Stakeholder Orientation

A Community Contribution by Brandi Beakley  After building a purpose-driven retail business that had experienced more than 100 percent YOY growth for four straight years, CEO Steve Hall knew driversselect was poised to scale. But the business model had outpaced his abilities to scale it without taking on serious financial and cultural risks. For one […]

By David Gardner  Dear Friends, When my brother Tom and I keynoted the 2012 Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit, I told the room of 200 CEOs that I was going to pick a basket of 12 conscious, purpose-driven businesses’ stocks for 2012. Tom and I co-founded The Motley Fool, which provides financial advice to investors, so […]

How First United Bank is transforming lives through its purpose-driven work By Agata Antonow and Aleksandra Corwin of Round Table Companies   A man tired of struggling paycheck to paycheck walked into the gleaming glass and wood-accented lobby of a bank in Durant, Oklahoma, and was greeted by a 27-year-old personal banker named Katie Knight. […]

How KeyBank brings consciousness to its industry By Geoff Campbell and Aleksandra Corwin of Round Table Companies   Building on a long-standing commitment to responsible banking, KeyBank is a powerful example of how enlightened business practices align with higher profits—the central premise of Conscious Capitalism. “Profit and consciousness are not polar opposites,” says Beth E. […]

The End of High-pressure Sales How one conscious company is helping capitalism evolve By Geoff Campbell and Aleksandra Corwin of Round Table Companies   When Wells Fargo employees got caught creating millions of fraudulent savings, checking, and credit card accounts for its customers without their consent, capitalism’s critics had a new poster boy. But Jesse […]