How Corporate Clout Helps Communities Thrive
Business leaders are turning their attention toward building prosperity at home, in the communities where they live and work to tackle complex local issues, including health care, early childhood development, and housing. Initiatives that produce results demonstrate five tenets: They tell a clear, purposeful story; combine community priorities with institutional goals; are led inclusively; typically influence the member organizations’ own internal policies; and impel company leaders to acknowledge difficult truths.