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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

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.” careers CEOs Christoph Lueneburger Mark Tercek sustainability' We became a highly prioritized, more focused, leaner organization. Then we grew.

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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 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 !! First, some background information. 600 (or ~$13). Don’t Kill It!

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

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Unlocking Corporate Social Responsibility: 10 Impactful Ways to Give Back as a Business Owner

Strategy Driven

Community awards examples include Business of the Year Award, Excellence in Leadership and Service Award, Small Business of the Year Award, New Business of the Year Award, and Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Having any volunteer experience will help them ahead in their career. For that, you can start a community awards program.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level. However, the company execs and NGO leaders in Beijing tell me that sustainability is still a new pursuit for Chinese companies. I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level.

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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact

Harvard Business Review

Civic Ventures had recently released its first survey of baby boomers and found at least half were interested in “ encore careers ” helping others. Leadership Social enterprise' In the broader U.S. population, two generations made clear that their interests, too, lay in helping society. The mind that is not baffled is not employed.

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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.