Fueling the Need for Change: Alternative Energy's Impact on Leadership in the Forest Sector By Sean McBurney and Jay Millen
Over the past two years, high oil prices and concerns about energy security and climate change have led to a tremendous surge in global biofuels production. The emergence of biofuels is stirring activity in the forest products industry, where biofuels strategies are being developed and new business models are being formed.
Fueling the Need for Change: Alternative Energy’s Impact on Leadership in the Forest Sector suggests that while companies are pushing the development of alternative energy/biofuels sector entry strategies, many are neither structurally configured nor equipped with the necessary talent to effectively capitalize on biofuels opportunities. To successfully execute their chosen biofuel business model, companies must possess the talent with the required leadership competencies, technical and functional skills.