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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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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). We’ve built our entire supply chain from the ground up and are the first to introduce guayusa to international markets.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Asheesh Advani – President and CEO, Junior Achievement Worldwide – the largest NGO dedicated to teaching young people about entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact

Harvard Business Review

Leading MBA programs have doubled the number of courses they offer that have social enterprise content. My colleagues Jeff Bradach and Abe Grindle point out that even the most successful social enterprises are reaching only a fraction of the need. The biggest success story in the U.S. Take the issue of youth unemployment.

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It's Not All About Growth for Social Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

If you ask venture capitalists in Silicon Valley how they measure the success of business entrepreneurs, they would no doubt list off metrics having to do with fast growth: funding raised, people hired, customers acquired, revenue produced. The assumption is that company growth is good. Conclusion? This innovation has impact.

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How Target Is Taking Sustainable Products Mainstream

Harvard Business Review

Making sustainable products more accessible is a great fit for Target — after all, the company was dubbed Tar-jay years ago after its many successful forays into making high-end design affordable. The collaboration, which the NGO Forum for the Future is managing, has high aspirations.

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Europe Can Find Better Ways to Get Refugees into Workforces

Harvard Business Review

Refugees face specific issues in entering a new labor market that will require investment in dedicated processes. They may have no social networks to build upon and will be unfamiliar with local labor market norms. This successful project works with 50 refugee doctors each year. Interfacing with the job market.