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How to become a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO): The Ultimate Guide

Set your sights on a CSO role? With the right steps and strategy in place, it's very possible.

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About Shannon

Your coach, mentor and career partner

Shannon Houde has spent two decades mentoring, coaching and training more than 1,500 change leaders and CSOs in the impact sector across 25+ countries and over 4,000 hours of one-to-one support.

She founded Walk of Life, the first-of-its kind international career advisory business focused solely on corporate sustainability and ESG, more than 15 years ago.

As an ICF-certified executive coach accredited in the Leadership Circle Profile™, Shannon was selected as a meta coach for the Goleman Emotional Intelligence certification program. She is a published author of the book "Good Work" and has been a GreenBiz columnist for more than 10 years.

Her coaching is underpinned by 30 years in recruitment and 10 years as a sustainability consultant and in-house practitioner within Fortune 500 companies, management consultancies and recruitment agencies including Adobe, Barclays, BlackRock, Deloitte and WWF as well as...

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So the world knows, straight away, my lens on sustainability and the business opportunity has been refined and improved through so many learning moments with Shannon. Shannon Houde, MBA, PCC you are a impact force multiplier second to none and I thank you for all your done for me and the Global sustainability community.

Shannon is one of those rare individuals who come along who influence how personal leadership is developed while discovering the authentic reasons why anyone should choose to be a leader in place of being a follower. I highly recommend Shannon as a mentoring and training resource for sustainability change management and leadership.

We undertook a year of leadership coaching with the primary focus on emotional intelligence - awarness of self and awareness of others. Through coaching I learned how to orient myself for the other leaders in the room, to adapt to their mindset or learning style. It was so impactful that I then had Shannon coach two of my direct reports and facilitate two team training workshops on Emotional Intelligence.

John Penney
Chief Growth Officer
NextGen Foundry

Jack Hamilton
Senior Managing Consultant
Sopheon

Amon Rappaport
Chief Communications Officer
California State Polytechnic University

So the world knows, straight away, my lens on sustainability and the business opportunity has been refined and improved through so many learning moments with Shannon. Shannon Houde, MBA, PCC you are a impact force multiplier second to none and I thank you for all your done for me and the Global sustainability community.

John Penney
Chief Growth Officer
NextGen Foundry

Shannon is one of those rare individuals who come along who influence how personal leadership is developed while discovering the authentic reasons why anyone should choose to be a leader in place of being a follower. Sustainability is about leading change management and while I am no longer working on sustainability programs, key messages from her teachings in sustainability leadership still resonate. I highly recommend Shannon as a mentoring and training resource for sustainability change management and leadership.

Jack Hamilton
Senior Managing Consultant
Sopheon

We undertook a year of leadership coaching with the primary focus on emotional intelligence - awarness of self and awareness of others. Through coaching I learned how to orient myself for the other leaders in the room, to adapt to their mindset or learning style. It was so impactful that I then had Shannon coach two of my direct reports and facilitate two team training workshops on Emotional Intelligence.

Amon Rappaport
Chief Communications Officer
California State Polytechnic University

would recommend Walk of Life to a friend or colleague

Leadership Circle Profile™

Imagine holding up a mirror to see the leader within you.

The Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) is an innovative breakthrough in 360° profiling. It is the first comprehensive 360° leadership assessment tool to combine core leadership competencies with inner developmental traits, offering a holistic view of your effectiveness as a leader. It integrates:

Creative Competencies – Effective behaviors like fostering relationships, achieving results, and strategic thinking.
Reactive Tendencies – Internal barriers like control, compliance, and protective actions that may limit potential.

With intuitive visuals and a research-backed framework, LCP aligns with your goals to drive growth and performance.

Ready to transform as a leader from the inside out?

As a certified ICF-PCC executive coach since 2017 and an accredited Leadership Circle Profile coach, Shannon was selected as a Meta Coach to teach Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence Coach Certification course. She is also certified in Harrison Assessments, The GameChanger Index and Korn Ferry's ESCI 360. PCC credential holders are trained, experienced coaches with a commitment to high ethical standards. 

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