Archive: Green Thought Leaders
Green Thought Leaders are emerging in many fields. These thought leaders want to share their visions and stories and inspire other people to become green thought leaders as well.
These webinars are planned to be on the First Thursday of each month.
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ARCHIVED: Human Resources (HR) Webinar Series #1
HR Webinar discussed the just published: "Unleashing Talent in Service of a Sustainable Future" Chapter 37 of the Talent Management Handbook:
presented on February 3rd, 2011 by Presenter/ Author Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D Just Register to download!
Register to access this free webinar and receive Chapter 37 by Thought Leader/Author/Presenter, Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D,from the just published Talent Management Handbook (Second Edition); McGraw Hill, 2010. Transitioning to Green Just Register to download!
The Human Side of Sustainability: Human Resource Professionals play a pivotal role and can help lead the way by inspiring your talent to make sustainability happen. You can help support your company's transformation by guiding the conversations, inspiring new ways of thinking, and creating the processes and pctices to make this new way of thinking and acting a reality. In addition, you can help your workforce green their job functions and transition their careers to add the most value in the new green economy.
Discussion includes the just published:
"Unleashing Talent in Service of a Sustainable Future" Chapter 37 of the Talent Management Handbook: by Author, Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D, Register and receive this Complimentary Chapter 37 from the Talent Management Handbook (Second Edition); McGraw Hill, 2010
Chapter 37 of The Talent Management Handbook, Second Edition is a Copyright © 2011 of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN 978-007-173905-4
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(HR) Webinar Series #2
“The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Buy-in and the Business Case”
Bob Willard shows how executives can increase company value by integrating sustainability strategies with business strategies. In his talk, Bob applies a business lens to sustainability terminology and outlines the five stages companies pass through on their sustainability journey. He then builds the case for change by identifying awakened important stakeholders who could jeopardize a company’s reputational value if it fails to be more environmentally and socially responsible, and quantifies potential bottom-line benefits from operating more sustainably, even in an economic recession.
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(HR) Webinar Series #3
“Transforming your Business Case into a Culture of Sustainability through Talent Management"
presented on April 28, 2011 by Presenter/ Author Lance Berger Just Register to download!
Lance Berger is Managing Partner of Lance A. Berger & Associates, Ltd., a management consulting firm he founded in 1991. His firm provides advisory services in the areas of talent management, compensation, and change management.
Mr. Berger has written and edited eight books. The most recent are: The Talent Management Handbook (second edition), The Compensation Handbook(fifth edition), The Change Management Handbook, Deengineering the Corporation: Leading Growth from Within, and Management Wisdom from the New York Yankees’ Dynasty: What Every Manager Can Learn from a Legendary Team’s 80 Year Winning Streak. The latter was selected as one of the top 30 business books by Executive Book Summaries.
After you register, you will receive instructions via email for accessing the Webinar.
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For information about all Transitioning to Green Services, speaking engagements and Programs, please contact Jeana Wirtenberg at jwirtenberg@transitioningtogreen.com
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Past webinars and event series:
November 17th at 11am ET - Please join us for a webcast on green building market trends:Building A Green Future: Emerging Trends in the Construction and Maintenance of Green Facilities
Green buildings, as represented by the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System of the U.S. Green Building Council, are an undisputed market success. In the ten years since the launch of LEED, green has firmly established itself among mainstream leaders in the building sector, representing tens of billions of dollars in value put in place and materials sales. But do commercial green buildings live up to their name - that is, that they are delivering measurable environmental improvement? Learn more
The Future of Green
Defining the Next Generation of Sustainable Business: An EDFix Call Series
Environmental Defense Fund is working with Stanford's Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation to discuss the the next generation of sustainable business . Beginning October 26 at 1:00 pm ET, we will host an 8-part series of one-hour expert interviews and open dialogues on business and environmental collaboration . The collection of conversations will be available as podcasts to help encourage discussion and innovation in this dynamic field.
Schedule and Topics
While some of these topics and speakers may change, here's the current lineup:
- 20 Years of Business Partnership Lessons – Gwen Ruta, Vice President of Corporate Partnerships at EDF and Bob Langert, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at McDonald's. October 26 – 1:00-2:00 PM ET
- Barriers and Game Changers – Peter Senge, Author and Director of MIT’s Society for Organizational Learning, and Darcy Winslow, former "sustainability innovator" at Nike and founder at Designs for a Sustainable World Consulting. November 2 – 1:00-2:00 PM ET.
- New Sustainability Business Models – November 9
- Can Corporations Really Change? – November 16
- The Power of Sharing – November 23
- Making More by Selling Less – November 30
- Greening Around the World – December 7
- Wrap Up: What Would You Do? – December 14