SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP: HONEYBEE PRACTICES IN THAI JEWELRY BUSINESS

Abstract

This thematic paper adopts Honeybee’s 23 Sustainable leadership practices and investigates in Thai jewelry industry. Honeybee framework has 23 sustainable leadership elements, which are developing people, labor relations, retaining staff, succession planning, valuing staff, CEO and top team, ethical behavior, long or short-term perspective, organizational change, financial markets orientation, responsibility for environment, social responsibility (CSR), stakeholders, vision’s role in the business, decision making self-management, team orientation, culture, knowledge sharing, trust, innovation, staff engagement, and quality. Multiple data collection approach is adopted to obtain data from multiple stakeholders. Honeybee Sustainable Leadership grid allows organizations to inspect with a framework checklist. These principles will help the organization to improve the company and maintain the success in a long run. KEY WORDS: sustainable leadership/ corporate sustainable/ Honeybee leadership/ jewelry/ leadership