Business Sustainability: Can We Really Say Enough About Leadership?

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Nov 4, 2011 10:26 AM ET

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Compa…

The topic of leadership is large enough by itself; now merge the conversation with the business sustainability concept and it becomes overwhelming. Rather than narrowing the conversation, our sustainability seeks to expand the topic further.     Given every business environment is uniquely different, the path to effective leadership in each case can be quite different.  We find traditional business beliefs of leadership are in fact giving way to new and innovative understandings of leadership.     In its latest journey of understanding, our sustainability consulting turns its attention toward a recent Harvard Business Review post, Three Leadership Skills That Count, which explores ‘leadership in chaos’.  Highlighting the rise of the some of the most influential leaders in some of the most dynamic industries, this article offers insights that break the mold of traditional leaders.  The characteristics which most importantly defined effectiveness among these trailblazers included:  click here to continue reading Business Sustainability: Can We Really Say Enough About Leadership.   

Home to one third of the earth's trees, the Taiga is the largest land-based biosphere and encircles the globe. Its immense oxygen production literally changes the atmosphere and refreshes the planet. It is this continuous renewal that has shaped Taiga Company's vision to drive similar change in the business world. Taiga Company seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".