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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

We were by far the first environmental NGO to move. careers CEOs Christoph Lueneburger Mark Tercek sustainability' Just months after he joined the Conservancy in 2008, the financial crisis hit. Mark had been through downturns on Wall Street and he applied all that he had learned at TNC. “We 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 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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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. A version of this was originally published in Switch and Shift.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

He had a successful career in ministry and was in good churches, but he felt God calling him to this assignment. 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. She’s 37.

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

Strategy Driven

Having any volunteer experience will help them ahead in their career. Work with the NGO to reform the affected after the disaster has passed. First, it will allow you to further establish your image as a socially responsible organization at all levels and enrich the curriculum vitae of your employees. Provide logistical support.

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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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Change the World Without Losing Yourself

Harvard Business Review

And so a young girl, whose calling — and whose value to the world — may really be to dance, or to build an industry, is hypnotized into becoming the fundraising director for an NGO. Others are from corporate executives feeling a dearth of purpose, and asking for career advice.

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