ABSTRACT
Successful change toward sustainability requires the transformation of norms and values related to the environment and socioeconomic wellbeing. Real change toward sustainability produces altered values and norms that lead to choices affecting every aspect of the organisation that are different from those generated by the status quo. To overcome resistance and transform organisational culture, sustainability-change leaders must find the key leverage points. The cream of the crop of sustainability efforts tend to view all of the people, units and processes within their organisations, as well as its many stakeholders, as interconnected elements in their system of success. The goals and guiding principles of an organisation mould its system of governance. Patterns of governance are determined by the core purpose of the social system in which they operate. Resistance appears when people fear that their power and authority, which is embedded in the organisation's existing patterns of governance, may be at risk.
