The company that placed the ad, Sterling Foundation Management in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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"What really made them successful was their sheer determination to break through, " adds Indira Parikh, a former dean at the Institute of Management and president of the Foundation for Liberal and Management Education in Pune, outside of Mumbai.

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Plans are now in place for NHS Dartford and Gravesham to merge with Medway NHS Foundation Trust in a bid to reduce management costs.

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The Multi One Attitude Foundation, in partnership with UNESCO, will promote ocean and freshwater conservation, sound resource management and awareness of our water footprint in a Water Pavilion on the occasion of the arrival of the transatlantic Krys Ocean Race in Brest, France.

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The Robin Hood Foundation, set up in 1988 by three Wall Street dealers to help the poor, uses management consultants and puts an unusual emphasis on helping its clients to look after each other.

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For his part, Cordes, who is still co-chairman at Genworth Financial's wealth-management unit, actually started his own "Opportunity Collaboration" conference in Mexico to further his foundation's work.

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