How often does the thoughtful sustainability strategy, technically accurate human rights policy, or well-intentioned environmental program stall out or lie dormant in an email inbox?  How often do “working groups” have a year’s worth of meetings only to feel frustrated and overwhelmed?

Join the Haas MBA and SF Professional chapters of Net Impact to explore how Change Management approaches are essential to successful achievement of sustainability objectives.  We will introduce Change Management theory and how it can be applied in corporate sustainability work. We will also explore briefly various tools and approaches from Change Management that can be used in sustainability projects.  The session will be participatory with exercises and dialogue throughout.

Stacey Smith and Debbie O’Brien Krackeler from Contigo Partners will lead the session.

Speaker bios:

Debbie O’Brien Krackeler is a CSR expert with fifteen years’ experience advising companies on integrating sustainability into daily business decision-making. The primary focus of Debbie’s engagement with companies is on creating forums and developing their capacity to put into place strategies and policies to integrate CSR policies and practices into their core business operations. For the past six years Debbie has worked an independent consultant on CSR practices for clients ranging from UNICEF to Trans fair to Deckers and Levi Strauss & Company (LS&CO). During her nine year tenure with Business for Social Responsibility, Debbie served as their Director of Consumer Products and Director of Human Rights. Prior to joining BSR, Debbie worked at Levi Strauss & Company in the Government Affairs department, focusing on labor rights for their global supply chain.  She also served as the Deputy Director for the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable.

Stacey Smith brings over 20 years of experience in the areas of organizational strategy, organizational development and environmental and social sustainability.  She is passionate about helping organizations become more effective to fulfill their mission and to make a positive impact in the world.  Stacey has deep industry experience in the food and agriculture, extractives, consumer products, chemical and technology industries. She spent nine years at Arthur Andersen in their auditing and consulting practices and over eight years at Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) leading clients through their journey to sustainability.  Most recently she was with GreenOrder, an environmental strategy consultancy.