Brave Leadership for Climate Solutions.

Ana Alonso
Sanjay silas
Nidhi Arora
Event by: Empowering Progress
Event format
Virtual
Event duration
1 hour 30 minutes
Language
English
An Interactive Leadership Lab | NY Climate Week The climate transition is no longer a sustainability challenge—it is a leadership challenge. Organisations today are navigating an unprecedented convergence of climate transition, AI disruption, geopolitical uncertainty, changing regulation and rising stakeholder expectations. While many organisations understand what needs to change, far fewer are prepared for how these forces are reshaping leadership, decision-making and organisational resilience. The greatest challenge is no longer developing better climate strategies. It is developing leaders and change makers who can make better decisions when the future is uncertain. “Climate transition requires more than technology, policy and investment. It requires leaders who can think differently, adapt quickly and make courageous decisions in the face of uncertainty.” This highly interactive Leadership Lab explores one of the most overlooked barriers to accelerating climate action: the way leaders/we interpret complexity, uncertainty and change. Rather than another discussion about climate targets or transformation frameworks, this session provides participants with the opportunity to experience a facilitated leadership diagnostic. Participants will examine how they currently respond to uncertainty and identify the leadership capabilities needed to accelerate change within their own organisations. What you’ll experience Participants will: -Explore how climate transition, AI and generally systemic disruption are changing the way organisations and leaders must lead. -Examine how their current assumptions influence decision-making. -Learn practical approaches for making better decisions in increasingly complex environments. What you’ll leave with -A clearer understanding of the leadership capabilities required for successful change and climate transition. -Greater awareness of how your own decision-making influences organisational change. -Practical tools for navigating uncertainty with greater confidence and adaptability. -Map your leadership across six dimensions of complexity and identify the capability most limiting you right now. Observe how you respond when familiar assumptions stop working. -One concrete behavioural shift to strengthen your leadership immediately. -A deeper appreciation of why leadership mindset is becoming one of the most important enablers of climate action and change management. Who should attend? This session is designed for leaders, sustainability professionals, transformation leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs and anyone responsible for helping organisations navigate transitions, systemic change or climate adaptation. Whether you lead sustainability, operations, strategy, innovation or organisational transformation, this interactive session will help you strengthen one of the most critical capabilities of the decade: leading effectively when certainty no longer exists. Facilitators Ana Alonso – Sustainability strategist and transformational leader with extensive experience helping organisations navigate sustainability, energy transition and organisational change. Director of PURE (purevalue360.com) and Empowering Progress (empoweringprogress.com) Sanjay Silas – Former international banking CEO and INSEAD executive coach specialising in leadership during periods of complexity, transition and uncertainty. Nidhi Arora – ICF executive coach and former banking executive helping senior leaders develop clarity, resilience and adaptive leadership in rapidly changing environments. “Climate transition requires more than technology, policy and investment. It requires leaders who can think differently, adapt quickly and make courageous decisions in the face of uncertainty.” About Empowering Progress: Empowering Progress helps leaders, professionals and organisations navigate complexity, transformation and growth with greater clarity, capability and purpose. About Pure: PURE (www.PureValue360.com) brings together a network of experienced sustainability and business experts to help organisations turn sustainability ambition into measurable business impact. PURE supports businesses in embedding sustainability into strategy, operations and implementation, helping to bridge the gap between ambition and action