... and that the current leaders don't seem to have a clue for a better way forward. Protest isn't leadership. It's a complaint. Cutting the budget is not a plan. It's a reaction. Both cutting and complaining are important parts of the process, but the most critical part is planning and creating a vision. This is the part Sustainable Society Leaders can own. Sustainable Society Leaders must step into the leadership gap and definitively lay out plans and infrastructure design for organic farming, sustainable production methods, personal empowerment education, the cooperative company model, environmental responsibility and true free enterprise. When these things are in ... paint the bleakest and most dire world. Even more, Sustainable Society Leaders can best explain why these changes are needed as we go cold turkey from what was. Adopting a Sustainable Society philosophy is more than about budget cutting, it's about a better way to live so that future generations won't see us as that irresponsible group that wasn't bright enough to look beyond our own immediate gratification. Even more, it's about showing our children now that our society has moved from adolescence to adulthood and that we can handle the reins of leadership with maturity. Of course, everybody's not going ...
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... the long view, considering the needs of future generations, making hard decisions about what's necessary, everyday environmentalism, protecting true free enterprise and entrepreneurship, valuing community and developing social networks as well as ways to empower the individual. Who could argue with those values? Sustainable Society Leadership simply involves promoting these concepts and their practical implementation in a modern society. These leaders go beyond using this discussion as a slogan for a large corporation or leveraging it as a campaign promise. SSLs are the ones that recognize the need to get past the current ideals because these are questions about our long term survivability ...
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... unsustainable practices that are a part of our 21st century society, a form of leadership has emerged called Sustainable Society Leadership. These are the people that simply ask the questions: 1. What are we doing? 2. Why are we doing it? 3. Is it sustainable? 4. What are the alternatives? I've given the definition of Unsustainable Practices. Let me offer the definition of Sustainable Practices: Sustainable Practices are practices, methods and approaches that will endure. Simple enough. Now, here is a more detailed definition of the people who now champion Sustainable Practices, Sustainable Society Leadership: Sustainable Society Leadership is the practice of leaders to create and implement ...
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... Sustainable Society Leaders are the new leaders who now emphasize sustainability over expedience when making decisions in society's leadership positions. An alliance between sustainable society leaders and social entrepreneurs could be one of the most important of our time. However, social entrepreneurship is not without its challenges. While there are many inspired individuals who seek to leverage their business understanding to help make a better world, they typically don't succeed doing this kind of work unless they have a team and resources. This is where the sustainable society leader comes into play. The sustainable society leader can help identify the problems that exist in a society ...
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... 've embraced the "he who dies with the most toys wins" concept - it's madness with a social and religious backing. Sustainable Society Leadership, that is, new leadership that promotes and implements sustainable methods in dealing with the environment, personal empowerment, economic justice and free markets - may hold the key to those who are realizing that bad tenants are causing most of the hell Christians and Muslims are hoping to escape. At the risk of sounding too romantic, let me suggest that Sustainable Society Leadership is a kind of "spirituality" that leans toward interconnectedness instead of individualism, sharing instead of favoritism, personal empowerment instead of subjugation ...
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... collective participation of hundreds of thousands of people make it possible for this program to exist. It creates a win/win/win opportunity in a kind of "economic justice" framework. Sustainable Society Leaders are the emerging new school of leaders looking for new and creative ways to bring sustainable, civil, just and personally empowering ways to our society and the environment. I'm thinking that the Groupon model provides a template for some creative leadership structures that would pass the sustainability smell test. The internet makes it all possible. Here are some ideas SSL's may want to consider... Business Social Action Rider: What would ... need some development work, but that's just the point. The Sustainable Society Leader must think of new and innovative ways of integrating our society so that all aspects of what we do are thinking about our long-term existence. This is not thinking 'outside of the box', because there is no box. Whatever we create need not have old school references such as 'the box' we once used. These are new ways of looking and old problems and nothing is off the table, including the innovative success of Groupon. If Sustainable Society Leaders don't do this kind of wide open thinking, who will ...
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... Sustainable Society Leader sees the development of a less consumer-based society where people live within their means for the sustainability of their household and world resources. The push back people see this as a euphemism for poverty with a smile. "Sharing" The Sustainable Society Leader sees this as a move away from an "every person for themselves" practice which is unsustainable, and toward a better, more efficient use of resources to the greater good of all people. The push back people see this as Communism, plain and simple. "Empowering The Individual" The Sustainable Society Leader sees making sure all individuals in a society have access to information, leadership ...
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... year?" In Sustainable Society Leadership, there are three questions we have to ask every time: 1. Why are we doing this? It should be noted that the why doesn't has to have a utilitarian answer. We may do something because we like the way it looks, or it makes us feel good, or it adds to the overall well- being of the group. The important part is that we are asking why as opposed to allowing others to ram it down our collective throats because it's someone else's agenda that we didn't agree to. 2. Is it sustainable? Even if ... run. To some, these kinds of questions seem almost elementary, but you'd be surprised how rarely they get asked about some pretty crucial things happening in our lives every day. We often sign off on those things because we don't want to be bothered. But the essence of Sustainable Society Leadership is that we have to be bothered and that we have to take responsibility. I'd put money that the more we ask the right questions, the more we'd get better answers.
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... upside down, but now may be the time to 'turn the system' right side up by evolving beyond the concepts and ideas that have gotten us into this mess in the first place. A sustainable society needs the people who won't throw out the baby with the bath water, but those who say 'what works, what doesn't work, and let's look for alternatives'. 6. You can ... is in front of them. They are the ones that will usually pass on a fixer-upper because they can't see beyond their hand. At a time when we need visionary leadership to help guide the world through transition and into new ways forward, this philosophy keeps people in big picture lockdown. I'll believe it when I see it is the belief system of small ...
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... counterfeit is simply is not sustainable in the long run. It would be similar to saying that one group of people are God's "chosen" or "favorite" or "pet" group while everyone else is kind of an afterthought. As humans do, they will resent this artificial construct and seek to position themselves also as the "chosen" ones, usually at the expense of others who make that same claim. The Sustainable Society Leader must leverage Spirituality as a tool for consensus building, emphasizing connection and implementing a more practical way of living between cultures. It can be done. It only takes will and visionary leadership. ... confrontational ideas and unsustainable practices. Any practice that disregards the care and health of others now and in the future is in direct contradiction to the golden rule. The Sustainable Society Leader must bring this point home at every possible occasion. You cannot have a sustainable society without a sustainable belief foundation. Concepts and ideas that promote one belief system as being the one true way and all the others are counterfeit is simply is not sustainable in the long run. It would be similar to saying that one group of people are God's "chosen" or "favorite" or "pet" group while everyone else is kind ...
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... looking at gardening as a survival approach. Some just like the authentic taste of food that hasn't been genetically modified or chemically treated. The reasons are not as important as the fact that backyard and neighborhood gardens are quickly becoming a foundational pillar to a sustainable future. I'd like to formalize, for the Sustainable Society Leader, another step in the evolution of the backyard and neighborhood garden: Social Media Free Enterprise. Social Media Free Enterprise creates the opportunity for backyard/neighborhood farmers to sell, trade, barter or give their extra produce to someone who really wants or needs it. Facebook, Twitter ... take that development a bit further so that it can be a profitable and practical endeavor for the backyarder. The social media structure to find a broader audience for backyard product is there. In most countries, efficient delivery systems are there. People with product are there. The job of the Sustainable Society Leader is to help develop this possibility so that our entire food system is not dependent upon a few companies that may be "too big to fail". Having more players spreads the risk and maintains a sustainability factor. Give this some thought as you till your backyard or neighborhood garden ...
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... and educator, my job is to pay attention to the developments happening throughout humanity and help make sense of those trends for emerging leaders. Based on my observations, a significant shift in how we view ourselves and the world is definitely on the horizon. The problem we face as a society is that we are still using 20th century ideas, philosophies and concepts in a 21st century world that demands new approaches. The shift, as I see it, is a forced update that will allow our current collective wisdom to catch up with real-time experiences in the 21st century. Allow ...
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... possibility thinking and needs a holistic approach to leadership that ultimately leads to improved productivity, higher employee satisfaction and retention, better client relationships and increased profitability. Leadership is an unending process that must be approached in a multi-disciplined way to achieve sustainable transformation and develop a focused, balanced ... . It is rule-bound disciplines for operating systems based on mathematics and physics and worked well up through the Industrial Age. But, what about now? Society has moved quickly through the Information Age right on into the "Feelings Age" yet the old organizational system is an anathema, stifles creativity, communication and ...
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... for sustainable success. Trust is one of the essential ingredients to build collaborative relationships, high performance teams and a winning culture. Without trust you can't have engaged relationships and without engaged relationships you won't ... most powerful questions you can ask yourself is "Do people trust me?" Emotionally intelligent and socially intelligent organizations provide executive coaching as part of their peak performance leadership development program. Working with a seasoned executive coach and leadership consultant trained in emotional intelligence and incorporating assessments such as the Bar-On EQ-I, CPI 260 and Denison Culture Survey can help you create a culture where ...
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... It is real easy to get sucked into an overnight success story. But what you don't read right away is that it took that person a lot of years and a lot of hard work to get to that place. We live in what I call the McDonald's Society. We want it quick, easy, and good. However, what happens is that we become very impatient with our quest for success and we give up way too soon. Let me give you an example. In an effort to get healthier and gain muscular strength, I joined a local Pilates Performer ...
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... institutions and positive cultures. The proposed model to link positive psychology and business, to make businesses successful and sustainable, is to center them around the VIA Human Strengths. Institutions or organizations are seen as micro-society and micro-communities that expand outward. Coming from strength or love, versus lack or fear, always ... their strengths for their own benefit and the benefit of society overall. When people utilize their own strengths, they become intrinsically happy and optimistic. Positive Psychology involves positive emotions, positive people's traits and positive institutions, such as work, leadership, and culture. Besides, more and more scholarly articles ...
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... issues so as to ensure sustainable development. After all, the public is one of the stakeholders of the business, not just the shareholders of the corporate. The communities at risk, therefore, must be taken care of. Without such a concern, the company will be put in a bad light once their problems get publicized. Social conscience does not only apply to individuals in the society. Since companies also have what they call a juridical personality by virtue of the law, they should also have a social conscience that takes into account the impact of its activities in the society. The natural environment, once ... to hold the primary resources in the society-money, land and human resources. As such, they also have social responsibilities to their employees, the government, to their employees as well as to the communities where they operate in. There are new realities that these businesses must face. For one, in developing countries, poverty is widespread, corruption is endemic in government and the environmental resources are slowly getting depleted. It is tempting to get all these natural resources before they are completely gone. But is the predatory business mindset and will not lead to a sustainable future. Furthermore, a lot of communities are ...
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... society, provide empowerment to the marginalized sectors of the society while making a profit so they can continue living without impoverishing themselves. In certain circumstances, social entrepreneurs work on a for-profit business while doing a foundation or a non-profit at the same time. But still, the intent is the same, solve a social problem and be sustainable. Here are the ... first, he keeps looking and keeps innovating until he finds it. He then uses the lessons he learned along the way to perfect the product that he comes up with. Leadership. It is not a one-man show. That is why the social entrepreneur knows how to enlist the help of others for his crusade. He knows how to excite ...
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... to play in stewarding a sustainable and socially just world. When you find that place where your joy aligns with something the world needs, you will feel an authentic gladness in your work. Here are some practices to help you create work that feeds the planet: Start with a vision quest. Many indigenous cultures hold the vision quest as a sacred element of finding one's gift so that it can be brought into the community. Typically, the process involves a separation, an initiation, and a return to the community with a gift. Our fast-paced secular society rarely supports taking the ... this balance personally, identify what's missing or what is unfulfilled and then create time for it-make it a priority." Ellen restores her balance and is able to give because of her focus on personal sustainability, including riding her bike to work and eating organic foods. What keeps you sustainable? Thrive with your tribe. This time on our planet is one of building "beloved community," in the words of Martin Luther King Jr. Each person has a unique gift and talent to contribute to this "Great Turning," which Buddhist scholar and Deep Ecologist Joanna Macy describes as the life-sustaining ...
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... business sectors are also doing their part toward solving social problems. But they also recognize that these efforts are not enough. So they establish social enterprises that are scalable and sustainable. They look at the way that things used to be done, then they make changes that would build on those things. The ideas that a social entrepreneur explores are usually ... aid and religious missionaries in the past. What is a social entrepreneur, you may ask. They are change-makers who come from the ranks of ordinary individuals in the society who came up with good ideas to combat the social problems they see. They may not have the riches to put up big businesses, they have the heart to ...
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