Is it really possible to do well by doing good? The meteoric rise of social entrepreneurship in America, Europe and the developing world has breathed new life into the elusive goal of running a financially successful organization that uses business principles to contribute to the public good. Although the sector has been growing for over [...]
Archive for September 2007
September 18th, 2007, 6:03 pm
A New Sector for a New World: The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship
Continuing our exploration of the different varieties of office jerk, we’ve already looked at how to cope when the jerk is your boss. This week we outline the pitfalls of working with a peer Jerk:
September 11th, 2007, 1:10 pm
Connie’s diary: the reality of leaving work, second week
Connie Thanasoulis has left her job at Merrill Lynch after seven years, for a much-needed break. She worked at Merrill most recently as Director and Chief Operating Officer for Campus Recruiting, having spent a total of twenty-one years working in the industry. She’s taking time out to enjoy the things she hasn’t [...]
Collecting data on behaviour in the City can’t be easy at the best of times. When it’s data designed to explore and uncover potentially sexist attitudes, you need to be deft if you’re to tiptoe across this particular minefield.
A swathe of stories in the UK press this week about the Pay Gap issue has columnists and career women agonising over why the slowly narrowing gap between what high-end men and women earn has gone into reverse after eleven years.
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