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Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

As Nike's Senior Portfolio Manager Adam Day says, "The global development sector had overlooked the enormous potential of investing in adolescent girls to reduce global poverty. Early results are encouraging. Nearly 70% percent of graduates have shown revenue growth and 50% have created jobs.

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Act Like a Leader Before You Are One

Harvard Business Review

Find out what keeps your manager up at night and propose solutions to those problems. It''s appropriate to raise your ambitions with your manager if you have a trusting, solid relationship, but frame them in a way that focuses on what''s best for the company. "Show her that you''re willing to pick up the baton on important projects."

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