More storms are brewing
Lorenza Clifford
Leaders and Coaches: Facing what is, working ‘with the grain’ of who you are, our nature, ecosystems and economy; coming to terms with new realities through enhanced curiosity, presence, choice and relationships.
When a storm is brewing it is hard to sleep..
The storm that I am losing most sleep over is the massive effects on society of shifting too late and too slowly and without enough ambition on climate change.
My work as an executive coach informs me that a combination of complacency, fear and belief in their own 'hype' is holding people in organisations in an immobile state of 'freeze' in the face of the tsunami of disruption that is coming.
I know that Greta is correct, and is cutting through the political noise with a strong signal. Her message is getting some attention but it leads to too little ambition and totally inappropriate scale of action.
I will back this up with some science from a trusted source, where you can scroll through the various indicators such as this one showing emissions pledges gaps.
The problem is that even with talented people in the room, who are climate literate, there are no good or easy options.
There is a new global cadre of coaches emerging who care enough about this problem to are bring together their IP, their knowhow, their ability to help people in systems to navigate. In a unique way, the Climate Coaching Alliance is developing the conversations with business people, politicians and public servants around the globe to meet the moment. Above all we are asking the questions, accounting for the truth, and inviting responsible carefully designed series of action for change.
Future generations have much to lose and no voice. Let's consider together what we can do for their stakeholder perspective in the place of the shareholder perspective. We humans have all the resources we need to make the changes we need and to thrive in a redesigned more socially inclusive way.
What conversations do you need to be having?
Business Psychologist, Executive Coach, Professional Speaker, Author of Better Than Confidence
4 年Thanks Lorenza, three big things in a few months... CV-19, Climate Change and #blacklivesmatter - the latter two have been around for a long term, but only now am I really paying attention, educating myself and looking at a response. With all three, I am intimidated by the task and fear I cannot do anything. What I have found most useful in the anti-racism posts, is people sharing practical actions we can take in order to drive change. Are there similar resources you can point to on climate change please? Thank you for keeping the volume up on the need for us to take this seriously and do something about it!
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4 年Lorenza, well done for stepping up and taking responsibility here. We can get so caught up in our own world and are not often present to the global impact of our actions x
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4 年As Kahil Gibran says in his writings .... We extract your elements to make? Cannons and bombs but out of? Our elements you create lilies and roses? How patient you are Earth, and how merciful!?
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4 年Great to see you are championing this cause Lorenza. I think the biggest challenge is getting us all to focus on this in a more tangible way. Most of us appreciate there is a problem, but apart having an awareness and taking limited action by way of recycling and an appreciation on how our lifestyle is impacting the environment people need more an action plan on something that is not obviously impacting them, right now. #climatecoachingalliance #sustainableleadership #climateemergency
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4 年Thank you for this Lorenza, it’s something I was recently thinking about with all that is happening in the world, awareness is key! When people are present to the impact on them, this is when people will start to act more. #sustainableleadership