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Lessons from Amazonian Culture and Ecology for Talent Management

Mills Scofield

I studied indigenous Amazonian languages and Ethnobotany in college and managed to avoid taking any math, science or business courses (yes, I went to Brown University). The diversity of species naturally cycles nutrients, protects the soil, and manages insect populations. Thank you, Tyler. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

They represent leaders in their own worlds with a diversity of interests that relate to the topic of coaching. Asheesh Advani – President and CEO, Junior Achievement Worldwide – the largest NGO dedicated to teaching young people about entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Fascinating Leaders from Diverse Fields.

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What the Nonprofit Sector Needs to Reach Its Full Potential

Harvard Business Review

It has InsideNGO, which works to improve the operational and management capacity of organizations in the global NGO community. What would this entity do, in a world with so many diverse charities with so many diverse political and religious views? We can, of course, continue along the way we are.

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How to Create an Effective Non-Profit Mission Statement

Harvard Business Review

A well-crafted mission statement allows an NGO to operate with focus and discipline. One organization that has gotten it right is the Nature Conservancy with its mission "to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive."

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Europe Can Find Better Ways to Get Refugees into Workforces

Harvard Business Review

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). On top of that, the courses take migrants only to the very basic A1 or A2 levels on the European Common Reference for language proficiency.

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Bringing an Entrepreneurial Mindset to the World’s Failing Systems

Harvard Business Review

Over the course of the evening, 60 people drink red wine and laugh together in the heart of London as they watch an improvisational opera singer sum up the findings of the day: the characteristics of a financial system they would collectively be proud to put their name to.

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