Working Planet
Working Planet is an environmental consulting organisation, founded by Geoffrey Ahern, committed to and practising organisational sustainability.
Working Planet aims to help organisations integrate environmental, economic and social sustainability into their core business. This ranges from immediate reputational risk reduction - to leadership for culture change; and where a survival (cost-plus) approach to sustainability in a sector where there is fast-changing innovation is unlikely to result in survival. They believe sustainability is core to commercial strategy.
Completed projects
- Strategic sustainability consulting and presentation for a multinational company
- Sustainability implementation research with 10 multinational companies, in association with the World Wildlife Fund
- Sustainability consulting for a leading UK business school
- Designing sustainability material commissioned for a client's marketing
- Sustainability facilitation for local government
- Executive coaching and consulting with over 30 well-known private and public sector organisations at board and senior levels
Geoffrey Ahern is a fellow of the Centre for Leadership Studies, Exeter University Business School, has worked for fifteen years as an executive coach (accredited through APECS and BACP), has a background as a sociologist of religion, and graduated from Oxford University. His environmental sustainability projects include research published in 2009 as ‘Thriving with Less. Implementing Environmental Sustainability in 10 Multinationals’ .
Selected bibliography
- Ahern, Geoffrey (June 2009) ‘Thriving with Less. Implementing Environmental Sustainability in 10 Multinationals’ in Corporate Finance Review, June 2009.
- Ahern, Geoffrey (2007) ‘In Praise of a Balanced Professionalism in Coaching’ in Leadership Matters (Leadership South-West), Issue 12.
- Ahern, Geoffrey (2005), ‘Coaching Professionalism and Provider Size’ in Journal of Management Development (Cranfield School of Management), Vol 24, Issue 1, Feb.
- Ahern, Geoffrey (2004), ‘The Case for Multi-Provider Collective Evaluation: Moving Beyond Current Coaching Evaluation’ in International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching, Dec.
- Ahern, Geoffrey (2003), ‘Designing and Implementing Coaching/Mentoring Competencies: a Case Study’ in Counselling Psychology Quarterly, Vol 16, No 4, Dec.
- Ahern, Geoffrey (2001), ‘Individual Executive Development: Regulated, Structured and Ethical’ in The Occupational Psychologist, No 44, Dec.