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Equitable Leadership: How to get More Women into the C-Suite
Women hold just 11.6% of CEO roles, and progress toward gender parity is slow. Experts call for reforms like flexible work hours, equal parental leave, and better career development to support women’s advancement. Men should be allies, and companies should view gender diversity as a business advantage. Key actions include sponsorship programs, tracking diversity metrics, and aligning compensation with diversity goals to drive change.
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Social Impact Leadership: Walking the Talk in 2025
As pressure rises for businesses to show real social impact, performative actions are no longer enough. A 2024 survey found 63% of consumers believe companies aren’t meeting their social impact promises. To remain relevant, businesses must embed social responsibility in their core operations, avoid greenwashing, and prioritize genuine action. Experts recommend adopting universal approaches, supporting renewable energy, using data to track impact, and collaborating with stakeholders. Leaders like Patagonia and Ben & Jerry’s highlight the importance of staying true to values, marking a shift toward genuine corporate responsibility in 2025.
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How to Lead by Creating Opportunities for Other People
Paul learned from mentor Larry Enkin that true leadership lies in creating opportunities for others, which leads to shared success. In both personal and professional life, this means empowering people to find their paths and achieve success on their own terms. This year, he saw the power of this principle in action, from supporting refugees at the Impakt Foundation to giving young students the chance to advise executives. Through these experiences, he reinforced the belief that creating opportunities for others not only benefits them but also contributes to meaningful social impact.
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Marketing Social Impact: How To Get Noticed In 2025
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Social Change Under Trump: A Playbook For Business Leaders
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How a Canadian Partnership Between a Jew and a Muslim Can Inspire Global Reconciliation
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Business And Impact: 3 Ways To Be Profitable And Sustainable
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The New Mandate For Business: Make A Profit, Solve Social Problems
Change for Good:
An Action-Oriented Approach for Businesses to Benefit from Solving the World’s Most Urgent Social Problems
“I wish we had this book forty years ago!” — Ben Cohen, co-founder, Ben & Jerry’s
An action-oriented approach for businesses to solve the world’s most urgent social problems — and benefit from doing so.
More than a year into a global pandemic, profit and shareholder value are no longer the primary metric of business success. Customers, shareholders, and communities are demanding that companies do good, do more, and do better. In Change for Good, Paul Klein shows how companies must move beyond what he calls “corporate social responsibility light” and demonstrate how they can help solve social problems that have been defined as UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Change for Good is a new system for making social change through business that reflects Paul’s experience over the last 35 years. One of the core principles of Change for Good is including people with lived experience of social problems in identifying promising solutions and collaborating to bring these solutions to life. This methodology can create impactful and sustainable social change in society in ways that aren’t possible when executives make decisions in their boardrooms that are intended to impact the lives of vulnerable people.
Through personal experiences, case studies, and practical tools, Change for Good will inspire readers and their organizations to make the shift from a passive social responsibility to taking action to help solve the world’s most pressing social problems.