written on February 25th, 2010 | by James R. Klein
On February 19th I participated in a conference call in which senior Treasury officials provided remarks preceding a press release and fact sheet further supporting the inclusion of a New Markets Tax Credit program extension for 2010 & 2011 in the President’s proposed budget. “As part of the Administration’s strategy to restore prosperity and create [...]
Tags: CDFI, CDFI Coalition, collaboration, Community Development Entities, Community Development Finance Institution, economic challenges, Finance Fund, James Klein, Low Income Community, New Markets Tax Credit, NMTC, President Barack Obama, stimulus, tax credits, US Treasury Department
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written on August 20th, 2009 | by James R. Klein
As some of you know, I’m fairly new to this leadership thing… I’ve only been doing it for about 30+ years. I am always interested to hear how others approach leadership, management and productivity issues in their organizations. This was a new one for me and I thought I’d share.
The Competitive Imperative of Learning (Harvard [...]
Tags: collaboration, Harvard Business Review, James Klein, leadership, management
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written on August 12th, 2009 | by James R. Klein
We all come naked from the womb, but most of us do not stay that way. Yet again I am amazed at the rhetoric flying about the airwaves and the halls of congress concerning the Shangri-La or inferno of revamping the U.S. health care system. It’s not the topic that is disconcerting but how the [...]
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written on March 19th, 2009 | by Jennifer Deuber
Jim was recently selected to sit on the Board of Directors for the CDFI Coalition, a national organization representing community development institutions across the country. These institutions are certified CDFIs by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.
Tags: CDFI, collaboration, communities, Community Development Entities, Community Development Finance Institution, economic challenges, Finance Fund, neighborhoods
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