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. I describe the essential competencies needed by business leaders to steer their organizations through the dynamic sustainability terrain of the coming decades in my report, Sustainability Talent Management: The New Business Imperative—Five Sustainability Leadership Competencies for Your Competency Model.
As an introduction to the report, check out my Managing sustainability talent: Lofty goal or new business imperative? article recently published on GreenBiz.