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Growing A More Green And Sustainable Business

YoungUpstarts

The 21st century has been somewhat troubled so far, and along with global pandemics, has been faced with pressing environmental issues. Many businesses are choosing to ‘go green’ which is something that will have a positive impact on the environment, as well as on their business reputation. Green goals.

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How to Write a Mission Statement in 5 Easy Steps

Up and Running

Don’t undervalue your business: You don’t have to cure cancer or stop global climate change to be doing good. Add the words “clean” or “green” if that’s really true and you keep to it rigorously. And, for the rest of your business’s life, review and revise it as needed. Then, listen. And then edit again.

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Sixteen Signs You May Be Practicing Cowardly Leadership

YoungUpstarts

Then, you rationalize why you didn’t do what you really needed to do: I wanted to go to the national trade show, but we just couldn’t get the prototype ready by the deadline… or I’ve always thought we should take part in the green initiative, but the CEO would just shoot down the suggestion, so there was no point in bringing it up.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

“Our best chance to make the world better is to agree that the choice among corporate structures should be made entirely in service of social impact,” says Rich Leimsider, the Vice President of Fellowship Programs at Echoing Green, a nonprofit that invests with social entrepreneurs. What about the rest of us?

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5 Most Successful Products Ever and What Small Businesses Can Learn From Them

crowdSPRING Blog

And, the rest of the smartphone industry scrambled to catch up. Japan – technical juggernaut and one of the most powerful economies around the globe – chose a video game hero to represent their culture on the global stage. Mario first jumped into the global spotlight in 1985. Super Mario Bros.”

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Responses to Negative Data: Four Senior Leadership Archetypes.

Occam's Razor

One person who demonstrated Curious One behavior to me was the recently ex-Global CEO of Unilever, Paul Polman. All the charts Mr. Mulally got were color coded green ( #everythingisawesome ). In next meetings, things slowly started to turn Red… and Yellow… and some real Green. Two Inspiring Examples | Curious One Archetype.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The eventual name, Weilian Poder Global Consulting (Weilian is Chinese for William and Poder is Spanish for power) accomplished these goals, as the idea of Will Power perfectly describes my personality, aptitude, and persistence in accomplishing things with success. Thanks to William Vogt, Weilian Poder Global Consulting ! #5-Leveraging

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