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Charles Handy - The New Philanthropists

In Britain, something is happening that hasn't for 100 years. More people are becoming incredibly wealthy, not only through inheritance, but also because of their own hard work. A phenomenon on this scale has not happened since the Victorian industrialists. In this audio lecture, Philosopher Charles Handy tells his 2007 Skoll World Forum audience about entrepreneurs who put their energies into meeting some perceived social need—something that government never gets around to and that private enterprise typically doesn't see a market for.

Preparing the Next Generation of Nonprofit Leaders

By Rosetta Thurman 18

We should be focused on cultivating and developing the leaders we already have in the nonprofit sector, instead of trying to attract 640,000 new ones.

Let’s Be Unrealistic

By Peter Manzo 1

Social innovators need to hold a positive vision of where we can go, and must work on building faith that there is a common good and that people can work together.

Butter Your Way to the Top

By Alana Conner

Flattery, not good governance, reaps corporate directorships – especially for white males.

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Heather McLeod Grant - What Makes Great Nonprofits Great?

Now, more than ever, nonprofit leaders need to know how to maximize their social impact. Center for Social Innovation researcher Heather McLeod Grant shares some of the groundbreaking research explored in her coauthored book Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits. Drawing on her extensive study of nonprofit leaders and organizations, Grant reveals that success isn't just about "nonprofit management," but about creating larger systemic change. She shares three of the six practices for making such transformation possible.

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The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards

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Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition

By Roger L. Martin & Sally Osberg 40

Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.

Creating High-Impact Nonprofits

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Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.

What Business Execs Don’t Know—but Should—About Nonprofits

By Les Silverman & Lynn Taliento 24

Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector – as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations.

The Dawn of System Leadership

By Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton & John Kania 34

The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require someone who catalyzes collective leadership.

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