sustainability is driving new approaches to leadership. Zusammenfassung Drawing on interviews with 75 leaders from multinational corporations and NGOs, Schein explores the psychological motivations of sustainability leaders. Applying theories from developmental psychology, Schein demonstrates how the complexity of sustainability is driving new approaches to leadership. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Introduction 1. Ecologically awake 2. The limits of “sustainability” Part 2: Exploring the corporate eco-psyche 3. Perspectives on ecological worldviews 4. Life experiences that shape ecological worldviews 5. Anthropocentric blindness 6. The ecological self 7. Expressions of ecocentricism and ecological self in the corporate world Part 3: How sustainability leaders think 8. Interior dimensions of leadership 9. Human development 10. Expressions of post-conventional worldviews Part 4: The future of sustainability leadership 11. The collaborator-in-chief (with an ecological worldview) 12. Cultivating a new psychology for sustainability leadership 13. Multinational executives as human trim tabs Appendix A: Ecological Sustainability Worldview Assessment Tool (E-SWAT) Appendix B: Research methodology and description of participants

Product details

• Authors: Steve Schein, Steven Schein, Schein Steve
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9781783531905
• ISBN: 978-1-78353-190-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, Business ethics & social responsibility, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Business ethics and social responsibility