Cultivating Leadership for Ecological Sustainability Presented by Dr. Joel Kreisberg, DC, MA Executive Director Teleosis Institute www.teleosis.org 1

Leadership Purpose Vision Sustainability Creating a Learning Community

Purpose Living and acting out of a deeply-felt connection to our source of inspiration, that which gives our work meaning. Promote Ecological Health for the Whole Child 3

Vision Being clear and communicating effectively the results we seek to create. Create optimal and sustainable environments in which children can thrive and reach their full potential.

Cultivating Sustainability Cultivating sustainability requires: A commitment not only to making change An understanding why we are making changes. 

What and Why? 6

Sustainability To be sustainable, organizing structures must encourage: Effectiveness Integrity Mutuality Bill Tobert “Action Inquiry: The Secret of Timely and Transforming Leadership (2004)

Creating A Learning Community A Learning community uses Action Inquiry Integrity Generate effectiveness and integrity in ourselves Mutuality Generate a critical constructive mutuality Sustainability Create organizing structures that encourage effectiveness, integrity, and mutuality which are capable of continuing transformation towards greater social justice and greater harmony with the natural environment 8

A Learning community Integrity Sustainability Mutuality I Experiences SUBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE SINGULAR I Integrity Experiences It Sustainability Behaviors PLURAL WE Mutuality Cultures ITS Social 9

Integrity Integrity is generated through more and more dynamic and continual inquiry into the gaps in ourselves.

What Sustains You? What am I doing? Why am I doing it? Tell me what sustains you? 11

Mutuality Mutually agreeable goals help support partnerships both internally and externally. Mutuality supports ecological sustainability. 

Mutuality We can create more by: Developing shared vision and strategies Increasing collaboration Learning the value of creating together

Partnership Skillfully being with others in a way that fosters connections and interdependence Rockwood Leadership 14

Leading Transforming Are we organized in a way that encourages effectiveness, integrity mutuality? Are we transforming healthcare towards greater social justice and greater harmony with the natural environment?

Cultivating Leadership for Ecological Sustainability Promote Ecological Health for the Whole Child Create optimal and sustainable environments A commitment not only to making change but also to understand why we are making changes.  Creating a Learning Community

Teleosis Institute Dr. Joel Kreisberg, DC, MA Executive Director DrKreisberg@teleosis.org www.teleosis.org