Sustainability Leadership Development
Master values-based leadership skills to drive sustainable initiatives, address environmental challenges, and create positive organizational change.
Master values-based leadership skills to drive sustainable initiatives, address environmental challenges, and create positive organizational change.
This course explores the unique aspects of sustainability leadership to help you become an effective change agent during our critical environmental era. You'll learn to tackle "wicked problems" - complex environmental, social, and economic challenges that require innovative leadership approaches. The course examines how power structures, social justice, and equity impact organizations and how leaders can use ethics and values to set and achieve meaningful goals. Through lectures, conversations with key sustainability leaders, case studies, self-assessments, and various media resources, you'll develop practical skills for addressing complex sustainability challenges. Each module builds your capacity to analyze traditional leadership through an environmental lens, reflect on your personal strengths and weaknesses, and prepare for professional opportunities in sustainability fields. By the end of the course, you'll create a personalized sustainability leadership action plan to advance your career and help transform organizations for positive environmental impact. This course is part of the "Green Skills for a Sustainable and Just Future" specialization, designed to shape the next generation of sustainable practices and leadership.
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What you'll learn
Analyze the unique challenges and opportunities of sustainability leadership
Assess and critique traditional leadership theory through an environmental lens
Reflect on personal leadership strengths and weaknesses to identify growth opportunities
Develop skills to address power dynamics and equity in environmental contexts
Implement change management frameworks for organizational sustainability
Build practical competencies for professional sustainability leadership
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
5.6 Hours PreRecorded video
6 assignments
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There are 5 modules in this course
This course prepares current and future sustainability professionals to address complex environmental and social challenges through effective leadership. Each module explores key aspects of sustainability leadership, from understanding wicked problems to implementing organizational change. Students learn to analyze power structures, develop clear values and vision, build meaningful relationships, and create positive systemic change. The curriculum includes interviews with experienced sustainability leaders, case studies of real-world environmental challenges, and practical frameworks for implementing sustainable practices in various organizational contexts. By completing this course, students develop a personalized action plan that combines theoretical knowledge with practical leadership competencies needed in the sustainability field.
Sustainability Leadership as 21st Century Leadership
Module 1 · 5 Hours to complete
Values & Vision
Module 2 · 5 Hours to complete
Equity, Relationships & Power
Module 3 · 4 Hours to complete
Cultural & Systems Change Within Organizations
Module 4 · 4 Hours to complete
Sustainability Leadership Competencies
Module 5 · 5 Hours to complete
Fee Structure
Instructor
Professor of Practice & Engagement, University of Michigan
Dr. Mike Shriberg is a Professor of Practice & Engagement at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS). His work focuses on sustainability leadership, Great Lakes water policy, climate and energy policy, and campus sustainability. With a career spanning roles such as the Great Lakes Regional Executive Director at the National Wildlife Federation and Education Director at the Graham Sustainability Institute, he has led initiatives in environmental advocacy, policy reform, and leadership development. Dr. Shriberg holds advanced degrees in Resource Policy and Behavior from the University of Michigan and has published extensively on sustainability leadership while contributing to federal and regional environmental efforts.
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