Five to thrive: sustainability talent management is a game changer
Forward-thinking companies should add five competencies – three skills and two knowledge areas – to their existing leadership competency models to position the firm for future success.
We need a new breed to lead: CSR criteria must guide CEO searches and succession planning
More and more organizations recognize that sustainability and social responsibility are essential areas of focus to ensure long-term viability and value for society.
Transformational Social Purchasing Tool
The inaugural Buy Social Canada Summit was held in Vancouver last month with about one hundred participants from social enterprises, government and the private sector.
Where is the Bed in Embedment?
Thank you Ellen Weinreb! A guest blogger and experienced sustainability executive search professional, Ellen recently summarized my transformational employee engagement framework (aka Green Team Continuum) for GreenBiz.
Sustainable Pay: the good, the bad and the ugly
The good thing is that again Corporate Knights included executive compensation as one of its criteria in determining this year’s “Top 50 Corporate Citizens”. It’s also good to see that companies I have advised, and learned from, continue to be recognized as Canadian leaders in sustainability performance management.
Employee Engagement 2.0 – Embedding Sustainability in the Business
It’s my pleasure to introduce Grant Ricketts, CEO and co-founder of Tripos Software, Inc. a US-based employee engagement company. Grant’s background is in learning and talent management which sheds light on the issues and opportunities his company addresses in sustainability.
Was it the underpants tweet?
I’m flattered to hear that my latest article in GreenBiz.com, Why CFOs are sustainability’s surprising new superheroes has generated more than two hundred tweets – a good number by GreenBiz standards and even better by mine! Do you think the popularity had anything to do with this tweet?
Introducing Sustainable Pay – compensation for holistic corporate performance
When I was a director of a financial institution in the 1990s, we struggled in vain to get top executives to pay attention to the Board’s sustainability priorities.
Sustainable Supply Chain Survey 2013
It’s my pleasure to introduce Tom Bowers, founding president of Virescent Consultants Ltd, a Toronto-based sustainability research and consulting company.
What motivates employees? Financial incentives or non-financial incentives?
I welcome Ellen Weinreb to my blog page. Ellen is the managing director of Weinreb Group, an executive search firm specializing in sustainability. Her firm puts out regular reports on Chief Sustainability Officers and the sustainability profession.
Sustainable Pay Metrics a Growing Investor and Company Concern
I recently moderated an Executive Compensation panel at the Social Investment Organization’s annual conference. Panelists included two of Canada’s largest institutional and retail investors which are signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (BCIMC and Ethical Funds) and a leading global corporate governance service provider (ISS).
Sustainable pay report: who needs to know and why?
A guest post by compensation expert, Margot Campbell. If you’re a corporate board member, an executive, a compensation expert or an HR advisor – this report is for you.