Archive: Business for Impact
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The ‘Warping Effects’ of Philanthropy
Leslie Crutchfield, executive director of Business for Impact speaks with The Chronicle of Philanthropy to discuss the rapid change in social movements and philanthropy. “Seeding and growing vast networks of millions of passionate individuals organized around a common cause is infinitely more powerful than any single organization or association, no matter how well-resourced…” said Crutchfield.
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New Classes Highlight Culture and Inclusion
New undergraduate and MBA electives for the 2020-2021 academic year at the McDonough School of Business were carefully designed to reflect the cultural, social, and racial issues happening globally a
Category: News Story
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Leslie Crutchfield: “Break from Business as Usual”
“All great leaders share one common trait: they’re ‘leaderfull,’ meaning they give power away, rather than hoard it,” says Leslie Crutchfield, executive director of Business for Impact at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Crutchfield sits down with Ben Ari from Thrive Global to have a discussion on the importance of social movements and leadership.
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5 Steps We Must Take To Truly Create An Inclusive, Representative, and Equitable Society
Yitzi Weiner of Authority Magazine speaks with Leslie Crutchfield, executive director of Business for Impact at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business on creating a more inclusive and equitable society.
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Annual Delaware Non-Profits Conference Goes Virtual
Opening keynote speaker Leslie Crutchfield has written numerous books on social change and nonprofits. She is also the executive director of Business for Impact at Georgetown University’s McDonough School for Business. She has authored “Forces for Good: The Six Practices for High-Impact Nonprofits,” “Do More than Give” and her latest, “How Change Happens: Why Some Movements Succeed While Others Don’t.”
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Black Lives Matter: From Protests to Lasting Change
An article by Leslie Crutchfield, executive director, Business for Impact: “Black Lives Matter was committed to being a ‘leaderfull’ movement — leading from the grassroots up by allowing victims, survivors, and people with personal experience to speak out and stand at the front of protest marches. This was a smart decision.”
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Inaugural Cohort of MBAs Receive Their Certificate in Sustainable Business
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business is celebrating its inaugural cohort of MBAs who received their Certificate in Sustainable Business. The school launched this unique certificate pr
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How Should You Be Talking With Employees About Racism?
Bernard Boudreaux is the deputy director of Georgetown’s Business for Impact program, and he worked for Target Corporation for over 30 years in various corporate responsibility roles. He says asking the following questions (in a safe, maybe anonymous survey format) will offer valuable insight to companies trying to understand their own workplace cultures.
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Office Hours: Leslie Crutchfield on Corporate Social Responsibility During A Global Pandemic
As the role of business in society continues to evolve, many organizations are rising to the challenge to support their community’s needs during COVID-19. For this defining moment in history, man
Categories: COVID-19, News Story
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Nonprofits and COVID-19: No Money – No Mission
An op-ed by Leslie Crutchfield, executive director, Business for Impact and Ernest “Chico” Rosemond, program director, New Strategies program: “With more than 12.5 million employees and over 1.3 million organizations, the nonprofit sector is the third largest private-sector employer in the United States, after retail and manufacturing. Nonprofits touch the lives of one in five Americans, helping to feed, heal, shelter, educate, nurture, and inspire them.”
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