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Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly BestsellerDeliver Extraordinary Sustainability Results for Your BusinessIn 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.
List 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
About the author
CLARKE MURPHY is a leadership thought leader and former Chief Executive Officer of Russell Reynolds Associates, a global leadership advisory firm with 46 offices in 26 countries. He co-hosts the award-winning podcast
Redefiners, and his ideas and insights have been published in
Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and the
Financial Times. 
