Make greater progress on your initiative with our expert practical support for sustainability leaders
Is something holding you and your organisation back?
- Are you trying to start a sustainability initiative, but not enough people are interested or supportive?
- Have you made progress on sustainability, but you’ve reached a plateau or can’t involve people beyond the initial participants?
- Do you have a successful sustainability initiative but feel that it could have greater impact on your organisation’s strategy if key people engaged?
We offer practical support for sustainability leaders that focuses on the people side of sustainability, helping you to:
- Build commitment to, and enthusiasm for, sustainability in your senior management team, colleagues and stakeholders to catalyse action;
- Harness your colleagues’ and stakeholders’ passion to power greater progress on sustainability;
- Look after yourself and find ways forward when things get tough and you’re losing heart.
We’ve developed our expertise in sustainability leadership working with organisations including:
Sustainability Consulting & Mentoring
So you can get to the heart of your challenge, develop new approaches and implement ways forward that really work.
One-off advice session to help you clarify your problem or challenge, explore options and decide which to take forward. (£250 for a one hour session.)
For ongoing support, we’ll be your expert adviser, mentor and coach as you tackle a particular project or challenge over weeks or months. (As a guide, for a programme of six one-hour sessions our fee is £1,300.)
At last I seem to be getting some real traction and influence in this and the programme has helped me identify the parts of our organisational system where I could have the most effective influence.
Chris Smith
Subject Lead – Arts
University of Plymouth
Knowing more about how to make change has given me a feeling of empowerment. I’ve been really pleased to see how the approach has worked and is valued.
Sarah Lee
Senior Associate Architect
Stride Treglown
The systems approach was a bit of a lightbulb moment in recognising that we need both direct action on those things we could easily influence as well as pushing for more strategic change.
Oli Mackie
Strategic Service Manager
NSPCC
Event & Workshop Facilitation
So you can bring people together, get them on board with your initiative, build momentum and plan practical next steps.
Everything from a half-day workshop to a multi-day strategic planning intensive whether you’re starting something new, needing to get unstuck or looking for fresh ideas and impetus.
We specialise in stimulating deeper engagement, genuine innovation and creative problem solving – to clarify the issues, strengthen relationships and find ways forward. (As a guide, to discuss, plan and facilitate a half-day session, our fee is £1,500.)
Osbert and Morag did a great job planning and facilitating the first gathering of the Coalition for Wind Industry Circularity. With their help, new and potential members worked really well together to define how CWIC will operate and to agree its priority action areas.
Paul Cantwell
Knowledge Exchange Fellow
University of Strathclyde
An excellent session. It has helped build strong foundations for our strategic planning and team building. You pitched the format and tone of the sessions just right and, as always, brought a lovely encouraging style.
Ruth Wolstenholme
Managing Directorr
Sniffer
I recommend Osbert for his knowledge and experience, ability to deliver well-structured and successful workshops, and for his deep understanding of sustainability and social responsibility issues and integrity in how he goes about his work.
Dave Gorman
Director of Social Responsibility and Sustainability Department
University of Edinburgh
Read how we helped existing and prospective members of the Coalition for Wind Industry Circularity define how it would operate and agree priority action areas.
Organisational & Cultural Change
So you can unlock employee action on sustainability and Net Zero within your workplace.
Diagnose the specific aspects of motivation and culture that are affecting action on sustainability and identify what you can do to address them with the Most Sustainable Workplace Index™. MSWI is the leading index for measuring motivation and culture around Sustainability, Environment, Social Governance (ESG) and Net Zero.
The Index includes an all-staff survey, analysis, reporting and two, 90 minute workshops to discuss results and explore potential actions you can take to transform sustainability engagement and make greater progress. (Starts from £2,450 for an organisation with up to 100 staff. Discounts for charities, CICs and public sector.)
Develop an implementation plan to address the gaps and opportunities identified by the Index yourself – or we can help you with sustainability consulting, mentoring and workshop facilitation.
Learn more about the Most Sustainable Workplace Index™.
Professional Development
So you can lead purpose-led change that accelerates your organisation’s sustainability journey.
Develop the transformative skills you need to truly lead on sustainability in 2024. The Inner Development Goals (IDGs) provide an essential framework of the skills and qualities that are especially crucial for leaders working towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Inner Development Goals have been developed by over a thousand researchers, experts and practitioners in leadership development and sustainability, including Peter Senge, Otto Scharmer and Renée Lertzman, and are supported by companies such as Google, Spotify, Stena, IKEA and OX2.
1 Being
Relationship to self
Inner Compass
Integrity &
Authenticity
Openness &
Learning Mindset
Self-awareness
Presence
2 Thinking
Cognitive Skills
Critical Thinking
Complexity
Awareness
Perspective Skills
Sense-making
Long-term
Orientation &
Visioning
3 Relating
Caring for Others and the World
Appreciation
Connectedness
Humility
Empathy &
Compassion
4 Collaborating
Social Skills
Communication Skills
Co-Creation Skills
Inclusive Mindset
& Intercultural
Competence
Trust
Mobilization Skills
5 Acting
Enabling Change
Courage
Creativity
Optimism
Perseverance
These skills and qualities are at the heart of all our consulting, mentoring and facilitation. We also offer bespoke professional development focused on the IDGs for individuals, teams and collaborative networks.
Start making greater progress
Any of these options sounds like they might help you? Get in touch and we can arrange a discovery call.
We’ll talk about your work, your organisation and what you want to achieve. And, if we both feel like there could be a good fit, how we might work together.
Osbert Lancaster
Director & Co-Founder