Grab A Cup: Your Best Meetings Might Happen At The Water Cooler Being summoned to the CEO's office, or even a conference room with the CEO, can make an employee feel anxious, and less free to share information. We have to find ways, and physical settings, that don't feel like a reprimand, especially if the issue is minor.
Updated Tue Dec 20, 2011
A Test For Entrepreneurial Readiness: You Have To Want To Build A MudHouse In Your Living Room People often ask me, "How do I know if it is right to start a social entrepreneurship organization?" or "How do you make the jump and just start?" In many ways, if you have to ask that question regarding social entrepreneurship, or marriage, then I think for me--it probably isn't right.
Updated Wed Oct 12, 2011
The Business Utility Of Walks, Naps, And Taking Time Out Why you should make time for and protect the peaceful activities that make you run--and make your business succeed.
Updated Tue Sep 20, 2011
The Merit Of Slow Capital If you going to ask for a handout, do so carefully and deliberately. You don't want to just jump into a relationship with an investor.
Updated Wed Sep 7, 2011
HP And Kraft "Green Invest" In Brazil How these corporations create their philanthropy value chain.
Updated Thu Jul 28, 2011
Don't Ever Stop Bootstrapping Great respect is due for anyone starting a venture. A tremendous undertaking in leadership is entailed. Here are some ideas in bootstrapping which have been helpful to me, and which I hope will help anyone growing their own organization.
Updated Tue Jul 26, 2011
If You Want To Raise Funds, Think About People--Not Money Fundraising is a tough name for one of the most important, and sensitive, ways to engage people. Raising funds for your venture really isn't about the money. If you want to be successful in this money business, focus on people, not funds.
Updated Mon Jul 18, 2011
Why I Think CEOs Should Apologize Every CEO is in a position of leadership, and that means that every day, people are looking to your actions. CEOs also make mistakes. And that's where the graciousness of your team, and the graciousness of you, come in. We need to apologize, and quickly.
Updated Wed Jul 6, 2011
Corporate Social Responsibility: How You Can Profit--and Kick Poverty Out One of my favorite partnerships was formed in 2006 between Danone and Muhammed Yunus' Grameen Bank. The goal was that Grameen could help Danone create a unique community-based business model.
Updated Fri Mar 4, 2011
Global CSR: Why Your Giving Scales Internationally Even if you are a domestic company, your employees are increasingly from all over the world. So now your domestic company is global even if you don't have offices overseas. And as a socially responsible company, international giving is no longer optional.
Updated Thu Feb 17, 2011
Global CSR: How You Scale Your Giving Internationally Corporate giving abroad is now a level playing field. Because the cost is so low, anyone, at most any age, can become a donor.
Updated Thu Feb 17, 2011
Culturally Kosher: Cultural Terms, Cultural Sensitivities Which Make or Break Your Corporate Responsibility (Part Four) This is the fourth and final part in our series on creating a global CSR program. This article discusses the importance of cultural sensitivity.
Mon Sep 27, 2010
Did You Register for Your Local License to Operate? (Part Three) In Part Three of our continuing series on global CSR, we discuss the importance of building relationships in the region you are attempting to work in.
Sun Sep 19, 2010
My Head, Heart, and Hands: Are They Speaking Together? (Part Two) In Part Two of our ongoing series about effective global CSR, we discuss the importance of having your headquarters and your local offices work together to set your CSR goals.
Fri Aug 6, 2010
CSR Goes Global: Find Out What You Need to Do to Operate With Success (Part One) Thinking about expanding your company's corporate social responsibility program to the international level? It can be a daunting prospect. We'll discuss key strategies and helpful ideas for how to achieve an Effective Global CSR Vision--benefiting a company's bottom line, and the community at the same time.
Fri Jul 30, 2010
