Dutch - Businessman | July 11, 1956 -
Large-scale deforestation can be prevented while increasing food production through better, smarter agriculture.
Paul Polman
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If the short-term decisions you make damage the long term, you should resist those. But there are many short-term decisions that you need to make to be a successful manager.
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At the end of the day, people will follow you or people will be energised by you if they buy into your vision or purpose. So the most important thing is to be true to yourself. That's why I would say to be a great leader - you, first and foremost, have to be a great human being. And sharing that purpose and sharing the values.
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When the climate hurts, people and businesses also feel the pain.
PainPeopleFeelClimateHurtsAlso
Why would you invest in a company which is out of synch with the needs of society, that does not take its social compliance in its supply chain seriously, that does not think about the costs of externalities or of its negative impacts on society?
SocietyNegativeThinkYouSeriously
System-wide changes rely on a critical mass of interested parties, all willing to enter into deep partnerships and collaborations, founded on new levels of trust and a commitment to action, not debate.
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Business has a responsibility and opportunity to be the driving force for the advancement of universal human rights.
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I work a lot with blind people in my spare time outside of Unilever, and I count my blessings every day.
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My own fear, if I have one myself, is a fear of being obsolete. This is a world that changes very fast, and one of the main human desires is to belong to, to be part of, something. It's probably one of our greatest needs next to oxygen.
FearMyselfWorldFastMy OwnHuman
Leadership is not a contest of likeability. Leadership often boils down to making the tougher choices. You are not in a popularity contest.
LeadershipChoicesYouDownMaking
Practically, systemic thinking can be used to identify problems, analyze their boundaries, design strategies and policy interventions, forecast and measure their expected impacts, implement them, and monitor and evaluate their successes and failures.
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Leading businesses are making large strides in ensuring a sustainable future, but ultimately, they can only do so much.
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