There’s an urgent challenge for human resources leaders: Ensuring their organizations anticipate and plan for the inevitable effects of powerful sustainability trends.
Imagine a company in search of a new CEO. The ideal candidate would, of course, assume overall responsibility for the strategic oversight and operation of the business, and thus would require a [...]
This guide provides how-to information, resources, the business case and case studies to help HR managers and social value businesses design and implement community hiring programs.
Consumers around the world, from Vancouver and Toronto to Shanghai and New York, believe that a company’s social role goes beyond simply meeting legal requirements, complying with ethical [...]
Every company needs strong leaders at its helm. But what made leaders successful in the past may not equip them to be effective in the future. Current and future leaders will need a host of new [...]
“Active values” is a business competency embraced by leaders who define success as making a positive difference in the workplace and in society as a whole. It takes both an inward and outward [...]
Sustainability literacy is the only leadership competency in the Sustainability Talent Management guide that refers explicitly to sustainability. Leaders who have a foundational grasp of the [...]
Organizations that will survive in today’s economy are innovators: just to remain in the same place, they have to accelerate innovation in the firm. Companies that will thrive in today’s economy [...]
Collaboration isn’t a new core competency for business leaders; to succeed in organizations, leaders must work together with others. The shift, though, is the focus on external collaboration. [...]
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.