Fostering Collaborative Leadership for Sustainability 

Members of the Circular Economy Leaders Consortium and Energy Leaders Consortium are invited to join a two-part series workshop aimed at engaging organizational leadership into wide-spread sustainability initiatives.  

As leaders, how do we create the conditions for collaboration and positive change toward circular solutions in our organizations? This work is not the job of one person, team, or department alone. Delivering our sustainability and decarbonization goals requires engaged leadership across our organizations. This 2-part session will focus on strategies and approaches to go beyond traditional employee engagement programs and foster collaborative leadership. On November 13^th, 2024 we held an introductory webinar to set the stage for a half-day, in-person practice workshop on November 27^th, 2024 (10:00am-2:15pm) led by seasoned sustainability innovator, Nadine Gudz. 

Learning Objectives 

• Identify and develop collaborative leadership competencies, practices and strategies 

• Explore the concept of “communityship” as an alternative to leadership 

• Practice storytelling as a pathway to engagement across functions 

• Apply the Three Horizons framework to facilitating dialogue with diverse stakeholder groups about the future, change and the transition to circularity 

Speaker

Nadine Gudz

An award-winning sustainability leader, Nadine led corporate sustainability strategy for sustainable business pioneer, Interface Inc. for more than ten years. 

Currently completing her PhD in sustainability leadership education, Nadine advises companies from a wide range of industries on sustainable business strategy. She speaks regularly on sustainability conference circuits and teaches in executive education programs on sustainability and social responsibility, circular economy and climate leadership. 

Nadine is a LEED accredited professional who has served on the Boards of the National Zero Waste Council, US Green Building Council Education Advisory Committee and Canadian Business for Social Responsibility. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and a Master’s of Science in Sustainability Planning.