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June 29, 2011Twitter hashtag #LeaderLens

Becoming & Belonging- the underpinnings of sustainable change

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Ashley WelchDirector, Leadership & SustainabilityInteraction Associates

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www.dannymartin.org Danny Martin

I am because we are.

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Restlessness Picture of water,

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Wisdom is having things right in your lifeand knowing why.

 If you do not have things right in your life

you will be overwhelmed:you may be heroic, but you will not be

wise. 

If you have things right in your lifebut do not know why,

you are just lucky, and you will not movein the little ways that encourage good

fortune. 

The saddest are those not right in their lives

who are acting to make things right for others:

They act only from the self –and that self will never be right;

no luck, no help, no wisdom.  

-William Stafford

The little ways that encourage good fortune

Belonging & Becoming: what do you mean and how is it related to sustainability and organizational success?1

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Belonging = thinking and acting from a

sense of interconnectedness

Sustainability = surviving and thriving

over time

The fact that we are interconnected means that we can only survive and

thrive together

2What are the principles of a culture of belonging?

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Sees the whole

Looks from many perspectives

Works WITH change

Becomes a collaborative community through:•Strategic alliances,•leadership development,•Employee fulfillment, •Community & customer outreach

Builds a culture in which:•Personal passions are engaged•Shared purpose is developed•Transparency is encouraged•There is a collective alignment and identity  

Fosters systematic renewal through:•Learning and innovating•Empowerment of members

Culture of Belonging Principles & Actions for Sustainable Change

Principles Actions

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Builds Skills

Promotes an integral sustainability.

 

Creates stakeholder engagement at all levels, including:•Policy makers, •employees, •customers, •suppliers, etc. 

Balances profit with long-term thinking by:•Balancing needs of all stakeholders•Maintaining the health and security of employees•Reducing through-put 

Principles Actions

Culture of Belonging Principles & Actions for Sustainable Change

3 How do leaders create cultures of Belonging?

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Skilled Vulnerability

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When we get out of the glass bottles of our ego,

and when we escape like squirrels turning in the

cages of our personalityand get into the forests again,

we shall shiver with cold and frightbut things will happen to us

so that we don't know ourselves. 

Cool, unlying life will rush in,and passion will make our bodies taut with

power,we shall stamp our feet with new power

and old things will fall down,we shall laugh, and institutions will curl up

likeburnt paper

 - D.H. Lawrence

Escape

July 20, 2011Carol Sanford, The Responsible Business

September 14, 2011Brooke Deterline, Heroic Imagination

Project

October 19, 2011Karlin Sloan, UNFEAR- Executive Coaching & Sustainability

November 16, 2011Bettina Gordon, Wisdom from our Indigenous

Elders

December 14, 2011Melinda Weekes, Cross Sector Collaboration

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Ashley WelchDirector, Leadership & Sustainability

awelch@interactionassociates.com

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