Conscious leadership—as one of the four pillars of conscious capitalism can be a tremendous source of leverage for small and mid-size businesses. In this highly interactive workshop, participants will learn some of the most successful methods the Stagen Leadership Academy has used to accelerate the social, emotional, and psychological growth of leaders, which in turn, can accelerate the growth of the business. Learn specific frameworks, practices and tools that small and mid-size company leaders use to inspire their workforce, get their message out to more people, and build a highly respected brand.

Think for a moment about your typical workday. Do you wake up most mornings feeling sleep-deprived? Check your email before you get out of bed? Run from meeting to meeting with no time in between?

We know that creativity and flexibility are key characteristics of successful Conscious Business. So how is creativity learned and acquired? We must start by unlearning the ways we’ve shut down our creative potential and stifled ourselves from childhood onward. Peter Himmelman will guide participants to connect with their natural creativity, quiet the ‘inner critic’ (that little voice inside that tells us we’re not good enough), and joyfully explore our creative potential.  Participants will approach the two main components of any successful organization: set structure and highly creative thinking, using songwriting as a metaphor.

Watch Perter’s video “Marv the Inner Critic”:

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This interactive practicum is designed to give the participants the tools to develop a Values-based Culture. Participants will learn how to apply the principles from Ann Rhoades’ book, Built on Values: Creating an Enviable Culture that Outperforms the Competition. Participants will develop a Values Blueprint®, interviewing applicants based on Values, and reinforcing a culture around the Values. Participants will leave with an action plan to create a culture by design for their organization.

Pantheon Enterprises exists to change the way chemical companies do business, and
to sustain better life through Conscious Chemistry™.
Changing the way industry uses chemical products – from paints and other coatings, lubricants,
cleaners and many others – is a Herculean effort. Long held beliefs and relationships create
inertia that inhibits movement from using toxic chemicals that harm workers, natural ecosystems
and everyone who comes in contact with them, to using non-toxic chemicals – even if they are
more effective and cost less.
Learn how Pantheon Enterprises is employing the core principles of Conscious Capitalism –
Higher Purpose, a Stakeholder Orientation, Conscious Leadership and Conscious Culture –to
successfully changed long-standing beliefs and practices in several segments of the Industrial
Chemical marketplace and is working to transform the entire industry. And learn how you can
employ a similar approach to effect dramatic system-level change in your industry or
marketplace, and within your organization.

Conscious leaders know that authority has its limits, but sometimes feel a tension between autonomy and alignment. You want to empower your people, but can’t have everyone going in all different directions. Purpose and values can be too broad, while policies and procedures can be too narrow. Is there a middle way? It turns out there is an answer, and it comes from some surprising places including the Navy Seals, flocks of birds, the U.S. Constitution, and Wikipedia. In this thought-provoking, hands-on session, learn how to create decision principles that connect to your higher purpose and put your culture into action. You will leave with practical insights for creating a more networked and collaborative organization.

Click here to see Mark’s video “The Social Leader”

Click here to read Mark’s article “Use Doctrine to Pierce the Fog of Business”

Like few times in history, a fundamental shift is upon us. A growing number of brands are designing smarter, safer and healthier solutions while a new generation of consumers is asking what really matters and creating new ways to do much more with much less.

• How might we design new business models driven by more than just consumption?
• How might we unleash participation and co-creativity to deliver more value in more ways?
• How might we create more meaning and a better quality of life for more people even as our economy shifts to meet nature’s limits?

For companies to sustain a Conscious Business, there needs to be a focus on purpose beyond profit – and understanding of the importance of creating value for and engaging their stakeholders. Crowdfunding not only connects companies and people, but it provides companies with an outlet to empower and engage people – all of which are potential customers.

When employees are aligned and together pursue a worthy vision with a passionate sense of purpose, they all try harder to make it succeed. Employees become focused and fully engaged in the mission. They adapt to change with astounding nimbleness and become a continual source of creativity and innovation that fuels growth and value creation. In this practicum, Josh Paine, CEO and President of CheapCaribbean.com, will provide practical steps for activating the change process and developing a Conscious Culture of engaged employees that drive performance. Josh will address the common challenges to transforming culture and unveil his ingredients to a successful implementation.

This is a session focused on the “how to” of accelerating the journey your organization is on towards Conscious Capitalism. Conscious Capitalism, Inc. is developing a practical, “hands on”, 2-day workshop for CEOs and their executive teams to work together to identify opportunities and commit to action to accelerate their Journey to Conscious Capitalism. Practically, the goal of the 2-day workshop is to identify 3-5 areas in which your team and organization can significantly improve how you operate your business within the framework of the four pillars of Conscious Capitalism. Come and get a preview of the 2-day workshop and work through an exercise on stakeholder orientation and thinking win-win; develop a 12-18 month action plan to move forward with one of your key stakeholders.

At the end of the practicum, you will have:

• An understanding of where you are on the journey to Conscious Capitalism and what it means to take a holistic approach to transforming your organization
• For one of your key stakeholders, a high-level implementation plan for the next 12-18 months on what it means to think win-win.
• An overview of the “Accelerating the Journey to Conscious Capitalism” workshop and how this might be helpful to your organization in accelerating this journey.

At its core, investing is an activity rooted in exchange, mutual benefit, and connection; it is a multidimensional endeavor, in service to our organizations, our communities, and our planet. However, most of our current investing tools focus on a transactional, linear, uni-dimensional view of investing, making optimal decision making more difficult.

One of the central tenets of Conscious Capitalism is having a Purpose beyond making money. In this interactive workshop, Haley will give a brief presentation on the power of purpose to drive a host of benefits including organizational alignment, employee engagement and marketplace performance.   She’ll share best practices from several of the companies she’s worked with including Southwest Airlines, Whole Foods Market, Interstate Batteries and GE.   You’ll then dive-in to a series of exercises designed to help you think about the deeper purpose of your work and how you might begin bringing it to life in your organization.

Power has gotten a bad wrap in recent history. It invokes images of corrupt politicians, tyrannical rulers and greedy corporative executives. But being powerful is one of the most fundamental aspects of being an effective leader. Join Dave Kashen to explore what power really means, where it comes from, and what makes some leaders more powerful than others. Participants will walk away with a felt sense of their own power, greater clarity about how they inadvertently undermine their power, and developed strategies for how to have the impact they want on those around them and to inspire people to action.

Our whole life is relationship, and the potential for remarkable ones is a matter of choice.  From creating something remarkable with a new business partner, to enhancing what we have with a life partner, the way we interact can come from a place of judgment or joy.