As Patty Stonesifer, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , sees it, Gates won't focus on managing the organization, hiring hundreds of new employees or overseeing the construction of a new headquarters.
"He's clear that he loves the idea that he doesn't have to be the operating leadership," Stonesifer said. Instead "he wants to do strategy and advocacy," Stonesifer said, which means he will focus on better understanding the problems the foundation is trying to address. That includes sitting down with government, business and nonprofit leaders to advocate for them to spend more money on world health, hunger and poverty.
Full Story: Bill Gates to dive deeper into foundation strategy (AP)
"He's clear that he loves the idea that he doesn't have to be the operating leadership," Stonesifer said. Instead "he wants to do strategy and advocacy," Stonesifer said, which means he will focus on better understanding the problems the foundation is trying to address. That includes sitting down with government, business and nonprofit leaders to advocate for them to spend more money on world health, hunger and poverty.
Full Story: Bill Gates to dive deeper into foundation strategy (AP)
