This book provides a step-by-step approach, from Vision to Waste to Tangible Benefits, in molding an organization into a Sustainable Developed enterprise. Building a Bridge to Benefits is a top-down approach to transform a corporation into a Sustainable Developed enterprise. Environmentalist will say Sustainability is doing more with less. But that does not communicate the real business value to an executive. Eliminating waste, identifying new markets and increase performance translate in bottom line results. Sustainability is clearly understandable and links to the inter-connectivity to social, economic and environmental domains. Sustainability is an initiative based on methodology, ethics and changing a business mindset. It explains what Corporate Social Responsibility is about and how it could be integrated into your Strategic Planning. It illustrates how a focused effort can leverage Lean Six Sigma as a best-practices, while adopting Ethics and Stewardship principles, implementing transformation and adjusting the enterprise mindset to work within a clearly understood and effective processes. Sustainability provides awareness of consumption and why creating emissions are problems. It high-lights why efficient process are needed and may not be optimized. How it can be used to provide differentiation of their product offerings in the marketplace. Why corporations should weave Sustainability into their overall corporate strategies as opposed to a stand-alone strategy. It answers questions why Sustainability is important to all employees, why link to Lean Six Sigma, why would executives con-sider making a change to the organization and what are the key wastes that should be eliminated from the enterprise. As a senior management consultant, Ralph Jarvis knows that company Owners and Executives are constantly searching for better ways to do business. Most executives are becoming aware that their competition are benefiting from such a transformation, that government is becoming more invasive and they want to understand where tangible benefits can be gained. He believes Sustainability will be a key centerpiece in every prudent 21st century Business Strategy. While many Owners and Executives are considering Sustainability projects, very few are clear how to effectively implement a Sustainability initiative. Fewer still are not looking to combine Sustainability with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, but that combination would optimize transformation and instill best practices.
About the Author: Ralph Jarvis is a Sustainability Author, Senior Consultant and Speaker. He is the Founder and Managing Principal of Jarvis Business Solutions, LLC, a certified Sustainability and Lean Six Sigma practice. He has over 30 years of Business, IT and Sustainability experience. Mr. Jarvis knows that company Owners and Executives are constantly searching for better ways to do business. He believes Sustainability will be a key centerpiece in every prudent 21st century business strategies and that will yield increased corporate performance. While many Owners and Executives are considering Sustainability projects, very few are clear how to effectively implement a Sustainability initiative. Fewer still are not looking to combine Sustainability with Lean Six Sigma methodology. Mr. Jarvis' engagements include a variety of Fortune 500 companies, federal, state, and Indian Nation governments, public sector agencies; as well as, not-for-profit organizations. He also brings working knowledge of global business practices and how to approach change in a variety of cultures. He provides a hands-on approach to Sustainability Transformation from through a Vision that integrates business strategies while promoting Sustainability practices that empower employees and eliminate waste. He earned his Global MBA in International Finance and his Executive Certificate in Global Corporate Social Responsibility from Thunderbird School of Global Management. He received his second Master's in Management Information Systems at the University of Dallas, where he graduated with Highest Honors. He was one of the first to earn the Executive Certificate In Global Corporate Social Responsibility from his alma mater Thunderbird and also earned a Black Belt certification in Lean Six Sigma.