Finding The Words • Courageous Leadership
April 11, 2024
As we dive into 2024, leaders are facing greater threats and barriers to change, particularly to advancing social change. Where, then, to begin with a reinvention?
Carrie Fox is the founder and CEO of Mission Partners, a woman-owned strategic communications firm and Certified B Corporation that guides high-potential nonprofits, foundations, and socially responsible corporations in realizing their greatest social impact. Since launching her first firm in 2004, she has guided hundreds of organizations around the world to lead with purpose, fueling organizations and their missions forward in new and more impactful ways. She is host of the Mission Forward podcast on TruStory FM.
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As we dive into 2024, leaders are facing greater threats and barriers to change, particularly to advancing social change. Where, then, to begin with a reinvention?
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