Examples of SLI Programs and Services
Leadership and
Organizational Consulting
The Sustainability Leadership Institute (SLI) collaborates with leaders in client organizations to plan strategic direction, resolve immediate and long-term challenges, facilitate change initiatives, build work team collaboration capabilities, while also providing learning-while-doing experiences that build generative leadership capacity at every level of an organization. A few examples:
Strategic Planning
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center Green Omaha Coalition Kaneko Midwest Childcare Association Omaha Children’s Museum Omaha Public Power District Omaha Symphony Orchestra Sustainability Leadership Institute United Arts Omaha
Organization-wide Change Initiatives
Omaha Public Power District
Cooper Nuclear Station, NE Public Power District
Organizational Assessment
Commonwealth Edison
Florida Power & Light
Omaha Public Power District
Ontario Power Generation (Canada)
Work Team Collaboration & Leadership Development
Entergy Nuclear Northeast
Nebraska Public Power District
Omaha Public Power District
Omaha Symphony Orchestra
Workshops and Classroom Teaching
Omaha Public Power District internal workshops
Contracted corporation workshops
- Leadership Development Workshops
- Continuous Process Improvement
- Professional Skills-building (multiple topics)
University of Nebraska, Omaha classes
- Leadership for Sustainability
- Organizational Communication
- Leadership and Power
Benedictine University, Chicago classes
- Leadership for Sustainability
- Process Consultation
Grant-funded workshops in partnership with Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities
- Nebraska Sustainability Leadership
Workshops in 22 locations across the State of Nebraska
Presentations and Dialogues
SLI is often called upon for delivering public presentations, facilitating human activities, and hosting dialogues for exploration and learning. Examples:
United Nations World Environment Day Citizens' Roundtable
Panel host, Omaha, NE
Awakening the Dreamer; Changing the Dream Symposia
Public symposia facilitator, sponsored by Pachamama Alliance, San Francisco, CA
What is Sustainability? Why should We Care?
Keynote address: Sustainability Today Conference, Dana College, Blair, NE
Conversations Conferences: Nebraska Environment and Sustainability
Host facilitator: four conferences across the State of Nebraska in partnership with Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities
Sustainability Exploration Dialogues
SLI-sponsored quarterly community exploration and learning dialogues conducted for a three-year period. Participants identified topics of interest and shared their knowledge and expertise as they learned from one another, while simultaneously practicing their generative communication skills.
Customized Facilitation and Delivery
SLI prides itself on customized programs and services, developed specifically for your organization and the unique challenges and opportunities it encounters. Our work is grounded in cutting-edge research and application of participative, generative leadership practices with a primary focus on generative communication—processes of thinking together, co-creating understanding of the particular situation, and generating solutions that work for shared benefit.
