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“Passion” is a term that is overused by business to the extent that it has become meaningless. No matter how soul-sucking the job,...

Milton Friedman famously stated “There is one and only one social responsibility of business – to use its resources and engage in...

It is no great revelation that hiring the right people is critical for business success. This is even more important for mission-driven...

A longer time horizon can provide insights that lead to better results for all three elements of the Triple Bottom Line: People, Planet,...

A mission statement should answer the question: “Why does this business/organization exist?” Unfortunately, many companies and...

Dell has made a public commitment to driving the Triple Bottom Line into the very DNA of the company through its “10x20 Goal – A Legacy...

The easiest way to align purpose and profit is to pick a business model that simultaneously rewards both. In other words, the greater...

I’ve run across a number of enterprises that claim to have a social mission in perfect alignment with their ability to make money. Let’s...

I’ve been interviewing business leaders for my white paper on aligning mission and profit. I had the opportunity to interview the CEO of...

Many business owners reach a point where they feel comfortable with how things are going. They’re making good money, are no longer...

Many of us are taught from childhood to “do our best.” We are not told to “do our best given the available time and resources available...

I met with the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) of a $2 billion company with manufacturing plants all across the world. We were...

About ten years ago, I went to a seminar on marketing one to one, offered by Don Peppers and Martha Rogers of Peppers & Rodgers Group....

One of the mantras of good management is that a company should focus on what the customer wants and deliver on that need, rather than...

Many business owners may be thinking: “Is he crazy? I need to focus on just staying in business right now, and maybe making a little bit...

In the last blog, we discussed that (1) businesses should NOT promote themselves as being green, but rather as being on the path toward...

Many businesses look to market themselves as “green” as a way of taking advantage of the growing interest in green business and...