{"id":15240,"date":"2022-08-02T14:20:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T14:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustudysports.world\/?p=15240"},"modified":"2022-08-02T14:20:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T14:20:46","slug":"driving-leadership-excellence-through-sustainability-noor-coenen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustudysports.world\/nl\/driving-leadership-excellence-through-sustainability-noor-coenen\/","title":{"rendered":"Het stimuleren van expertise in leiderschap door middel van duurzaamheid \u2013 Noor Coenen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Het stimuleren van expertise in leiderschap door middel van duurzaamheid<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Kogod MS in sustainability management alumna Noor Coenen shares how she\u2019s channeled her passion for people into business\u2014and why sustainability was an ideal path to explore the global business world.<\/p>

Critical issues like climate change and food insecurity have elevated sustainability as a top-of-mind practice in today\u2019s global business world. Sustainability is now an essential part of business operations\u2014and companies across the globe have followed suit.<\/p>

A recent KPMG survey shows 80 percent of leading companies<\/a> worldwide now report on sustainability, with 90 percent of executives noting the topic as necessary. Nearly one-third of Europe\u2019s largest listed corporations have pledged to reach net zero<\/a> by 2050.<\/p>

Sustainability\u2019s global and cross-sector reach is one key reason recent Kogod graduate Noor Coenen decided to pursue a\u00a0master\u2019s degree in sustainability management<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cIt\u2019s also a growing industry. If businesses haven\u2019t looked at it yet, they\u2019ll need to in the next couple years. Sustainability involves every single business and person within each business,\u201d says Coenen<\/p>

Coenen, a student-athlete who earned her BA in psychology at AU, was also drawn to sustainability as a way to explore the broader business world. As a global corporate practice, sustainability management allowed Coenen to examine different aspects of business\u2014from supply chain management to finance.<\/p>

Pursuing business also allowed Coenen to study one of her deepest passions: people. As a psychology major\u2014and captain of AU\u2019s field hockey team\u2014she loved learning why people think and behave in certain ways. For Coenen, business is a way to apply her undergraduate studies in a professional, team-oriented setting.<\/p>

\u201cStudying business has helped hone my knowledge of psychology because everything is people-oriented,\u201d says Coenen.<\/p>

Kogod professor Mark Clark\u2019s course, Leading High-Performance Teams, one of Coenen\u2019s undergraduate electives, was particularly impactful. In Clark\u2019s class, students learn leadership techniques for motivating and managing teams, then lead a hands-on project examining a real-life business team. Coenen chose to interview AU\u2019s volleyball team coaches, evaluating the team\u2019s values and what ultimately drives their success.<\/p>

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I'm a huge team player. I was constantly relating what I learned in class back to field hockey and asking how I could improve my team. \nPutting leadership principles into practice immediately was impactful.\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Field hockey was an ideal leadership training ground for Coenen. During Coenen\u2019s tenure, the team consisted of nearly 30 girls between the ages of 18 and 24, one-third of whom were international students. As team captain, Coenen had to traverse cultural, familial, and life stage differences to motivate and unite her team around a shared vision.\u00a0<\/p>

\u201cI learned to juggle different people\u2019s personalities and communication styles to get to our end result: winning the game,\u201d she says. \u00a0<\/p>

She draws a direct connection between leadership skills in field hockey and effective management in business\u2014especially in identifying different team members\u2019 strengths.<\/p>

\u201cI was always expecting the best from everyone, which I think also translates to business,\u201d she says. \u201cWhat are you good at, what am I good at, how can we work well together? Pinpointing these things on a team can be a huge asset for any company.\u201d<\/p>

Coenen graduated this May and is now laser-focused on her job hunt in DC. She\u2019s pursuing a field outside of sustainability\u2014Coenen wants to work in management consulting for its team-centered culture and connection to the broader business world\u2014but is excited to apply the sustainability knowledge she gained.<\/p>

\u201cI want to use what I learned at Kogod in my work,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/p>

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