Sustainable Leadership: Honeybee and Locust Approaches

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Gayle Avery (Macquarie University, Australia) Harald Bergsteiner (Macquarie University, Australia)

Sustainable Leadership

Honeybee and Locust Approaches

Gayle Avery (Macquarie University, Australia), Harald Bergsteiner (Macquarie University, Australia)

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Routledge
07 March 2011

Management: leadership & motivation; Organisational theory & behaviour

The business case for operating along sustainable principles is becoming very clear. Sustainable organizations outperform their peers on many criteria, including corporate social responsibility, employee satisfaction and -- surprising for some -- even financially. Sustainable Leadership: Honeybee and Locust Approaches presents an evidence-based view of how 23 leadership practices facilitate outcomes that go beyond what is commonly referred to as the triple bottom line -- environmental sustainability, corporate social responsibility and financial success. The book centers on a powerful metaphor of honeybee and locust behaviors, which illustrate two leadership philosophies with very different outcomes for a business and its viability. Gathering evidence from scholars combined with observations from successful firms around the world, the book presents a bundle of principles, behaviors and beliefs that forms a sustainable leadership system. This engaging, insightful book offers a set of principles that can be adapted in many ways to underpin sustainable leadership in different situations. It provides evidence and a rationale for building a business case to change towards more sustainable practices.

By: Gayle Avery (Macquarie University Australia), Harald Bergsteiner (Macquarie University, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 385g
ISBN: 9780415891394
ISBN 10: 0415891396
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 07 March 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Sustainable Enterprises 2. Elements of Sustainable Leadership 3. Foundation Practices 4. Higher-level Practices and Key Performance Drivers 5. Performance Outcomes as Leadership Practices Interact 6. Epilogue: After the Global Financial Crisis

Gayle C. Avery is Professor of Management at Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia, and co-founder of the Institute for Sustainable Leadership (www.instituteforsustainableleadership.com). She has authored a number of books on leadership and sustainability. Harald Bergsteiner was Adjunct Professor at Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia, and is a co-founder of the Institute for Sustainable Leadership.