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Groundhog day: How to stay motivated in a shifting ESG landscape
After years of building momentum, it feels like the sustainability sector has hit a roadblock. From the weaponization of climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by the current...
Is perfectionism killing your confidence?
According to a poll I shared with my network on LinkedIn, 40% of people admit that their desire to perform....
Five Steps to landing a board role
With ESG insight in high demand across global boards, there's rarely been a better time to consider taking a seat at an organisation's top table. But how should you go about it? Seeking out a spot on a company’s board of directors is a solid career development move....
The five highest paid sustainability roles – and how to get them
With environmental knowledge and skills in high demand, senior roles in sustainability are attracting increasingly generous pay cheques. Few people work in sustainability for the salary. It’s a career path that’s more likely to attract those with passion, purpose and a desire to make ....
4 critical steps to embed sustainability into your organization
We all know that it’s not enough for sustainability teams to act in a silo. To achieve real change, an organization must embed ESG commitments....
Tips to build, scale a world-class asset-management sustainability strategy
Asset management and private capital fund managers have a unique value chain that shapes their culture, key performance indicators and customer. That is why....
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It might be billed as one of the best ways to get ahead but in reality, relentless networkers end up...
Shannon was thrilled to be featured in Forbes as part of Erik Kobayashi-Solomon's My Big Picture col...
One of the trends I’ve noticed over the past several years is that a growing number of my friends an...
Finding a job in sustainability or social impact wasn’t easy even before COVID-19 blindsided and blu...
It wasn’t that long ago that corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability teams were sho...
 Do you want an impact-focused job role?
The range of opportunities in the impact space is quite di...
Shannon joins Anna Runyan for the Classy Career Girl Podcast to talk about doing Good Work. You can ...
The Career Farm
Shannon was delighted to speak at The Career Farm's recent webinar. You can view Ho...
Joel Makower interviews Good Work author, Shannon Houde, about the evolving impact economy and how t...
We’re all looking for a little more purpose in our lives
Even more so with the uncertainty that cur...
In so many ways 2020 was a seismic year for sustainability and social impact. From a global pandemic...
OnPurpose 2020
Shannon was delighted to speak at OnPurpose 2020. You can view her Reset Your Compas...
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