Seeking sustainability leadership

Bendell, Jem ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0765-4413 and Little, Richard (2015) Seeking sustainability leadership. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 2015 (60). pp. 13-26.

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Abstract

This paper critiques mainstream leadership and leadership development approaches to help inform the emerging field of sustainability leadership. Traditional leadership theory and education is argued to be highly problematic for the pursuit of sustainability leadership. A more critical approach is required, drawing upon insights from social theory, critical discourse analysis and psychology, which is attempted in this paper. Once deconstructed, leadership can be a useful framework for exploring needed learning and unlearning for people to become agents within leaderful groups to create more significant change in organizations and society, in light of unsustainability and injustice. The initial outlines of a reconstructed approach to leadership and its development, which are used at the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS) and Impact International, are outlined.

Item Type:	Article
Journal / Publication Title:	Journal of Corporate Citizenship
Publisher:	Greenleaf Publishing
ISSN:	2051-4700
Departments:	Research Centres > Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS)
Depositing User:	Anna Lupton
Date Deposited:	16 May 2016 10:30
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2024 14:46
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/2167

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