Abstract
AbstractIn the era of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and calls for climate action, business is challenged to respond more effectively to societal and environmental challenges. Collaboration with stakeholders requires an ability for broader collaboration competencies. These form a part of an established literature on responsible leadership (RL) competencies. Human resources managers, consultants and educators in charge of developing such competencies demand clarity on the definition and a practical measurement tool for RL. This paper addresses both by proposing a RL definition and a RL competency model, that has been operationalized into a free online tool for individuals and groups. This free Competency Assessment for Responsible Leadership (CARL) tool is used to assess stakeholder engagement, individual and group leadership development, and internal sustainable development transformation work. The CARL online tool serves to systematically analyze and develop RL competencies, both in business and educational practices, and helps advance the RL theory based on insights from practice.
Highlights
Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, the call for responsible leaders in and beyond business has become louder
The ethical-based scandals at Siemens, Volkswagen, UBER and many more have shown that business has not learned its lesson from scandals such as ENRON. This endless series of scandals has damaged the trust in companies and business in general. Some suggest that it was the misconduct of leadership and irresponsible leaders that were the main causes for the financial crisis (Pless & Maak, 2011)
This paper provides an answer to these specific demands and presents an online-tool tool for responsible leadership (RL) competency assessment together with the process used and steps taken to get there
Summary
Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, the call for responsible leaders in and beyond business has become louder. A responsible leader demonstrates a deep understanding of the interdependencies of the system and the own person, is distinguished by an ethical and values-based attitude, and able to build long-term relations with different stakeholders embracing their needs, while initiating change towards sustainable development.
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