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The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook - now available!

  • 1.  The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook - now available!

    Posted 07-01-2008 10:41
    Announcing the publication on 1 July 2008 of

    THE SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE FIELDBOOK: WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER
    Edited by Jeana Wirtenberg with William G. Russell and David Lipsky
    in collaboration with The Enterprise Sustainability Action Team

    "The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook: When It All Comes Together" is
    now available and already selling fast. Order your copy online now and
    receive 10% discount.
    http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?productid=2689

    "This brilliant collection of essays lays the foundation for building a
    sustainable society. All boards of directors and their leadership
    should make this book required reading."
    Warren Bennis, Professor, University of Southern California; co-author
    of Judgment: How Great Leaders Make Winning Calls and Transparency: How
    Leaders Create a Culture of Candor

    " 'The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook' focus[es] on the human side of
    sustainable enterprise - the organizational, behavioral, and even
    cognitive challenges. It is a must-read for anyone trying to make
    sustainability happen in the real world."
    Stuart L. Hart, S.C. Johnson Professor of Sustainable Global
    Enterprise, Cornell University; author of Capitalism at the Crossroads

    "Managers everywhere desperately need books like 'The Sustainable
    Enterprise Fieldbook' in order to get started on the journey."
    Peter Senge, Founder of SOL; Senior Lecturer, Behavioral and Policy
    Sciences, MIT Sloan School of Management; author of The Fifth
    Discipline and co-author of The Necessary Revolution

    "The most comprehensive sourcebook for leaders, managers,
    practitioners, and all those committed to working within their
    communities and organizations to nudge the human family toward
    sustainable societies, living in peace with each other and nature."
    Hazel Henderson, author of Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy;
    President, Ethical Markets Media, LLC, USA and Brazil

    " 'The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook' is a compendium of activities,
    cases, tools, and principles on which to establish the organization of
    the future ... This Fieldbook is both a good introduction and a
    thorough exploration of how to create a better social, economic, and
    environmental world that affects us all."
    Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of
    Michigan; Partner, The RBL Group


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    THE SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE FIELDBOOK: WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER
    Edited by Jeana Wirtenberg with William G. Russell and David Lipsky
    in collaboration with The Enterprise Sustainability Action Team
    320 pp | 234 x 156 mm | hardback | ISBN 978-1-906093-09-9
    Published 1 July 2008
    List price: GBP21.95 EUR32.95
    http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?productid=2689

    North American customers order from:
    http://www.amanet.org/books/book.cfm?isbn=9780814412787

    ORDER ONLINE NOW AND RECEIVE 10% DISCOUNT:
    http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?productid=2689

    Free to view/download: "Introduction and Overview" by Jeana Wirtenberg,
    William G. Russell, and David Lipsky:
    http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/content/pdfs/fieldbookintro.pdf

    You can also request a review copy or an inspection copy.

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    Today, managers and leaders of organizations, in both the private
    sector and civil society, are being challenged as never before to find
    ways to play a proactive role in addressing the concerns of sustainable
    development. But they are often overwhelmed by a bombardment of
    conflicting messages from the media, shareholders, customers,
    employees, and NGOs. "The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldboo" helps
    managers deal with this confusion. It teaches them how to strike a
    better balance, moving from an "either/or" mind-set to one that
    holistically embraces social, environmental and economic issues
    simultaneously. It addresses the "what" ("what is a sustainable
    strategy for a company or organization?") as well as the "how" ("how do
    we go about building a sustainable enterprise?").

    "The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook" has been put together by an
    outstanding network of experts from business (Microsoft, Sony, Philips,
    and AIG), consultancies, and academia. Its aim is to teach and guide
    leaders, managers, practitioners, students, and professors in every
    sector of society, and in every industry, in creating a successful and
    sustainable enterprise. By making the steps needed clear,
    understandable, and simple to follow, the book naturally engages
    readers in their journey and encourages their participation in three
    key ways: by increasing their understanding and awareness of what
    sustainability means at a conceptual and practical, as well as a
    personal, level; by energizing and expanding people's commitment to
    building sustainable enterprises; and by providing readers with
    extensive tools and techniques so they can individually and
    collectively take actions that will improve the social, environmental,
    and economic performance of their organizations in both the short and
    long term.

    Each chapter of the book illustrates through models, tools, cases,
    stories, and examples from a wide range of companies how to integrate
    sustainability into the day-to-day realities of running a business.
    Managers are coached, facilitated, and guided to enable them to create
    a better balance between the short and long term, to help them to
    become change agents in their organizations and to provide answers to
    the question "How do I make a difference?" Some of the areas covered
    are leadership, strategy, managing change, employee engagement, metrics
    and measurement, networks, and globalization.

    Readers of "The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook" will find access to
    the innovative "Living Fieldbook", which is an online community support
    service providing ongoing updated assistance in building a sustainable
    enterprise.

    "The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook" offers an ingredient that has
    been missing in the enormous outpouring of information on organizations
    and sustainability: an holistic integration of solutions, which will
    make the journey personal for each reader.


    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Foreword
    Georg Kell, Executive Head, UN Global Compact

    Part I. Understanding reality: our context for The Sustainable
    Enterprise Fieldbook

    Introduction and overview
    Jeana Wirtenberg, William G. Russell, and David Lipsky:
    http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/content/pdfs/fieldbookintro.pdf

    Part II. Preparing the foundation for a sustainable enterprise

    1. Leadership for a sustainable enterprise
    Richard N. Knowles, Daniel F. Twomey, Karen J. Davis, and Shakira
    Abdul-Ali

    2. Mental models for sustainability
    John D. Adams, Linda M. Kelley, Beth Applegate, and Theresa McNichol

    3. Developing a sustainability strategy
    Joel Harmon, Flynn Bucy, Susan Nickbarg, Govi Rao, and Jeana Wirtenberg

    Part III. Embracing and managing change sustainably
    4. Managing the change to a sustainable enterprise
    Gregory S. Andriate and Alexis A. Fink

    5. Employee engagement for a sustainable enterprise
    Kent D. Fairfield, Richard N. Knowles, William G. Russell, Jeana
    Wirtenberg, Sangeeta Mahurkar-Rao, and Orrin D. Judd

    6. Sustainable enterprise metrics and measurement systems
    William G. Russell, Shakira Abdul-Ali, Gil Friend, and David Lipsky

    Part IV. Connecting, integrating, and aligning toward the future

    7. Sustainable globalization: the challenge and the opportunity
    Victoria G. Axelrod, Joel Harmon, William G. Russell, and Jeana
    Wirtenberg

    8. Transorganizational collaboration and sustainability networks
    William G. Russell, Jenny Ambrozek, Victoria G. Axelrod, Jane
    Carbonaro, and Linda M. Kelley

    Part V. When it all comes together

    9. A new beginning: when it all comes together
    Jeana Wirtenberg, David Lipsky, and William G. Russell

    Coda. An invitation to participate with us in the Living Fieldbook
    Glossary of terms
    About the contributors
    Index

    For further information on any of the above, please contact:

    Jayney Bown
    Greenleaf Publishing
    Aizlewood Business Centre
    Aizlewood's Mill
    Sheffield S3 8GG
    UK
    Tel: +44 (0)114 282 3475
    Fax: +44 (0)114 282 3476
    sales@greenleaf-publishing.com
    www.greenleaf-publishing.com

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