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tion that it’s the non-proits’ job to be the we’re trying to do,” he says. “The single Can we be more speciic?

good doctor in the sick community doling most important habit that social proit What allies do we need in pursuing
out medicine for folks who are basically organizations and in this area, small busi- and creating this social proit?

victims of the economy or are just sick,” nesses, should adopt is a kind of relection
Johnson says.
time together when they actually set aside “That time eventually comes back to

some time where they ponder what is the them,” he says, “and actually helps to
social proit they are trying to bring about.”
improve their work.”
MISSION TIME
Most busy people don’t have piles of time According to Grant, this includes ask- And in the process, it can potentially
necessary to devote to social proit work. ing speciic questions like:
improve the community and the business

Small business owners are completely What would it look like?
itself. And when that happens, everybody
and totally devoted to their business, so How would we know it if we saw it?
proits from it.

prying them away from immediate tasks

to concentrate any time or resources on
community work is a tough sell.

Grant realizes that, but he believes
working on social proit work can galva-

nize teams and improve productivity. He
calls this “mission time.”
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“Habits of how we use time in organiza-
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Director 3150 Brunswick Pike, Suite 300
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609-429-4177
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CollaborationCore is a 501 (c)(6) membership association.

— David Grant

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