THE TIME FOR ECO-LEADERS? By David Cliff, Gedanken
David Cliff is Managing Director of Gedanken. But behind the title is a man who thrives on using his decades of experience, including senior manager posts across the public and private sectors, to help to make a difference to the lives and careers of others. Here he delves deeper into the emergence of ‘eco-leaders’.
Leadership has multiple definitions and viewpoints. The term ‘eco-leadership’ was coined in the late 90’s/early 2000’s as an attempt to encapsulate leadership challenges that are crucial to a postmodern world with ecological challenges. Recent times have made this approach much more centre stage as we have entered the ‘Anthropocene’ era where our species impact massively on the whole ecosystem. ‘Eco’ refers of course to ecology. This means how interdependent systems maintain homeostasis that allow growth, evolution and balance. This definition is sufficiently generalised to include not only how organisations trade across the planet, but also the sub-systems that are incorporated within their operation. Adopting this leadership approach poses key questions that leaders need to ask themselves about their leadership and organisational functions - here are just some of them:
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