Forces for Good
eBook - ePub

Forces for Good

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eBook - ePub

Forces for Good

About this book

Do you want your business to step up and make a meaningful difference?

There's a new generation of businesses emerging. They're working together to make a positive impact on the world by redefining what it means to be successful.

By changing the way you work and considering the impact of the decisions you make, you can join them in reducing poverty, injustice and environmental damage by balancing purpose with profit.

In this ground-breaking book, you will discover how these purpose-driven businesses work and how you can:

  • Increase productivity by fully embracing diversity and developing an inclusive culture.
  • Put respect, courtesy and compassion at the heart of your business.
  • Maximise profits whilst prioritising the needs of people and the planet.
  • Attract an engaged and motivated workforce that's focused on success and sustainability.

Join the growing global community of leaders and like-minded businesses that are putting what they do to work as a force for good.

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Information

Publisher
SRA Books
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781912300211
eBook ISBN
9781912300228

Table of contents

  1. What people are saying...
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. Section 1 Changing the World
  6. The Nature of Work
  7. Understanding Ourselves
  8. Preparing to Change the World
  9. Starting to Change the World
  10. Business Can Change the World
  11. Section 2 Learning to Run a Business
  12. Being a Good Employer
  13. The Right People
  14. Hanging on by Fingertips
  15. Go with Your Gut
  16. Section 3 Better for People
  17. Work–Life Balance
  18. Relationships and Family
  19. Better Management
  20. Gender Balance in Leadership
  21. Collaborative Supplier Relationships
  22. Collaborative Customer Relationships
  23. Collaborative Competitor Relationships?
  24. Mentoring and Being Mentored
  25. Section 4 Better for the Planet
  26. A World Perspective
  27. Into Africa
  28. Feeling the Pain of the Planet
  29. Being Community-Orientated
  30. Politics and Business
  31. Section 5 Better for Profit
  32. Capitalism – Good or Bad?
  33. Telling and Embedding Your Story
  34. Building Multi-generational Teams
  35. Inward Investment
  36. Section 6 Better for You
  37. Personal Change
  38. Emotions within Business
  39. Finding Ikigai
  40. Ikigai Blockers
  41. A Sense of Achievement
  42. Being People Who Push On
  43. What Goes Around Comes Around
  44. And Finally…Dreaming Dreams
  45. The B Corporation Movement
  46. Bibliography
  47. World-changing Companies and Organisations
  48. Acknowledgments
  49. About the author