Success and failure of sustainability initiatives is often dependent on the capability of leaders to engage in good conversations, to truly listen, build trust-based relationships, and design and implement result-oriented processes. The ability to think together effectively is a vital building block for an emerging sustainable future. Our capacity building approach is therefore rooted in an integrated approach.

A dialogic way of change towards sustainability creates commitment and the willingness of all to find innovative solutions to today's challenges. When co-creation of the future is more consciously understood as a collective task, active engagement for a sustainable future follows - by individuals, companies and political actors. Dialogue enables the transcendence of self-centered views - a pre-requisite to successfully address the challenges of globalization.

Dialogic process competence is a key to success in Collective Leadership for sustainability and requires the alignment between personal and professional values.

It means:

• Developing common goals that can be owned by different stakeholders
• Accessing the capacity to innovate
• Using the potential of collaboration successfully
• Rooting change towards sustainability in effective transformation designs
• Enabling leaders and change agents from diverse backgrounds to master complex challenges
• Facilitating consensus building
• Connecting partners to take on collective responsibility
• Reaching practical solutions through dialogue