University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Sergio Caredda
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2018). Rewiring leadership The future we want, the leadership we need. The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/resources/publication-pdfs/rewiring-leadership.pdf
Description:
The Cambridge Impact Leadership Model, developed by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, frames the quest for a Leadership capable of “delivering value for business, society and the environment”. The idea is a Leadership that is strongly guided by a purpose, to align business success with the delivery of positive outcomes for society and the environment.
According to this model, Leadership should be Guided by a purpose to align business success with the delivery of positive social and environmental outcomes
A purpose that:
- contributes to system level change
- is holistic, spanning the breadth of the business’s activities
- is authentic, so that senior leaders walk the talk
- shapes business strategy, ie is a driving force for decision-making
It should also be Built on thinking, values and practice to deliver on this purpose,
- developing the contextual insight, mindset and knowledge base necessary for innovating new forms of commercial and societal value
- developing the values, sense of agency and worldview consistent with achieving purposeful leadership
- nurturing the leadership practices, specific skills, and the personal resilience to experiment and deliver results in line with purpose
Continually reflecting and adapting, holding itself accountable to deliver results
- ensuring consistency and integrity
- letting go and ‘unlearning’ historic or legacy practices or approaches that are no longer fit for purpose in the context of new evidence and insight
- ensuring that the level of ambition is determined by what is needed and that targets are set according to the latest science, rather than what is currently convenient or possible
- seeking out, analysing and sharing data and evidence of progress – and being willing to adapt and evolve targets and strategies in line with this
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