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Lead for the Planet

Five Practices for Confronting Climate Change

University of Toronto Press, 2020 Mehr


Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Controversial
  • Scientific
  • Applicable

Recommendation

The consequences of global warming threaten the planet, but so far the response has been a patchwork of discrete initiatives that often dissolve amid competing interests. Professor Rae André asserts that fashioning a coherent global response will require the emergence of “systemic leaders” who can motivate disparate sectors of society to commit to a common goal. In this thorough but nontechnical manual, she shows how leaders can communicate the latest scientific findings to others, motivate people through a mix of logic and emotion, and promote problem-solving innovation through cooperation and competition. She explains how your organization can make a difference.

Take-Aways

  • Responding to the threat of climate change will require “systemic leadership” that pursues five practices:
  • Leaders must learn and share climate change facts.
  • Leaders must understand the psychology of risk.

About the Author

Rae Andrè is professor emeritus of leadership and sustainability at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business. She has authored several books including Positive Solitude: A Practical Program for Mastering Loneliness and Achieving Self-Fulfillment; Organizational Behavior: An Introduction to Your Life in Organizations; and Homemakers: the Forgotten Workers.


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