Leading with Care E-Book

Mary Cantando

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 324

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2009

Beschreibung

In partnership with international relief agency CARE, an inspiring look at how women around the world are developing businesses and creating opportunity. In this ground-breaking business book, management expert Mary Cantando examines the stories of women in the developing world who, with help from the non-profit organization CARE, have capitalized on personal and professional opportunities, contributed to their communities, influenced their physical environment, and overcome discrimination on the road to establishing self-sufficiency and building strong lives and strong businesses Structured around these five principles CARE's mission statement, Leading with Care expertly bridges inspiring stories of human endeavor with straight-up business lessons that all of us can apply to our work and organizations. Featuring interviews with top female executives at American companies who devote their own time and resources to CARE, we see just how much we can learn when it comes to growth, opportunity, and community. Each section ends with a discussion and specific questions that will help you integrate the lessons in your own life. In an ever-shifting world, CARE's message is timeless. Its practical approach to building businesses and self-sufficiency, in any economy, in any nation, gives us all hope and the power to create our own secure futures.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Praise

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

An Organization Making a World of Difference

A Unique and Powerful Approach to Leadership

Moving Toward a Better World for All Women

Part 1 - DEVELOPING SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Recognizing a Need

Creating Opportunities for Self-Reliance

CREATING SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH TRAINING

Living an Unlikely Life

Following the Dreams of Her Childhood

Starting Out Small

Moving Ahead Step-by-Step

Seeing Beyond Herself

Looking to the Future

Lighting the Way for the Next Generation

BLAZING A PATH THROUGH SPORTS

Blazing a Trail for Women Athletes

Taking the Next Step

Developing the Right Foundation and Relationships

Inspiring Future Lionesses

Challenging Conventional Wisdom

Setting the Self-Sufficiency Example for Others

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Creating Success on Her Own Terms

Leaving Doubters Behind

Looking Ahead to the Next Thing

Relying on an Inner Compass

GAINING SELF-SUFFICIENCY WHILE HELPING OTHERS

Searching for Support

Starting a New Business

Insisting on Fair Trade

IMPLEMENTING SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN YOUR OWN LIFE

Part 2 - CAPITALIZING ON OPPORTUNITY

Tying Opportunity to Action

Creating Opportunity Around the World

CAPITALIZING ON OPPORTUNITY IN NIGER

Thinking Big While Taking Small Steps

Getting Started on Pennies a Week

Building a Business Step-by-Step

Growing a Business by Employing Others

Overcoming Almost Impossible Odds

Achieving Amazing Results

Building Beyond a Business

Growing Through Self-Reliance

Moving Forward

SEIZING GOOD FORTUNE

Getting Started in the Hotel Industry

Making a Difference Through Microenterprise

Preparing for Future Needs

Showing Results

BUILDING A DIFFERENT KIND OF BUSINESS

Moving to the “Big Time”

Moving on to Another Opportunity

Capitalizing on Connections

Creating the Opportunity for Opportunity

OVERCOMING NAYSAYERS

Converting a Severance into a Business

Relying on Other Women

CAPITALIZING ON OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR OWN LIFE

Determine What’s Important

Look for the Opportunity

Take It Step-by-Step

Part 3 - BUILDING COMMUNITY

Creating a Community Through Coalition

Creating a Community of Girls

Providing Global Support Through Communities

Creating Communities Through Sports

BUILDING COMMUNITY IN INDIA

Bringing Health Care to Their Doorstep

Fighting Inevitable Illnesses

BUILDING COMMUNITY EVERYWHERE

Shaking Things Up to Drive Needed Change

Building Community Through Sports

Reaching Across Oceans and Borders

Moving Along Quickly

Raising the Noise

Imprinting a Vision of the Future

JOINING FORCES IN THE BUSINESS WORLD

Creating a Community of Women Presidents

CREATING AN ADVISORY BOARD COMMUNITY

Recognizing Smart, Successful Women

Reaching Women Around the World

BUILDING COMMUNITY IN YOUR OWN LIFE

Defining the Problem

Determining the Scope and Format of Your Community

Establishing a Culture of Trust

Part 4 - PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH ACTION AND POLICY

Addressing the Issue at the Grass Roots

Supporting People and the Planet

PROVIDING CLEAN WATER IN MOZAMBIQUE

Sharing in a Worldwide Problem

Obtaining a Fair Share

Reflecting a Wider Problem

PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

Seeing the Need for Change

Making a Difference

Leading the Fight

SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT ONE PLATE AT A TIME

Giving Birth to the Green Goddess Alliance

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

Designing Green to Save Resources

Improving Life for Individuals and Businesses

SAFEGUARDING THE ENVIRONMENT IN YOUR OWN LIFE

Part 5 - ADDRESSING DISCRIMINATION

Dissecting the Problem Behind the Problem

Spreading the Word to Build Solidarity

OVERCOMING DISCRIMINATION THROUGH LITERACY

Living Life on the Brink

Launching a Solution

ADDRESSING DISCRIMINATION THROUGH CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

Creating Products That Make a Difference

Celebrating Communities of Color

Delivering Spoonfuls of Stories

Eliminating Hunger Through Technical Philanthropy

Creating New Pathways

Improving Livestock Production

Reaching the Tipping Point

LEARNING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE DIFFERENCES

Escaping to a Different World

OVERCOMING BIAS IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION

Overcoming Recurring Discrimination

Creating a High Profile

Helping Others Sidestep Discrimination

ADDRESSING DISCRIMINATION IN YOUR OWN LIFE

A Final Note from the Author: Leaving a Legacy

Learning More About These Women and Organizations

Afterword

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Index

Praise forLeading with Care

“If you think your life is full of obstacles, read this book. Mary Cantando delivers a no-holds-barred account of women who have faced the toughest obstacles, yet managed to come out on top. LEADING WITH CARE captures the wisdom of women from the far corners of the earth who went from surviving to thriving. The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women, a partner with CARE, helps women business owners feed their families and rebuild their countries. Together, we provide Peace through Business®”

—Terry Neese, cofounder and president, Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women

“LEADING WITH CARE provides readers with seemingly impossible accounts of women who glow by finding a way to succeed in the harshest conditions. Brimming with inspiration of extraordinary women, this book will prompt you to give gratitude to the blessings you currently have as well as motivate you to find ways to apply their lessons to your own life.”

—Sandra Yancey, founder and CEO, eWomenNetwork Inc.

“LEADING WITH CARE is no dry recitation of management theories. Rather, it introduces the reader to remarkable women, each eager to prove that anyone with passion and commitment can achieve her goals. Even the most successful women in business will be enlightened by the lessons Mary Cantando brings to light in this book.”

—Helen Han, interim executive director, National Association of Women Business Owners

“LEADING WITH CARE captures the essence of true leadership. When a woman reaches deep inside to find the courage and commitment to change the world around her, she exhibits a powerful lesson that is relevant from the board room to the village square. These stories teach that lesson.”

—Caroline Whitson, president of Columbia College and founder of the SC Alliance for Women

“LEADING WITH CARE recounts amazing stories of women from the far corners of the earth who have become successful beyond their wildest dreams. Mary Cantando has captured the wisdom of women who went from surviving to thriving in developing nations, and then brings them to you as the most unlikely, but powerful mentors.”

—Marti Barletta, author, Prime Time Women and Marketing to Women

“LEADING WITH CARE brings together the struggles and successes of some of the most amazing women in the world. Imagine starting a business with a loan for $1.40 or being responsible for providing water for your entire community. These women are heroines in the truest sense, and once you meet them your life will be forever changed.”

—Susan Solovic, CEO, SBTV.com

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cantando, Mary.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN : 978-0-470-52734-4

1. Women in development-Developing countries. 2. Poor women-Developing countries. 3. Entrepreneurship-Developing countries. 4. Leadership in women-Developing countries.

I. CARE/International. II. Title.

HQ1240.5.D44C36 2009

305.48’ 96942091724-dc22

2009019777

HB Printing

For John.On a scale of one to ten,you’ve made my life an eleven.

And for the amazing young women in my life:Suzanne, Heather,Amy, and Megan.

Foreword

As a global ambassador for CARE, I have witnessed firsthand the remarkable ability of women to endure. In dirt-poor towns and ramshackle villages, I’ve seen women, young and old, maintain hope and optimism, even as the challenges of poverty, disease, and cultural biases shadow their every move.

What these women have is strength. What they have is a life force from which they draw a seemingly endless supply of power. That’s why the humanitarian organization CARE puts women at the heart of its efforts to eliminate root causes of extreme poverty. CARE understands women’s power to spark change—even in the poorest communities. Similarly, I am not surprised to read the author’s conclusion that humanity’s best hope to break the insidious cycle of poverty is to empower women.

Until women can vote and hold office; until they are allowed to start businesses, to own homes, and to teach; until they are afforded the rights, the privileges and, ultimately, the respect of full citizenship, such poverty will never end.

Even in the United States, one has to look no further than the poorest communities, especially in African-American neighborhoods in many of our cities. Whatever sense of family and community exists does so because of the enduring presence of a network of incredibly strong women. Those women—we women—are the linchpins of our families and our communities. And because we serve as the delicate threads that hold together the fabric of our societies, we have it in our power to effect meaningful and lasting change.

I once co-chaired a dinner to fund AIDS research, and we used the occasion to honor actress Ashley Judd and singer and humanitarian Bono, of the rock group U2.

I’ll never forget Bono’s comments. He bounded onstage, thanked us for his award, and then—with his unparalleled charm—compared women to lionesses.

Let me explain: An African friend had pointed out to Bono that the success of a lion pride is due largely to the females’ ability to hunt and to protect the young. The “King of the Beasts” would be lost without the support of strong females.

Bono then started listing some of the powerful women who were in attendance that evening.

“Nancy Pelosi,” said Bono, adding with a smile the phrase “Madame Speaker.” He then took a beat and said in a half growl, “lioness.”

“Ashley Judd,” he added, “ . . . lioness.”

And he kept ticking off the names—one powerful woman after another—and after each one he would take a good long beat and say in that thick Irish brogue of his, “lioness.”

Well, my friends, that’s what you’ll find in this book: stories by and about lionesses. I hope you enjoy them and can learn from them, just like those of us who work with CARE continue to learn from the countless strong-willed women who are working hard to create a better future for the whole world.

Middleburg, Virginia July 2009

Sheila C. Johnson

Founder and CEO, Salamander Hospitality Global Ambassador, CARE

Introduction

When we think of women in developing countries, our minds immediately flash to what they need, what we can give to them, how we can help them. But what if we flipped this notion upside down? What if those of us who are well educated and well fed considered what we could learn from them—how they could help us?

Those who find the greatest success in business and the most satisfaction in life are often eternal students. This is especially true of women. We’re always studying what others are doing and how they’re doing it.