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Fostering environmental champions: a process to build their capacity to drive change
André Taylor1, Chris Cocklin, Rebekah Brown
1Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia. andretaylor@iprimus.com.au
Abstract:
This paper describes a six-step process to build the leadership capacity of environmental champions. This process was developed during research involving champions in Australian water agencies. The process, like leadership, is sensitive to context. It includes gathering local information on the factors that assist particular types of champion to exert influence, and using this information to build customized capacity building tools, such as leadership development programs. The paper explains each step in the process and provides illustrative examples from research on water agency champions. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed, including the hypothesis that the process should be transferable to other work environments under certain circumstances.
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