Rae Andre - Lead for the Planet: Five Practices for Confronting Climate Change

You can pick up any number of books on the scientific problem of climate change and the economic or technological solutions, but what we need most right now is leadership. That is what this book is: an accessible dive into social science for the much-needed tools to guide our society, our organizations, and ourselves towards a bold and strong approach to sustainability. Pick up this book and play your role in helping Team Humanity step up to save the planet.

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan

Rae Andr provides a practical map of what needs to be done to lead change for a sustainable future. Drawn from social science research in the fields of change management and leadership, her five practices offer a road map for individuals to lead the transition through the current climate crisis and energy revolution to save our planet for future generations.

Nancy E. Landrum, Professor, Quinlan School of Business & Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago

Andrs Lead for the Planet shows concerned citizens how to become leaders who can address the twin challenges of climate change and energy evolution. The author skillfully blends the psychology of leadership and influence with a wide array of facts, trends, and positions about the natural environment into five practices that anyone can adopt: crafting a compelling vision for change, rallying others around it, and developing and implementing actionable plans to confront the energy-related issues causing climate change. Its an accessible must-read for any aspiring climate leader.

Jane Schmidt-Wilk, Director of the Center for Management Research, Maharishi International University

FIVE PRACTICES FOR CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Lead for the planet : five practices for confronting

climate change / Rae Andr.

Names: Andr, Rae, author.

Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200230301 | Canadiana (ebook)

20200230468 | ISBN 9781487508333 (cloth) | ISBN 9781487538033

(EPUB) | ISBN 9781487538026 (PDF)

Subjects: LCSH: Climatic changes Prevention.

Classification: LCC QC903 .A56 2020 | DDC 363.738/746dc23

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We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario, for our publishing activities.

First, my sincere thanks to the many students who, over the last decade, have made me think harder, experience more, and celebrate successes on the way to this book. To my co-teachers, Maureen Aylward, Ayako Huang, and Simon Pek, thank you so very much for your System 2 contributions and your System 1 support. Without the guidance of imaginative university administrators, key among them Paul Bolster, Laurie Kramer, and Jane Schmidt-Wilk, this work would not have been possible. Thanks also to Rikki Abzug, James Dendy, Jamie Ladge, Roxanne Palmatier, the late Kay Tiffany, and Pamela Weir for their insightful help at important points along the way. Finally, to the anonymous reviewers who provided formative feedback on this manuscript, and to those reviewers at the Academy of Management and the Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society who have vetted various related proposals, thank you. I have done my best to do justice to your expertise.