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Servant Leadership Observer ? November 2010

Modern Servant Leader

The Modern Servant Leader Servant Leadership & Technology. Technology. Servant Leadership Academic Programs & Education Opportunities. Technology. Why Technology Managers Make Great Leaders. Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Technology Leaders. Leadership.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

Mills Scofield

As a college student in this technological era, I’ve felt the constant burden of having to pursue a “practical” degree. Educating myself about the fall of the Roman Empire may not provide direct, transferable skills to the corporate office, the quirky startup, or any particular field of work. They are the norm.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

Mills Scofield

As a college student in this technological era, I’ve felt the constant burden of having to pursue a “practical” degree. Educating myself about the fall of the Roman Empire may not provide direct, transferable skills to the corporate office, the quirky startup, or any particular field of work. They are the norm.

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Making Microfinance More Effective

Harvard Business Review

The Grameen model of microfinance gained a great deal of attention in the international development field after early data showed that it was associated with high repayment and low default. Households responded better to health shocks and spent 20 percent more on education and 15 percent more on meat and fish.

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How to Create Youth Jobs After Conflicts

Harvard Business Review

Its aim is to target an important segment of the labor force, young people who have not received adequate education and training due to various external and internal factors. This challenge is not easy because we are not discussing high school or college graduates, but youth that may not have received any formal education.

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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact

Harvard Business Review

Or consider Kwabena Darko of Ghana, who helped found that country’s microfinance sector by forging a collaboration between global NGO Opportunity International , his national startup Sinapi Aba , and a myriad of village- and town-based trust groups. Instead of growing their organizations, they need to think about making the problems go away.

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Scaling Up Without Losing Your Edge

Harvard Business Review

Schumacher, one of the fathers of the Green movement, declared that "small is beautiful" and called for "a new orientation of science and technology towards the organic, the gentle, the non-violent, the elegant and beautiful." Forty years ago, British economist E.F. These programs were later spun off into stand-alone businesses.