EBBF Profile: Françoise Le Goff – Navigating Dilemmas with Principles
“... the key issue in my mind was the fact that beneficiaries and vulnerable people were being deprived of support. I felt strongly about principles such as honesty, professional integrity, and justice--to be the voice for the voiceless. I was also very aware that my own reputation –my own integrity– was possibly at stake. If I didn’t denounce what was happening, I saw that some would think that I was endorsing it. This gave me the courage to speak out. And in the end, this action triggered a change process that was very positive, and very, very successful in the long run.”
In this interview we talk to Françoise Le Goff about three challenging moments in her long international career with the Red Cross dealing with corruption, domestic violence, and disagreeing with one's superiors, and how her values provided guidance each step of the way.
Flash News:
> Materials from the EBBF Annual Conference
If you were one of the many people who wanted to attend EBBF's sold out Annual Conference "Window of Opportunity - Creating the Best Company Ever in the Changing Economic Environment" who could not make it, you can at least download the materials from the event clicking here.
- Mika Korhonen, Arthur Dahl, Marieke Kersten, Mahmud Samandari, George Starcher, Wendi Momen and EBBF's Director General Daniel Truran
> New Elected EBBF Board
The members of the new EBBF Board have been elected and will be serving you and the rest of the EBBF network for the next twelve months. The EBBF board quickly moved into action and determined the four key areas of focus for the coming year:
- Drive Action, creating the content, opportunities and connections to make action happen.
- Improved measurement of the advance of EBBF's key priority areas
- Focus on further improving the flow of communication/interaction both internally with and amongst EBBF members and externally with the growing number of stakeholders interested in partnering with EBBF
- Membership Drive to increase the number of active EBBF members selecting more individuals who can benefit from and further the aims of EBBF.
>> Contact us to get involved in achieving these aims. <<
>EBBF's Annual Report
EBBF's Annual Report for the year ending 31st of Augusto of 2009 has been published and distributed to the world media. It highlights this past year's key achievements with an unprecedented number of individuals turning to EBBF to seek support, ideas, and partnerships.
You can click here to browse the 2008/2009 EBBF Annual Report.
EBBF Profile: Alexis Eremia - Creating Spaces Where Young Leaders Emerge
“We believe that every individual has the potential to make a meaningful contribution to the world, to create value, to have a positive impact.”
“…I don’t really believe in the concept of ‘teaching’. What is important is to have an ‘enabling space’, which has the proper conditions for something to be created, to emerge—be these mindsets, new ideas, connections. You can’t really plan or control the emergence, but you can create the environment that enables this.”
In this interview, 28-year old Alexis Eremia describes her work with Emersense, the NGO she founded two years ago and directs, and which is dedicated to creating ‘enabling spaces’ where young, idealistic, and sometimes big dreams can flourish.
Meaningful InvestmentsWe believe that times of crisis are the best times to plant the seeds of Values. If you find this edition of INSPIRE interesting, become a protagonist and make a meaningful investment to make sure EBBF can continue to promote and put into action the Values that drive us. Read More >> |
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Innovation and Ideas Box
A new section by recent EBBF member Roxann Stafford offering you links to innovative companies and products that possess EBBF qualities:
1) (Uganda, India & America) Question Box by Open Mind - What can we learn from older business models that can be applied to our work today?
2) (America) Academic Earth - What are ways that we can reapply content for different audiences?
3) (Canada) Ekomini is a Canadian enterprise that see the value of teaching kids about money - What are activities that we can do within our own enterprises to build skills that are needed for future success?
Book Review
SuperCorp: The Strategic Value of Values
How large companies can transform themselves and the world, putting values and principles at the centre of their enterprise.
Warm Welcome to New Members
Profiles and welcome to the most recent individuals to join EBBF, with the opportunity to browse the entire list of EBBF profiles or to join EBBF.
Words of Wisdom
"Total commitment, unquenchable belief in the indomitable character of the human spirit, in the supreme importance of every individual's life and of the value of people coming together in mutual support"
"EBBF-style" leadership priorities
Young at Eighty - A book dedicated to the life of Michael Young.
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Opportunities for Action
Meaningful job offers, projects, announcements, and other avenues through which you can make change actually happen.
NEW - Three practical ideas on how to make a "first step" influencing the work environment around you:
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