Growing Local Value: How to Build a Values-Driven Business That Strengthens Your Community

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Laury Hammel Gun Denhart

Growing Local Value

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ISBN: 9781576753712

How to Build a Values-Driven Business That Strengthens Your Community

Laury Hammel, Gun Denhart

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English

Berrett Koehler
01 January 2018

Economics & Business; Small businesses & self-employed

Growing a successful business is about meeting the needs of customers-and, by extension, the needs of the entire community.

Turn your business into a good citizen and you can help ensure its success and contribute to making your community a great place to live and work. Growing Local Value shows how to build a values-driven business that is deeply embedded in local life.

Drawing on real-world examples from Greyston Bakery, Wild Planet Toys, Powell's Books, and many other companies, Laury Hammel and Gun Denhart show how you can leverage every aspect of your business-from product creation to employee recruitment, vendor selection, and raising capital-to benefit both the community and the bottom line. Growing Local Value explores in depth how your business can contribute to its community-and the benefits it will receive when it does.

By: Laury Hammel, Gun Denhart
Imprint: Berrett Koehler
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: annotated edition
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 236g
ISBN: 9781576753712
ISBN 10: 1576753719
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 01 January 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Laury Hammel is the owner and president of The Longfellow Clubs, a group of four health and recreation clubs established in 1980. Hammel Later founded founded the New England Business Association for Social Responsibility, the first trade association of socially responsible businesses. Gun Denhart co-founded the Hanna Andersson children's clothing company in 1983. Through her leadership, the company has become known for its high quality clothing made from soft cotton materials, as well as community involvement and family friendly work practices

Reviews for Growing Local Value: How to Build a Values-Driven Business That Strengthens Your Community

Hammel and Denhart free us from two tired myths: that business and social mission don't mix and that in a Wal-Mart world local enterprise is pass . Plus, the fascinating cases and the practical lessons in Growing Local Value make for great reading. --Frances Moore Lapp , author of Democracy's Edge and Hope's Edge In a world awash in stories of corporate predators, it's refreshing to read the stories of local independent entrepreneurs with strong social consciences who are building successful businesses that create local value. Hammel and Denhart reveal how they do it. Essential reading for everyone dedicated to building vital local economies and communities that work for everyone. --David C. Korten, author of The Great Turning and When Corporations Rule the World Move over Stephen Covey! The real eighth habit for highly successful people is to be the kind of community-loving entrepreneur depicted by Hammel and Denhart. Anyone running a business, studying business, or dreaming of having a business should study this book and heed its wise yet practical advice. -- Michael H. Shuman, author of The Small-Mart Revolution