Leading for sustainability

Overview
After Lead, I dared to accept the role "Minister of the Environment" because I felt much more confident about an integral approach to environmental problems and crucially, capable to construct and find solutions with other colleagues.
Amparo Martinez-Arroyo, Director, Centre For Atmospheric Science, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Module: Orientation (Virtual)
Four weeks
- Gain clarity on the programme objectives, structure and flow.
- Get to know the programme faculty and the other participants.
- Set personal learning objectives for your leadership journey within the programme.
- Online learning through Learnscape – a learning platform that provides both online learning content as well as the virtual space to connect and interact with the other programme participants.
- Prepare for the Leadership Challenge.
2. Module: Leadership Challenge (Residential)
Five days
- Explore sustainability leadership in action while tackling a real-life sustainable development issue on location in Europe.
- Develop a set of leadership practices.
- Apply Stakeholder Dialogue and Engagement practices across multiple sectors.
- Apply Systems Thinking to identify option for effective change interventions
- Use collaborative innovation tools to create team recommendations.
- Gain skills and communication techniques for sustainable decision making and leadership.
3. Module: Lead Associate Project (Virtual)
Four months
- Integrate the learnings from the Leadership Challenge back into your everyday life.
- Design and develop a practical, action-oriented sustainability project with a small group of peers.
- Dive deeper into a particular area of interest in the cross section of Leadership and Sustainability whilst gaining experience in collaboration and working across cultures, disciplines and distance.
- Strengthen your leadership, group collaboration and action learning skills.
4. Module: Future Creation (Residential)
Five days
- Capture your key learnings from the programme as a team and individuals.
- Create a personal leadership manifesto. Create a positive vision for the future.
- Deep your relationships and establish your peer network. Become part of the Lead Fellow Network.
- Graduation and Celebration.