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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

After a time, he found himself traveling back and forth between Japan and New York in the employ of Goldman Sachs. We were by far the first environmental NGO to move. “Going to Japan seemed like a really good idea,” he recalls. How could it be a bad idea?” He took a job as an English teacher and began serious study of martial arts.

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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 Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra Akshaya Patra Foundation in India is a shining example of how social entrepreneurship combined with power of innovation can make a HUGE difference. 600 (or ~$13).

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Change Your Social Context, Change Your Life

CO2

Days later, at the airport, my status went in the other direction because I travel much less than I used to and, therefore, carry little influence. We received a lot of press, and I was frequently asked to join bank, for profit, and NGO boards. I moved from the front of the stage to coach. Social status and context is not lost on us.

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

Harvard Business Review

The great Argentinian chef Francois Mallmann, featured on Netflix’s documentary series Chef’ s Table , left the comfort of his restaurants to cook in the wild in Patagonia, with no kitchen or sous chefs, traveling with a group of young novices who have little or no experience.

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Jet Lag Doesn’t Have to Ruin Your Business Trip

Harvard Business Review

FERIDUN AKGÜNGÖR. When business is conducted globally, we often have to travel long distances to launch projects, meet with partners, negotiate deals, address crises, manage customer relations, and engage in a variety of other activities on the behalf of our organizations. Business Travel. You and Your Team.

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To Profit from Doing Good, Start Small

Harvard Business Review

Can you reduce business and commuter travel, or make it more efficient? If you have the funds, or your company supports such programs, volunteer (with the help of an NGO) to live in a rural village for a week or allow your people to take mini-sabbaticals or secondments with NGOs to work on development projects.

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New Lessons from Fighting an Ancient Disease

Harvard Business Review

Resistant forms continue to thrive, and increased travel makes the global threat very real. To do so, we enlisted one of our NGO partners to teach our IT team how to use geographic information systems (GIS). Three people die every minute from tuberculosis — a treatable and largely preventable disease.