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The Importance of Domain Name Selection for Non-Profits

Lead Change Blog

If you borrow a page from Gaga’s book and use one of the hundreds of newer domain name extensions now available, you can be creative—use a. The Innovative Finance Foundation (IFF) uses www.if.foundation for its network dedicated to funding sustainable development and ending extreme poverty. foundation , agency , or.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

Creating meaning, teaching, empathy, self control, creativity, emotional intelligence, and the ability to define consequences, will be indispensable skills to prosper in the future. He provides practical tools to “unleash” the hidden creativity in all of us. The thrill of breakthrough creativity and breakaway performance.

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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

Other key events we hosted included an in-person networking event with the HKU SPACE GMBA students and alumni, and four webinars on different topics: “Future Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Deep Dives into STEM and Finance” as well as “Skills for New Employment Landscape” with the UNESCO HK Glocal Peace Centre.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen.

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The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing

Harvard Business Review

Every year, hundreds of millions of people across the globe move from rural to urban environments in search of opportunity. Investors from hedge funds to insurance companies are operating in an environment of low yields, near-zero interest rates, and a glut of savings.

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Global Companies Need to Adopt Agile Pricing in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

One day in December 2014, Sergey, the Russia general manager for a multinational consumer goods company, was up early in the morning, watching the ruble’s value slide by the minute. of those in these markets said that currency volatility posed the greatest material risk to their pricing strategy during 2014 and 2015.

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Why Europe Tops 2015’s List of Global Risks

Harvard Business Review

In 2014, global political volatility reached an intensity not seen since the end of the Cold War. The geopolitical environment is much worse for Europe now than it has been historically. The “weaponization of finance” is also high on your list. Call it geopolitical creative destruction.” Iran and Syria.