Working Session: Strategies for 'Influencing Up' as a Sustainability Leader

Strategies for ‘Influencing Up’ as a Sustainability Leader

 Session Overview

Sustainability practitioners often need to influence more senior people in their organizations (e.g. executives and politicians) to obtain the authority and/or resources to implement sustainability initiatives. They also need to influence across other types of boundary, such as across the ‘functional silos’ within their organization and across sectoral boundaries outside of their organization. All of these forms of influence involve influencing with little, if any, formal authority or position power. The ability to do this well is an essential capability for sustainability practitioners/leaders who want to drive positive change towards more sustainable practices. This interactive workshop will explore concepts, tips and tools to improve this important aspect of sustainability leadership.

 Meet your Panelist

Dr André Taylor is a leadership development specialist and coach who designs, delivers and evaluates customized courses and programs for emerging and executive leaders. He primarily works with sustainability leaders, leaders from the water sector and executive business leaders.

André’s professional purpose is to use his knowledge and experience in leadership development to help build the leadership capacity of enthusiastic, self-motivated people to enable them to fulfil their purpose, and drive positive change to create healthier communities and environments.

He began his professional career in the early 1990s as an environmental manager and scientist, and spent the first half of his career working as a sustainability specialist and leader in the water sector. In the mid-2000s he chose to specialise in institutional capacity building and leadership development as a mechanism to drive more sustainable practices.

In 2010 André completed a mid-career PhD in leadership and leadership development at Monash University. Since then, he has worked solely as a leadership development specialist who engages in course/program design, facilitation, training, coaching, mentoring and speaking.

André currently works as the Leadership Specialist and Adjunct Associate Professor at the International WaterCentre (part of Griffith University, Australia) and directs his own consulting business.

 Continuing Education Requirements

ISSP credential holders will earn 0.5 CEU's for attending this working session.

Recording

This is an interactive working session and will not be recorded.