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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

I concluded I could be successful by aggressively sharing credit with others on any success I had. Assuming he could not pursue this new course at Goldman, Mark prepared to leave. And I realized that my clout in that job came from people remembering I had been a pretty successful commercial guy. He said, ‘Don’t quit.

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5 Lessons from an Office on the Edge

Mills Scofield

For the last three years, I have satiated this string of my DNA with an unconventional job – as Executive Director of a small NGO addressing maternal and child survival in slums of Mali, West Africa, where health outcomes are among the lowest in the world. To find success, we have to fail. Which carries greater risk.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Asheesh Advani – President and CEO, Junior Achievement Worldwide – the largest NGO dedicated to teaching young people about entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Creator of The Situational Coaching Model, author of 5 books including Coaching for Breakthrough Success.

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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact

Harvard Business Review

Civic Ventures had recently released its first survey of baby boomers and found at least half were interested in “ encore careers ” helping others. Leading MBA programs have doubled the number of courses they offer that have social enterprise content. The biggest success story in the U.S. In the broader U.S.

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Europe Can Find Better Ways to Get Refugees into Workforces

Harvard Business Review

This successful project works with 50 refugee doctors each year. To begin with, delays in starting the courses can be as long as a year after the refugee is granted asylum (during which refugees are typically ineligible to work or receive benefits). But the number of people that this NGO can place is very small.

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How to Bounce Back After Getting Laid Off

Harvard Business Review

It dents your self-esteem; it’s tough on your bank account; and if you’re not smart about your next steps, it can derail your career. “The old adage that it’s not about you is nonsense,” says John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and the author of How to Get a Job You Love. Losing your job is hard.

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