top of page

Blog & News

Certified CC Consultant badge.png
Textile World.png

Four Lessons Learned From The Inspiring Story Of Interface

If you find yourself inspired by Interface’s journey and want to follow in Anderson’s footsteps, start with these tips.

bc.png

How to build customer loyalty and outperform the market 14:1

Turn your customers into loyal brand advocates with these three steps from business transformation experts Kent Gregoire and Meghan French Dunbar.

Inc logo.png

What Most Companies Get Wrong About Employee Engagement

There's a reason why employee engagement has increased by only 2 percent since 2012.

EO.png

6 Steps To Become a More People-Centered Company

If you’re inspired by Bob and Mike’s journey and want to follow in their footsteps to foster a people-centered culture in your organization, here are my suggestions.

BIGGBY® COFFEE: The journey towards a people-centered company

Along with the rise of mission-driven leadership comes an abundance of business movements centered around purpose: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Benefit Corporation (B Corp) certification, etc. As such, it can be difficult for leaders to understand exactly what it means to be driven by a succinct mission and to shift their focus from profit to purpose. For many, conscious capitalism or stakeholder capitalism is that umbrella appellation that integrates the belief in pro-capitalism while promoting social and environmental impact. Let’s dive deeper and take a look at a modern-day, purpose-driven business model in action.

forbes-logo-6-1.png

Four Critical Steps To Help Your Business Thrive, Not Just Survive

Here are a few steps you can take to not only survive but thrive during times of economic downturn, using the principles of stakeholder capitalism.

Kent Gregoire Of Symphony Advantage On the Five Things You Need to Be a Highly Effective Leader During Uncertain & Turbulent Times

Integrate your company’s purpose and stakeholders into your operating system. A company won’t be able to unleash its full potential and make it through difficult times if its higher purpose and stakeholders aren’t fully integrated at all levels of the company. And, your mission and stakeholder can’t just be a program or initiative on the side. They have to be at the very core of your operating system in order to create the kind of impact (and associated engagement and performance) you seek.

Make Purpose Matter - Symphony Advantage

Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in business development but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Kent Gregoire, CEO of Symphony Advantage, located in Boston, MA, USA.

Align Your Personal Purpose With Your Organization’s

When the CEO's personal “why” is not aligned with the company’s “why,” the company will quickly encounter issues with cognitive dissonance and resistance, resulting in depleted energy levels and a lack of motivation.

ceo_edited.jpg

7 Way for CEOs to Shift from ESG to Conscious Capitalism

In the midst of a global pandemic and economic uncertainties, the need to effect true, meaningful change is greater than ever. But, when ESG initiatives aren’t enough, how can businesses play a concrete role in advancing society? This is where conscious capitalism comes in.

forbes-logo-6-1.png

Avoiding Burnout By Adopting A Holistic Approach To Growth And Development

Ending burnout means reconciling the two sides of ourselves into one person equipped with the tools needed to fulfill the many roles we play. This is essential for maintaining not only our passion but also our overall health and well-being. But what resources are available to help us accomplish this? Here are my recommendations for finding your approach to this holistic mindset.

Inc logo.png

6 Ways to Overcome the Challenges of Leading Remote Teams

Employees want work from home options, but the nuances of managing teams remotely present a fresh gauntlet of complexities for business leaders to navigate.

Inc logo.png

4 Action Steps to Unleash the Full Potential Of Your Company's Higher Purpose

What does solving a worthy issue mean to your company? What does success look like? These are important questions to answer if you wish to make a meaningful impact.

Position your company to do well by doing good by focusing on the triple bottom line of people, planet and prosperity.

forbes-logo-6-1.png

Ten New Year Resolutions to Be a Better Business Leader

As one year ends and another begins, many of us like to reflect on the last 12 months and what we want to accomplish in the next 365 days. I encourage you to join me in unleashing the entrepreneurial spirit for good by adopting these ten resolutions.

forbes-logo-6-1.png

How To Unleash The Full Potential Of Conscious Capitalism: Values, Habits And Purpose

Many companies are pivoting toward conscious capitalism, and for a good reason. After all, 7 in every ten consumers demand it. It’s also proving to be a powerful motivator for talent attraction, retention and engagement. With the rise of more caring leaders and executives, there’s a profound shift happening right now within the entrepreneurial community.

Inc logo.png

How to Address the Talent Shortage Crisis Through Conscious Capitalism

Make it meaningful: Purpose, conscious leadership, stakeholder orientation, and a caring culture are the keys to attracting today's top talent.

forbes-logo-6-1.png

How Can Conscious Capitalism Drive Innovation in Your Company?

Conscious companies strive to optimize value for all their stakeholders in equal measure, not just their shareholders or leadership team. The reason why they operate this way is to maximize impact, their mission being to address a worthy societal or environmental issue. 

Inc logo.png

10 Tips to Address Employee Disengagement Through Conscious Capitalism

Employee disengagement costs money and tanks productivity. Turn it around by doing good.

Care and growth: Companies that get these two things right in their culture are well on the way toward promoting meaningful employee engagement.

forbes-logo-6-1.png

How to Grow as a Conscious Leader

In the last 15 months, how CEOs and companies showed up offered a new and powerful way for peers and customers to measure performance. Companies that demonstrated a lack of empathy, that remained silent or self-serving, whose leaders refused to share in the economic pain, risk finding their brands and reputations permanently damaged.
 

This growing trend is calling for more responsible and caring C-suites, which is at the cornerstone of the conscious capitalism movement.

Inc logo.png

How Conscious Capitalism Can Help the Planet

Too many companies place profits ahead of environmental stewardship, and we're experiencing the deadly consequences. While capitalism remains the most powerful system for stimulating human ingenuity and progress, it's also the most significant contributor to climate change. 

What if there was a way that capitalism wasn't one-sided? 

forbes-logo-6-1.png

Stakeholder Management: A Great Way To Jump-Start Your Conscious Business

Many companies that are eager to align profit with people and the planet struggle with implementation beyond the definition of their purpose. They understand the why but struggle with the how.

So, the question remains, how can a company make the shift toward a win-win approach? A good start is to focus on the six essentials of conscious capitalism for each stakeholder.

Inc logo.png

4 Ways to Practice Business More Consciously

Does the idea of conscious capitalism sound too good to be true? In a world where people win at the expense of others, it's hard to imagine a win-win approach for all. When we do imagine this new reality, many struggle to understand where to start the transition towards a conscious capitalistic model.

Here are four concrete actions entrepreneurs can take today to embark on this rewarding journey.

EO_Main_Logo-01.png

The Four Tenets of Conscious Capitalism

Today, the richest one percent owns 44 percent of the world’s wealth, while 36 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty. Inequality is growing for more than 70 percent of the global population, exacerbating the risks of divisions and hampering economic and social development.
 

In this context, I believe that we have reached a clear outcome of the original version of capitalism, and it’s time for an evolution. I also believe that Conscious Capitalism offers an alternative that can align business with people, profit and the planet.

Inc logo.png

How to Run a Successful Business While Simultaneously Elevating Humanity

Kent Gregoire is an Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) member in Boston and founder of Symphony Advantage, which helps CEOs achieve ongoing personal and professional success through strategic thinking, advice and planning. Kent recently became only the seventh certified Conscious Capitalism consultant globally. As such, he helps organizations unleash their spirit of doing business for good by working with leaders to uncover hidden potential that benefits all stakeholders. We asked Kent about his experience with Conscious Capitalism. Here's what he shared...

CC.png

Announcing Certified Consultant Kent Gregoire

Kent brings tremendous experience to his consulting both as a successful life-long entrepreneur and a long-time advisor and coach to other CEO’s. Kent’s abilities were on full display in the case study that earned his certification. He was brought into a company in a very perilous time and in a matter of months helped the executive team to work through trust and communication issues (compounded by family dynamics) to find a way to right the ship before setting course toward a shared vision for the enterprise...

bottom of page