The seven unsustainabilities of mainstream leadership

Jem Bendell; Richard Little; Neil Sutherland

The seven unsustainabilities of mainstream leadership

Jem Bendell
, Richard Little
, Neil Sutherland

University of Cumbria

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In the face of limited progress on a range of social and environmental issues, many proponents and analysts of corporate action on sustainable development issues are calling for more leadership for sustainability - a call to which this book responds (Redekop, 2010; Adams et al., 2011; Evans, 2011; Gallagher, 2012; Metcalf & Benn, 2013; Shriberg & MacDonald, 2013). Such calls for leadership reflect a desire for greater and swifter change. In that context, researchers and educators can explore what is useful knowledge to enable such change. In this chapter we suggest that some assumptions about the meaning of the term "leadership" may hinder, not help, that process of change.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Innovation in environmental leadership: critical perspectives
Editors	Deborah Rigling Gallagher, Rian Satterwhite, Benjamin W. Redekop
Place of Publication	Abingdon, UK
Publisher	Routledge Taylor & Francis
Pages	13-31
Volume	9
ISBN (Print)	9781138636606
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2018

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Innovation in environmental leadership: critical perspectives. ed. / Deborah Rigling Gallagher; Rian Satterwhite; Benjamin W. Redekop. Vol. 9 Abingdon, UK: Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2018. p. 13-31.

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