--- title: Podcast | Critical leadership attributes for sustainability description: Part of the Ask The Expert podcast series, Sharon Jackson tells us why 'noticing' and 'sense making' form part of the critical leadership skillset. image: https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/alexander-abero-OypnYfdiQgg-unsplash-1200x600.jpg --- [![Marques-SoM](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png?width=1&name=Marques-SoM.png)](http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som) [![Marques-SoM](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Marques-SoM.png?width=85&name=Marques-SoM.png)](http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som)   - [Home](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge) - Featured - [CEO Summit](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/ceo-summit-2021) - Categories - [Changing World of Work](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/changing-world-of-work) - [Digital Transformation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/digital-transformation) - [Economics](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/economics) - [Entrepreneurship](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/entrepreneurship) - [Finance and Accounting](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/finance-and-accounting) - [Implementation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/implementation) - [Leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership) - [Logistics and Supply Chain](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/logistics-and-supply-chain) - [Organisational Behaviour](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/topic/organisational-behaviour) - [Organisational Resilience](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/topic/organisational-resilience) - [Strategic Marketing and Sales](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/strategic-marketing-and-sales) - [Strategy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/strategy) - [Sustainability](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/sustainability) - [Executive Development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/executive-development) - Content - [Articles](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/article) - [Whitepapers](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/whitepaper) - [eBooks](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/ebook) - [Podcasts](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/podcast) - [Webinars](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/webinar) - [Videos](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/video) - Programmes - [Open Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/open-executive-programmes) - [Customised Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development/consultancy-and-custom-solutions) - [MBA Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/cranfield-mba-programmes) - [Master's Apprenticeships ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/management-and-leadership-masterships) - [The Blog](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev) [![JOIN THE KNOWLEDGE HUB](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/b9b69d4d-7ced-4ee8-bd11-b66d3bd4d1b7.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/b9b69d4d-7ced-4ee8-bd11-b66d3bd4d1b7) ### Subscribe you blog for exclusive insights. ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/alexander-abero-OypnYfdiQgg-unsplash-1200x600.jpg) read # Podcast | Critical leadership attributes for sustainability By Sharon Jackson ## Ask the expert podcast series How is ‘noticing’ and ‘sensemaking’ a critical leadership attribute when it comes to environmental and business sustainability? In this episode of [Ask the Expert](https://soundcloud.com/user-912055028/sets) we speak to author, researcher and Cranfield Associate Sharon Jackson about the importance of learning from the Covid 19 crisis to ensure lessons are learnt. Duration | 23 mins    [![LISTEN NOW](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/b43f2683-b042-4df0-8446-d76f7c3e6539.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/b43f2683-b042-4df0-8446-d76f7c3e6539)     --- **About the Expert** *[Sharon Jackson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonjacksonesacrete/?originalSubdomain=gr), founder and CEO of The European Sustainability Academy in Crete, is an Associate Faculty at Cranfield School of Management. She has developed ground-breaking ‘Corporate Responsibility Leadership’ programmes for directors and senior managers which are delivered in wilderness and mountainous places of natural beauty in Europe, Australia and China. Sharon teaches business managers and directors how to combine fundamental business good practice and wealth creation with corporate responsibility as a core facet of global sustainability. Her programmes are designed to stimulate innovative and profitable business through aligning values based leadership with organisational sense making.* Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership), [sustainability](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/sustainability), [podcast](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/podcast) ### Related Articles ## [The Reality Behind the Headlines: Women directors still face a glass ceiling](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/women-directors-still-face-a-glass-ceiling) *( read )* Topics: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership), [sustainability](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/sustainability), [podcast](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/podcast) ## [The Art and Science of Next-Gen Leadership Development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/the-art-and-science-of-next-gen-leadership-development) *( read )* Topics: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership), [sustainability](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/sustainability), [podcast](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/podcast) ## [Leadership and the global economy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/leadership-and-the-global-economy) *( read )* Topics: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership), [sustainability](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/sustainability), [podcast](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/podcast)    [![cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo.png?width=300&name=cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo.png)](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development) - - - - - - © Cranfield Management Development Ltd - **[execdev@cranfield.ac.uk](mailto:execdev@cranfield.ac.uk)  ·  [+44 (0)1234 754500](tel:+44%20(0)%201234%20754500)**  ·  [Privacy Policy](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/privacy-policy)