10 Strategies to Build a More Sustainable Organization

Kristina Kohl, MBA, PMP, and Principal of HRComputes and Becoming Sustainable presented a webinar for Ascentis as part of the "Build a Strong Organization Series." The following are some of the top 10 ideas for HCM professionals to promote sustainability with your organization:

1. Participate in the development of C-suite strategic sustainability vision.
2. Engage with internal and external stakeholders to understand, educate, and inform of needs and requirements.
3. Develop leadership competencies and development programs to create sustainable leaders.
4. Redesign job functions, descriptions, and performance metrics to align with the organization’s sustainability mission.
5. Share your organization’s sustainability story to attract and retain top talent.
6. Empower employees to embrace CSR and to contribute ideas and suggestions that impact locally and globally.
7. Develop training materials to educate and inform employees and to help them align personal and organizational goals.
8. Support organizational redesign to break down silos and promote cross-functional collaboration.
9. Create and support communication strategy that meets employees where they are on their sustainability journey.
10. Define success and measure with metrics.

In order to read the blog post and find the recorded webinar, visit:

http://www.ascentis.com/2017/10/free-hr-webinar-on-sustainability/