Sustainability The Leadership Challenge

Choose the Right Style Leader as learner, leader as partner Identify your leaders and support Distribute leadership / bottom up ‘Walking the talk’ – we need to lead!

Principal, David Wood, cycles to college

Clarify & Structure Be systemic but responsive; simplify Develop Policy/Strategy; be aspirational but realistic Use frameworks, e.g. the 4Cs – Culture, Campus, Curriculum and Community Establish Sustainability Forum/include students Use existing groups

Sustainability Forum *Procurement *Travel *Estates Energy *Curriculum Fairtrade Biodiversity People and Planet * Largely based on existing Groups

Involve Everyone ‘From canteen to boardroom’ It’s about values not skills Start with the staff / open door Model behaviour

Members of the Sustainable Development Working Group with the Green Gown award

Be Practical Focused action plan to direct energies / co-ordinate what is happening already Simple ideas, big results! Continually communicate activities and successes Have fun!

A taste of Fairtrade at LMC’s staff chocolate and wine tasting

Get Support EAUC Consultant Other colleges Colleagues

Biodiversity around the College

Leadership Drivers Behave ethically, commit to Corporate Social Responsibility Foster collaboration, common ways of thinking/ culture Communicate, communicate, communicate Use frameworks to facilitate and track change Take a risk based approach Be persistent, consistent and relentless