HR Professional's guide to creating a strategically sustainable organizationEmployees are central to creating sustainable organizations, yet they are left on the sidelines in most sustainability initiatives along with the HR professionals who should be helping to engage and energize them. This book shows business leaders and HR professionals how to: motivate employees to create economic, environmental and social value; facilitate necessary culture, strategic and organizational change; embed sustainability into the employee lifecycle; and strengthen existing capabilities and develop new ones necessary to support the transformation to sustainability.Talent, Transformation, and the Triple Bottom Line also demonstrates how leading companies are using sustainability to strengthen core HR functions: to win the war for talent, to motivate and empower employees, to increase productivity, and to enliven traditional HR-related efforts such as diversity, health and wellness, community involvement and volunteerism. In combination, these powerful benefits can help drive business growth, performance, and results.* The book offers strategies, policies, tools and specific action steps that business leaders and HR professionals can use to get into the sustainability game or enhance their efforts dramatically* Andrew Savitz is an expert in sustainability and has worked extensively with many organizations on sustainability strategy and implementation; he and Karl Weber wrote The Triple Bottom Line, one of the most successful books in the field* Published in partnership with SHRM and with the cooperation of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development* Forward by Edward Lawler IIIThis book fills a gaping hole in both the HR and sustainability literature by educating HR professionals about sustainability, sustainability professionals about HR, and business leaders about how to marry the two to accelerate progress on both fronts.

about the authors xiforeword by edward e. lawler iii xiiipreface xviiPart One: Transformation, Talent, and Human Resources 11 Transforming GE: Building a Sustainable Corporation from the People Up 3Ecomagination: Why GE Is Turning Green 8People Movers: How HR Is Leading the Way Forward 12Healthymagination: Improving Health Care for GE Employees and for Society 14Eight Lessons for Business Leaders, Sustainability Professionals, and HR 20The New Winning Strategy: Leveraging HR for Sustainable Growth 262 Sustainability: The Global Challenge, the Business Opportunity, and the People Factor 29Sustainability Milestones: The Brundtland Commission and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 30The Age of Sustainability: Trends and Realities 33The Triple Bottom Line: How to Define and Measure Sustainable Growth 40The Sweet Spot: How to Develop Sustainable Business Strategies 46Sustainability and Profitability: How to Grow Your Sweet Spots 50Transformation: Th e Business Benefits of Sustainability 54Revving Up: Where HR Meets Sustainability 61Questions for Business Leaders, Sustainability Specialists, and HR Professionals 64Part Two: From Traditional HR to Sustainable HR 673 Embedding Sustainability in the Workforce Life Cycle 69Building Sustainability into Core HR Processes 72Questions for Business Leaders, Sustainability Specialists, and HR Professionals 804 Employee Selection and Sustainability 83Johnson & Johnson: When HR Fails the Sustainability Test 84Recruitment: Winning the Global War for Talent 87Hiring the Workforce of Tomorrow 92The Value of Values Alignment 94Questions for Business Leaders, Sustainability Specialists, and HR Professionals 1055 Career Development and Sustainability 107Onboarding and Sustainability 107Training for Sustainability 108Developing Tomorrow's Leaders 111Evolving Employee Assistance 117Compensation and Incentives for Sustainability Performance 120Nonfinancial Incentives for Sustainability Performance 122Retention and Sustainability 125Compliance, Discipline, and Sustainability 127Questions for Business Leaders, SustainabilitySpecialists, and HR Professionals 1296 Workforce Management and Sustainability 131Performance Appraisal: Evaluating andRewarding Sustainability Performance 132Workforce Planning: Meeting YourFuture Needs 142Labor Pool Analysis: Understanding a Changing Workforce 149Termination and Sustainability 158Sustainable Retirement and Postretirement 161Questions for Business Leaders, Sustainability Specialists, and HR Professionals 1687 HR Deliverables and Sustainability 171The Care and Feeding of Employees 173How Sustainability Is Expanding HR's Responsibilities 176Wages and Benefi ts Policies: The Return on Investing in Employees 185Employee Wellness Programs and Sustainability 190Creating Better Working Conditions 193Questions for Business Leaders, Sustainability Specialists, and HR Professionals 200Part Three: Organizational Development and Change: HR's Role in Building Sustainable Companies 2018 Sustainability and Organizational Capacity 203Organizational Capabilities: Levers for Sustainable Success 204Innovation 206Collaboration 212Long-Term Orientation 218Outward Focus 224Interdependent Thinking 231Learning 234Adaptability 240Questions for Business Leaders, Sustainability Specialists, and HR Professionals 2429 Sustainability and Culture Change 243The Three Levels of Organizational Culture 244Why Traditional Corporate Cultures May Resist Sustainability 248When Culture Sabotages Sustainability: Why BP Cannot Operate Safely 254When Culture Advances Sustainability: How AEP Created a Zero-Harm Culture 262Lessons on Culture Change from BP and AEP 271Evaluating Your Organization's Culture 273Questions for Business Leaders, Sustainability Specialists, and HR Professionals 27410 How to Get Where You Want to Go: Sustainability and Organizational Change 277Why Change Occurs: Danger and Opportunity 279Three Dimensions of Sustainable Change 283Ad Hoc Change 286Systematic Change 288Sustainability and the Classic Change System 292Top-Down Change Versus Bottom-Up Change 297Appealing to Hearts 301Talking About Change 303Jump-Starting Sustainable Change 306Questions for Business Leaders, Sustainability Specialists, and HR Professionals 313Part Four: Sustainability and Employee Engagement 31511 How Sustainability and Engagement Can Transform Your Business 317The Link Between Sustainability, Engagement, and Profit 320How "Acme Corporation" Leveraged Sustainability for Greater Profitability 322The Golden Triangle: Seeing the Entire Business Case for Sustainability 327How Starbucks Creates Value from Values 331Measuring the Impact of Sustainability on Employee Engagement 334How HR and Sustainability Professionals Can Work Together 337Getting Started with Sustainability and Employee Engagement Programs 337Strategic Volunteerism as a Starting Point 344Employee Engagement, Sustainability, and Transformation 349Questions for Business Leaders, Sustainability Specialists, and HR Professionals 351notes 353acknowledgments and thanks 369index 377