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

by Mary Cantando

• ISBN13: 9780470527320
• ISBN10: 0470527323
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-08-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

In partnership with international relief agency CARE, an inspiring look at how women around the world are developing businesses and creating opportunity.In this ground-breaking business book, management expert Mary Cantando examines the stories of 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 Structured around these five principles CARE's mission statement, Leading with Care expertly bridges inspiring stories of human endeavor with straight-up business lessons that all of us can apply to our work and organizations. Featuring interviews with top female executives at American companies who devote their own time and resources to CARE, we see just how much we can learn when it comes to growth, opportunity, and community. Each section ends with a discussion and specific questions that will help you integrate the lessons in your own life.In an ever-shifting world, CARE's message is timeless. Its practical approach to building businesses and self-sufficiency, in any economy, in any nation, gives us all hope and the power to create our own secure futures.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

developing self-sufficiency

Creating Self-Sufficiency Through Training

Blazing a Path Through Sports

Overcoming Challenges to Achieve Self-Sufficiency

Gaining Self-Sufficiency While Helping Others

Implementing Self-Sufficiency in Your Own Life

capitalizing on opportunity

Capitalizing on Opportunity in Niger

Seizing Good Fortune

Building a Different Kind of Business

Overcoming Naysayers

Capitalizing on Opportunity in Your Own Life

building community

Building Community in India

Building Community Everywhere

Joining Forces in the BusinessWorld

Creating an Advisory Board Community

Building Community in Your Own Life

protecting the environment through action and policy

Providing Clean Water in Mozambique

Protecting the Environment Through Corporate Leadership

Saving the Environment One Plate at a Time

Building for the Future

Safeguarding the Environment in Your Own Life

addressing discrimination

Overcoming Discrimination Through Literacy

Addressing Discrimination Through Corporate Leadership

Learning to Capitalize on the Differences

Overcoming Bias in the Legal Profession

Addressing Discrimination in Your Own Life

A Final Note from the Author: Leaving a Legacy

Learning More About These Women and Organizations

Afterword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Index

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