Greenprofs

The current economic situation and its consequences on companies and employment: The world economy is in the midst of its deepest and most synchronized recession in our lifetime, caused by a global financial crisis and deepened by a collapse in world trade. Tight financial conditions and low confidence weighed on output and employment. In turn, [...]

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You’ve heard about, or maybe experienced, high performing athletic teams getting in the zone or jazz musicians feeling the groove. Leaders Leading Leaders® (“L3”) brings that same dynamic and energy into executive teams. The L3 experience moves teams through divergent thinking to collective genius to aligned strategic action. Decisions aren’t made as much as they [...]

When companies hear Green they usually turn to things like using environmentally safe cleaners, energy saving light bulbs and closing blinds to keep the sun from affecting cooling.
When companies are asked to look at green for their infrastructure and supply chains they usually look to shipping and receiving and costs associated with gasoline and [...]

Along with the marketing road-map, operations plan and business revenue model a green strategy should play an important role in a modern entrepreneur’s business plan. However, most entrepreneurs do not fully understand the benefits that a pro-active green strategy has. This is understandable, they are concerned with immediate issues like cash flow and how [...]

Explained below are some of the common mistakes that organizations need to avoid in order to ensure the success of ongoing Green Belt training.

1) Unwillingness to learn: If the organization does not provide the right conditions for the training, employees are most likely to become indifferent. They will then only be interested in showing up, [...]

What is EcoTuesday?
It’s a monthly networking event, which brings together sustainable-minded people from all areas of business. It started February of 2007 in San Francisco and has grown it’s way across the country. We currently have events in Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Marin/North Bay, Silicon Valley, and now Washington DC.
What to expect?
You’ll meet [...]

Great question!
Part of this question is answered by the qualities that the leader actually possesses. Talking about sustainability or any other change won’t be effective unless the change agent is trusted by the people she is trying to influence.
Influence, by the way, whether you have authority in an organization or not, is the only capital [...]