Steering Committee meeting
Setting the scene: first Steering Committee meeting in Brussels to carify vision and plan of the project
With its Sustainable Leadership Project and thanks to the financial support of the European Commission, CEC European Managers contributes to mainstream sustainable skills, behaviours and values in European management. The project aims at modelling Sustainable Leadership, piloting a training scheme for managers, engaging social partners and policy makers on the topic and creating policy recommendations to mainstream Sustainable Leadership in private and public sector management.
The project is a cooperation among relevant stakeholders working together to make management more sustainable
CEC European Managers and its project partners, who represent together more than 7 million managers in Europe, have commissioned a European survey to assess the level of preparedness and adaptation of European managers for the transition by analysing values, strategies, skills and behaviours. On the basis of the study results, a training programme is being designed to equip European managers of all backgrounds with the necessary competences such as context understanding, materiality assessments, as well as transversal leadership skills such as empathy or mindfulness. Also, the implications of this new reality for trade unions and social partner organisations representing the managerial workforce will be analysed.
The results of the project will help to improve the availability of training programmes for managers in Sustainability, to make it a structural driver for change and impact networks for a sustainable future. And to equip social dialogue actors with new tools and knowledge. Ultimately, a change in management is likely to translate into a better European performance in the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainability. As we know, the time is ripe. And as the project’s empirical findings show, managers are ready to put Sustainable Leadership into practice.
Partners
Project Leader
CEC European Managers is a European confederation of manager trade unions and professional associations and one of the six European social partners recognised by the European Commission. Through its territorial and sectoral anchorage, CEC European Managers represents around one million managers in Europe.
Since 2018, CEC European Managers and its board have put sustainability on top of its priorities, besides digitalisation and gender equality. Its Sustainable Leadership Guidelines, events on the topic and launch support to the growing #ManagersForFuture movement have contributed shaping the debate about the future of the managerial profession.
Project Partners
Ledernes Hovedorganisation is the leading trade union for Managers and Executives in Denmark and recognised social partner by the Danish government
The Management Association of Slovenia, MAS, is the leading manager organisation in Slovenia advocating for better management and leadership through its recognised government dialogue
ULA is the leading confederation for managers in Germany engaging in governement dialogue, as well as in managerial representation in managerial social dialogue bodies
Eurocadres is a European trade union confederation of managers and professionals and one of the six European social partners recognised by the European Commission
CESI, associate partner, is the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions, supporting the project in particular with regards to public sector managers
Advisors
RESEARCH PARTNER
Professor Alberto Pastore
Full Professor of Management
Sapienza University of Rome
and team
CONSULTANTS
Jacob Mayne and team
Senior Consultant and Managing Partner
New Angles consultancy
January 2020
March 2020
Launch of Action Plan
Start of research, model-building and methodology development together with external consultants and research partners
March 2020
May 2020
Steering Committee meeting
Second Steering Committee meeting online to plan training activities and discuss project result dissemination
July 2020
Report and Website
Publication of the “Sustainable Leadership in Europe” report and lauch of the SustainableLeaders.eu project website
July 2020
April 2021 - July 2021
Online Webinars
Online webinars for Sustainable Leaders in the making
September 2021
Pilot seminar in Ljubjana, Slovenia
First training seminar, hosted by MAS
September 2021
September 2021
Pilot seminar in Mainz, Germany
Second training seminar, hosted by ULA
September 2021
Pilot seminar in Silkeborg, Denmark
Third training seminar hosted by LHO Denmark
September 2021
26 November 2021
Final Conference
Steering Committee
Ludger Ramme, Lawyer, was President of CEC European Managers (2015-2021) and is currently director of the United Leaders Association in Germany. For more than 20 years, he has been a vocal advocate of managers’ concerns at both German and European level.
For Ludger, a Sustainable Leader is someone who can embrace diversity, who develops own potential and the one of co-workers, who assumes responsibility and who formulates a sustainable and inclusive vision for the future of the business or organisation managed.
Petra Juvančič, who has a background in Journalism and Communication, is the Executive Director of the Management Association of Slovenia (MAS). With her professional experience in the health sector and in PR, she promotes the value of clear communication in management, as well as raising awareness on the importance of safeguarding health in a managerial environment.
For Petra, a Sustainable Leader is someone who is able to build up effective professional networks, who promotes transparent communications and who can activate these networks for people, planet and profits.
Torkild Justesen is Executive Officer of the Danish Association of Managers and Executives – Ledernes Hovedorganisation. Head of International Affairs and appointed representative to CEC with a commitment to ensure managers and executives a strong European voice in general and on Sustainable Leadership in particular.
For Torkild, a Sustainable Leader is someone who can walk the talk and truly understand the way success on sustainable business goals require committed, engaged, innovative and digitally skilled employees.
Nayla Glaise is member of the Presidium of Eurocadres, besides being head of the international section at UGICT CGT France. Her professional background in computer engineering and consulting (Accenture) have brought her to work on the improvement of working conditions, in particular the prevention of psychosocial health risks and stress at work.
For Nayla, a sustainable way of managing is not only taking care of the planet, but above all something that concerns people and teams, as well as skills and human resources.
Roland Leroux, Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, has served as President of ULA, the German United Leaders Association (until 2021). He is currently the President of FECCIA, the European Managers Association in the Chemical Industry. In his professional job he is the Chairman of the Executive Staff Committee of the SCHOTT AG. He also represents the interests of German managers at European level via CEC European Managers.
For Roland, a Sustainable Leader is someone who can identify the business case of sustainable measures, communicate them clearly, as well as implement sustainable business objectives according to professional managerial standards.
Jean-Philippe Steeger, who has a background in empirical Social Sciences, is Policy and Communication Officer at CEC European Managers. As a Project Manager, he has been able to contribute to the development of the Sustainable Leadership Project from a research, communication and policy perspective.
For Jean-Philippe, a Sustainable Leader is someone who is mindful, who cares (self and others), who connects (ideas, people, processes) and who practices creativity.
