Jamie Rezmovits - Evolving Leadership for Collective Wellbeing: Lessons for Implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

EVOLVING LEADERSHIP FOR

COLLECTIVE WELLBEING

EVOLVING LEADERSHIP FOR

COLLECTIVE WELLBEING

Lessons for Implementing the

United Nations Sustainable

Development Goals

Edited by

SEANA LOWE STEFFEN

Restorative Leadership Institute, USA

JAMIE REZMOVITS

Restorative Leadership Institute and Scheitler & Rezmovits, USA

SHANAH TREVENNA

Conscious Leadership Institute, USA

SHANA RAPPAPORT

GreenBiz Group, USA

Emerald Publishing Limited

Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1WA, UK

First edition 2019

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ISSN: 2058-8801 (Series)

Many thanks to all those whose support helped me to edit this book. As with most things in life, the people walking the path beside me on this journey have made all the difference (and there were many, without whom, this book would not exist).

I am grateful to my co-editors Shanah Trevenna and Shana Rappaport for birthing the possibility of this book into existence alongside Seana Lowe Steffen. It is a true delight to know you in such a deeply meaningful way. Thank you for creating the opportunity for me to carry the torch.

I am grateful for the contributions and extraordinary time and effort given by the authors in this volume. I learned from every one of you.

Thank you to Sierra Brashear, Mary Adams, and Juliet Biagi for your love, support, and willingness to step in to support this project at all hours of the night and day.

Thank you to Debra DeRuyver, at the International Leadership Association, for your invaluable and patient guidance and enthusiastic encouragement. Without you, this book would have never seen the light of day. I am also grateful to Emerald Publishing for seeing the potential in this book.

A special thank you to Martha Lang for your brilliant assistance and expertise with editing, and for walking me through this process in such a kind and compassionate way.

To Mom, Dad, and Matt for taking such good care of me when it was down to the wire!

And most importantly, thank you to Seana Lowe Steffen for inviting me on this journey with you. Working on this project has helped me to heal my broken heart from losing my best friend.

Jamie Rezmovits

Co-Editor

Seana Lowe Steffen and Jamie Rezmovits

Seana Lowe Steffen

Barry A. Colbert, Jessica Nicholson and Elizabeth C. Kurucz

Elizabeth A. Walsh

Ebere Morgan

Wanda Krause

Abigail Abrash Walton

Adriana Salazar, David H. Garca and Mariana Quiroga

Karen Cvitkovich

Dung Q. Tran and Michael R. Carey

Ejaj Ahmad and Hugh ODoherty

Mehrad Nazari

Jennifer M. Chirico and Anette M. Nystrom

Shanah Trevenna

Elbieta Jaboska

Christina L. Monroe and Lance C. Boyd

Kerrie Urosevich and Maya Soetoro-Ng

Grace Hurford and Philippa Chapman

Seana Lowe Steffen, PhD, deceased, was the founder and CEO of the Restorative Leadership Institute (RLI), which cultivates leadership and enterprise that fulfills humanitys potential to thrive in balance with all life. As a certified B Corp, RLI received Best for the World recognition among all certified B Corps globally in 2017, 2016, and 2013. Seana brought nearly 25 years of experience in strategic consulting, capacity building, and leadership and organizational development. Her client community spanned sectors and continents including Tostan, The Sustainability Consortium, National Civilian Community Corps, Hewlett Packard, Denver Water, and the Carter Center. For her positive impact, Seana was invited to be a delegate at the prestigious Skoll World Forum.

Jamie Rezmovits, JD, as the Chair of the Restorative Leadership Institute, supports purpose-driven organizations and planet-minded leadership to increase their positive impact. With specialties in environmental conflict transformation, education, and community development, her heart-centered work spans from university classrooms in the United States to rural communities abroad. As an educator at the University of Colorado, she worked as a faculty member for the INVST Community Studies Department where she trained community leaders to work for the benefit of humanity and the environment. Jamie is a practicing attorney at Scheitler & Rezmovits, PC in Denver, Colorado.

Shanah Trevenna has been leading and guiding leaders of companies and non-profit organizations in the impact space for over 15 years. Shanahs unique style as an executive and leadership coach bridges her broad academic and professional experience with a honed intuition that helps leaders connect with their true nature and create their most fulfilling life and business. Her PhD focused on evolving business and the global economy, so she speaks and consults globally on diverse topics such as B Corps, womens empowerment, blockchain for good, and conscious entrepreneurship. Shanah currently works with 100 global coaching clients.

Shana Rappaport has worked actively for over a decade as a cross-industry convener to advance sustainability solutions. Over the last five years, as director of strategic programs for GreenBiz Group, Shana has helped build and scale the VERGE global event series, focusing on how technology accelerates the clean economy. Shana previously served as Director of Education for Bioneers, and as a nationally recognized community leader during her time as an undergraduate and graduate student at USC.

Seana Lowe Steffen was the creative and strategic visionary behind this book and a beautiful soul. Tragically, she was killed in car accident near Longmont, Colorado, on September 16, 2017, before it could be published, but her light has shined bright as a guide through my completion of this project on her behalf.

I remember Seana calling me in the fall of 2016 with the news of her book proposal having been selected for publication. She was giddy with excitement and pride enough so that just the tone of her voice made me giggle, too. She had a way of doing that of sharing in such an authentic and embodied way that I couldnt help but want to get involved. That was one of Seanas most powerful gifts the ability to inspire those around her to work with her in service to the possibility of a better world.