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My Green Business Executive Career Development Book: Due Out First Quarter, 2010

Posted in Green Business, Green Jobs, sustainable business, tagged , , on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Cross-posted to dansmolen.com:
You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been a little quiet. In other words, the number of Sturdy Roots Blog posts I’ve written has dropped off in recent months.
That’s because – since early August – I have been focusing my energies on writing a book about green business executive career development. I’ve signed on with [...]

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In The News: The Power of Telecommuting

Posted in Green Business, Telecommuting, sustainable business, tagged , , , on August 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »

DOMANI’s Will Sarni, reporting at Sustainable Life Media, provides findings from his company’s joint-study with Cisco Systems on the power of telecommuting.
From the article:
The results of the study make a compelling case for deploying “collaboration technology” and promoting telecommuting. The bottom line is that telecommuting creates value through benefits such as increased productivity, employee satisfaction [...]

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Signs of Life

Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Dan Smolen Direct Search, LLC, Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Business, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve just returned from a welcome and long overdue vacation to my native Southern Connecticut where I filled my lungs with sea-salted air and enjoyed the company of lifelong friends (many of whom I’ve not seen in 30 years).
And I returned to work to witness some sudden, but very positive developments; client hiring needs that [...]

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Virginia Gov. Kaine Announces ‘Telework Day’, Encourages Professionals to Work from Home or Remote Location

Posted in Green Business, Telecommuting, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , , on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine today joined Telework!VA and Telework Exchange in encouraging professionals to pledge to telework from home or a remote location on Telework Day – Monday, August 3, 2009.
Employees and organization representatives across Virginia can visit the Telework Day website to sign up to telework, calculate the potential cost savings [...]

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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner Hosts Virginia Summit on Energy Opportunities

Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Business, Green Jobs, energy, green technology, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This past Friday, 500 entrepreneurs, activists, and people like me (entrepreneurs that are also activists) attended U.S. Sen. Mark Warner’s Virginia Summit on Energy Opportunities at Hampton University in Hampton, Va.
Sen. Warner gathered a diverse group of professionals to discuss the near term and immediate green business opportunities available to Virginia entrepreneurs through the American Recovery [...]

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Create Your Own ‘Advisory Board’

Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Dan Smolen Direct Search, LLC, Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Business, Green Jobs, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , , on July 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Earlier today, I had a very interesting phone call with a bright, highly enthusiastic (fire-in-the-belly) new business development executive. His familiarity with the information technology space is excellent. And so too is his skill at staging successful consultative processes and converting his multi-million-dollar new business prospects to sale.
What company wouldn’t want to hire this new [...]

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Are Green Shoots Taking Root?

Posted in Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Business, Green Jobs, sustainable business, tagged , , , on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Could we finally be at the end of this economic meltdown? There is evidence – albeit anecdotal – to suggest we are through the worst of the long, painful recession that started in December, 2007.
Consider these green shoots:

While the nation’s attention has been focused on the troubles at Chrysler and GM, there are some [...]

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Call for Entries: What is Your Favorite Virtual Office Luxury?

Posted in Telecommuting, tagged , , , on May 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Regular readers of Sturdy Roots Blog know that we’re passionate about virtual offices. And we hope that you are, too.
But we’re eager to know: what is your favorite virtual office luxury?
Could it be that Aeron office chair you bought yourself last year? How ’bout your virtual-switchboard phone system? Or your power management software? Or your new hi-definition [...]

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TIAA-CREF’s CSR Move: Oppose Genocide in Darfur, Cut Ties to Companies Doing Business With Sudanese Government

Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Business, sustainable business, tagged , , , on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

TIAA-CREF, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields, has announced a campaign to pressure portfolio companies that maintain business relations with the Sudanese government to cease those relations or attempt to end genocide and ease suffering in Darfur. The organization plans to intensify pressure on such companies [...]

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Grossman Marketing Group Wins Green Business Award

Posted in Green Business, Green Marketing, Sustainable Marketing, sustainable business, tagged , , , , , on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Our friends at Grossman Marketing Group have won a green business award from Boston Business Journal. The award will be presented at this year’s Green Business Summit, scheduled for Friday, May 15, at the Sheraton Boston Hotel.
The company was included in the award’s “innovation” category in recognition for its trailblazing work in the green marketing and [...]

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