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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. For me, this is a positive development.

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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. Black Enterprise Magazine ‘Top 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America’ and ‘50 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America’. Healthcare Leaders.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

She has only been finished her Residency in anesthesia for little over a year and is coordinating international WHO’s and the efforts of the likes of the Clinton Foundation, The UN and othe NGO’s. but you’ll not find that here. Sounds like a lifetime of accomplishments in leadership? She’s 37.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

However, the company execs and NGO leaders in Beijing tell me that sustainability is still a new pursuit for Chinese companies. Comments The Buzz on Green Business in China I visited Beijing last week, speaking to a group of corporate executives assembled by a major NGO to work on climate change issues.

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How Exactly Will We Move Away from Fossil Fuels?

Harvard Business Review

As a recent report on the subject from the NGO Ceres said, “According to the IEA, more than two-thirds of the world’s proven reserves of fossil fuels will be unusable prior to 2050 if necessary carbon regulations are enacted [emphasis added].”. Companies and consumers could also decide it’s cool to use clean power.

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Is VW’s Fraud the End of Large-Scale Corporate Deception?

Harvard Business Review

An eco-NGO, the International Council on Clean Transportation — not formal regulatory review — effectively uncovered the con. This structural power shift is not unique to expensive automobiles; it holds for any and every industry where consumers, customers, and clients demonstrably care about getting their money’s worth.

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The Laws of Money and Meaning

Harvard Business Review

You can run the largest NGO on the planet, and if you're being chicken-s**t, then you've squandered the powerful position you've been given. Who do we think finances the construction of all of our art museums, hospitals, soup kitchens, and homeless shelters? Are you being courageous? Are you being authentic? Unstoppable?

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