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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

My friends were all doing sexier things like technology, communications, or financial services.” We were by far the first environmental NGO to move. It was tough, but I think it turned out to be a great entry for me because it validated my leadership at a difficult time.” I was going to decline that job; it sounded so boring.

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Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra

QAspire

Akshaya Patra is an Indian NGO that provides mid day meals to about 1.2 They use technology to cook more food in less time. Tags: akshaya patra , entrepreneurship , Innovation , Quality , social entrepreneurship Leadership , Quality | Tanmay August 23, 2010 3 Comments By ajay, August 23, 2010 @ 12:29 pm excellent post !!

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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. Motivation. He divides his time between the US and Bamako, Mali.

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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). Authority on new technology and communication. Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker.

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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. You can nominate your unsung hero by leaving a comment explaning how their example of leadership touches the lives of others. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention. In the U.S.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

I visited Beijing last week, speaking to a group of corporate executives assembled by a major NGO to work on climate change issues. Of these 5 articles, some were self-explanatory: " Nation spurs development of new, green technologies ". " Besides the meeting itself, I was struck by the considerable focus on green issues in China.

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