Leading with Care How Women Around the World are Inspiring Businesses, Empowering Communities, and Creating Opportunity

by Cantando, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780470499634
• ISBN10: 047049963X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-22
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Leading with Care offers a look at leadership from an angle that most women have never considered. Standard leadership books present ideas from Fortune execs or MBA professors. But none has ever shown us how to borrow and implement ideas from those generally believed to be under-privileged. Traditional thinking says, "If I make $500K a year, what can I learn from a woman who makes $500? What can a McMansion Dweller learn from a woman living in a hut?" Through the power of personal stories, Leading with Care tells us exactly what we have to learn.In this ground-breaking business book, management expert Mary Cantando examines the stories of five women in the developing world who, with help from the non-profit organization CARE, have capitalized on personal and professional opportunities, contributed to their communities, influenced their physical environment, and overcome discrimination on the road to establishing self-sufficiency and building strong lives and strong businesses.But the book goes even further. It includes interviews with top executives at major American companies who have had the privilege of working with these inspiring women in the developing world. It then goes on to explain the lessons that the top executives have learned from their less fortunate counterparts, and describes how readers can apply those lessons in their own companies, whether they're C-level executives at major multi-national corporations or run part-time businesses out of their garage. Corporate executives featured include Donna Orender, President WNBA, Vicki Gordon, Senior VP, Corporate Affairs, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Tae Yoo, Senior VP, Corporate Affairs, Cisco Systems, Melanie Healey, Global President Feminine Care, Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals, Proctor & Gamble, Nancy Weber, Chief Marketing Officer, Meredith Publishing Group.About CARE: Care is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization with 2006 revenues of $784 million. With headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, CARE has field offices in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Miami, Chicago, Austin, Columbus, Minneapolis, Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, as well as each of the countries in which they work. Hundreds of thousands of individuals as well as dozens of US corporations, foundations and other organizations support CARE each year.CARE's mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. CARE promotes innovative solutions and facilitates lasting change by: Strengthening capacity for self help; Providing economic opportunity; Delivering relief in emergencies; Influencing policy decisions at all levels; Addressing discrimination in all its forms

Author Biography

Mary Cantando is the founder and growth expert of WomanBusinessOwner.com, an organization that helps women start and grow businesses. As an envoy of the U.S. State Department, she has traveled to developing countries to speak to women about starting and growing their businesses. She is a chapter chair of the Women Presidents' Organization and a leading member of Women Impacting Public Policy and the Women's Business Enterprise National Council.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction	p. 1
Developing Self-Sufficiency	p. 7
Creating Self-Sufficiency Through Training	p. 11
Blazing a Path Through Sports	p. 20
Overcoming Challenges to Achieve Self-Sufficiency	p. 31
Gaining Self-Sufficiency While Helping Others	p. 36
Implementing Self-Sufficiency in Your Own Life	p. 41
Capitalizing on Opportunity	p. 45
Capitalizing on Opportunity in Niger	p. 47
Seizing Good Fortune	p. 57
Building a Different Kind of Business	p. 66
Overcoming Naysayers	p. 71
Capitalizing on Opportunity in Your Own Life	p. 75
Building Community	p. 81
Building Community in India	p. 87
Building Community Everywhere	p. 94
Joining Forces in the Business World	p. 103
Creating an Advisory Board Community	p. 109
Building Community in Your Own Life	p. 112
Protecting the Environment Through Action and Policy	p. 117
Providing Clean Water in Mozambique	p. 122
Protecting the Environment Through Corporate Leadership	p. 129
Saving the Environment One Plate at a Time	p. 139
Building for the Future	p. 145
Safeguarding the Environment in Your Own Life	p. 149
Addressing Discrimination	p. 153
Overcoming Discrimination Through Literacy	p. 156
Addressing Discrimination Through Corporate Leadership	p. 163
Learning to Capitalize on the Differences	p. 175
Overcoming Bias in the Legal Profession	p. 180
Addressing Discrimination in Your Own Life	p. 185
A Final Note from the Author: Leaving a Legacy	p. 189
Learning More About These Women and Organizations	p. 191
Afterword	p. 195
Acknowledgments	p. 203
About the Author	p. 205
Index	p. 206
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