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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

Today Mark serves as President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, a non-governmental organization that has more than a million members and works in over 35 countries to protect ecologically important lands and waters. But Hank Paulson, then the CEO of Goldman Sachs (and soon to be US Secretary of the Treasury), had another idea. “He

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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. Through the leadership of WBECS and the formation of Ethical Coach, a new vision is in place. The first is the Ethical Coach program.

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Be Zen for Focus

CEO Blog

Both are critical leadership traits. This book is a bit like " Its all about Leadership " that I blogged about on the Canrock Ventures blog. This book is a bit like " Its all about Leadership " that I blogged about on the Canrock Ventures blog. Integrity is about doing what you say you will do. It is a page turner.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Frances Hesselbein – Former CEO, Girl Scouts of America and Peter Drucker Foundation.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

who serve as inspiration to us all by the daily difference their leadership makes in our lives. who serve as inspiration to us all by the daily difference their leadership makes in our lives. You can nominate your unsung hero by leaving a comment explaning how their example of leadership touches the lives of others.

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Global NGOs Spend More on Accounting Than Multinationals

Harvard Business Review

They need to come to grips with the unintended consequences of starving NGOs of the resources needed to invest in leadership, management, program evaluation, and integrated systems. And NGO leaders need to stop playing the low-overhead-is-good game and lead the charge for adequate general operating support.

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To Come Up with a Good Idea, Start by Imagining the Worst Idea Possible

Harvard Business Review

McManus’s reframing of leadership — the leader as the sidekick, the intern as the superhero — embodies three powerful principles that enable innovation and discovery. Dara Dotz is removing obstacles to rapid recovery in humanitarian disasters with her NGO, Field Ready. Be the beginner. Do away with hierarchy.