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True to Yourself
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True to Yourself

Leading a Values-Based Business

Berrett-Koehler, 2006 Mehr

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Editorial Rating

6

Qualities

  • Well Structured
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

Mark Albion explains a very contemporary balancing act: how to run a business based on values and still make a profit. Companies ranging from Starbucks and Ben & Jerry’s to small bakeries and toy makers have prospered while supporting the social concerns of their founders and employees. Building such values-based businesses is not easy. They face the same profit-and-loss problems as other small companies, plus they take on an additional layer of social issues. Albion tells his personal story, buttressed by corporate examples and interviews with 75 owners of values-based businesses. getAbstract suggests this book full of practical advice to anyone who is willing to sign up for the challenge of running a values-based business.

Take-Aways

  • Owners of values-based businesses put their values to work inside and outside their firms.
  • Values-based business owners strive to fulfill their principles and make a profit.
  • As you implement your values, be realistic about the impact on your bottom line.

About the Author

Social entrepreneur Mark Albion has co-founded seven organizations, including an international network of M.B.A.s dedicated to creating a better world. A former Harvard Business School professor, he wrote the bestseller Making a Life, Making a Living.


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