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Expertise Matters!

Nathan Magnuson

One day the president of the other NGO expressed a need for a new accountant and I casually suggested his consider the accountant from the first NGO. I didn’t want to be like the woman in the first NGO: a friendly and enthusiastic person who couldn’t be taken seriously as a professional. Learn from Experimentation.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. He is rare in the world of coaching and leadership development and I feel honoured that he has chosen to partner with me to deliver our leadership workshops. She’s 37.

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

Strategy Driven

Support Local Charities and Nonprofits Charities and nonprofits operate with donations from other companies. Engage in Community Development Identify initiatives and local development projects that help make life easier for the locals and participate in them. Pick eco-friendly suppliers to stay green. Provide logistical support.

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To Profit from Doing Good, Start Small

Harvard Business Review

Bring your team together to identify ways that you can operate with greater sustainability and then set stretch targets. On a more modest scale, encourage your team members to do volunteer work in local communities; or have your team "adopt" specific development projects, such as those with Global Giving.

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The Big Trends Changing Community Development

Harvard Business Review

This is what is going on now in community development. Three lines of progress are crossing, and rapidly reshaping how businesses and nonprofits together strengthen the locales in which they operate. Take the example of child sponsorships, highly popular as a marketing tool for many NGOs. Have they been effective?

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Dow Asks, What's the Business Case for Protecting Nature?

Harvard Business Review

One large company, Dow, is now tackling this issue, working with the environmental NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to try and make the business logic clearer. This odd couple announced a collaboration last week to "work together to apply scientific knowledge and experience to examine how Dow's operations rely on and affect nature.".

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The Changing Role of Global Leaders

Harvard Business Review

It recognizes this new reality will spell decline for some commercial activities, but growth for others who find better ways of operating. Of course, when the requirements of leadership change, so must the focus of leadership development. So in one sense, Polman is only being a good businessman. engage in effective dialogue (75%).