Next, using existing competencies gleaned from the literature, I defined four critical areas
of focus areas create the Sustainability Leadership Competency Model (see Chart 1). These criticalareas of focus including (a) sustainable culture strategic visioning, (b) systems alignment, (c)
measurement and metrics, and (d) employee engagement. Several distinct, but related
competencies comprise each major focus area. Guidelines suggest that manageable competency
models consist of twenty or less competencies (Campion et.al, 2011). For the Sustainability
Leadership Competency model, I included twelve competencies.