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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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2 Big Opportunities for Incredible Change!

Marshall Goldsmith

The vision for Ethical Coach is to support 64,000 NGO, non-profit and children’s charity leaders each year in accessing coaching. In the heart of successful coaching, there is the transformational belief that it is possible to make a positive impact. How can coaching end extreme poverty, promote equality and protect the planet?

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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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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). Their ability to inspire farmers and know what they cared most about is what made them successful. Thank you, Tyler. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

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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. Creator of The Situational Coaching Model, author of 5 books including Coaching for Breakthrough Success. Raj Shah – President, The Rockefeller Foundation.

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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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How to Create an Effective Non-Profit Mission Statement

Harvard Business Review

Quite the opposite is true with the sales and profit budgets of successful corporations. A well-crafted mission statement allows an NGO to operate with focus and discipline. An effective strategy provides competitive advantage. It provides consistency in decision making over both time and geography.