Brenda Lainof and guest Catherine Bell discuss The Awakened Company and its aim is to Awaken The Fire within Organizations with passion, purpose, and playfulness on Brenda’s Mindful Healing Show.
Interview with Catherine Bell. Catherine is the author of the revolutionary business book,The Awakened Company. Her book was numerous awards, best seller in the Business & Leadership category, a best seller one week after its release, a best seller on Amazon, and chosen as 8 of The Best Leadership Books of 2015. The Awakened Company has been recognized as a top book combining business and mindfulness. Catherine has been published in Fortune, HBR, Profit, Conscious Company, Women of Influence and written for the UN.
Catherine founded BluEra, an executive search and team transformation company that was a Profit 500 company, a top 200 growing company in Canada and top 10 in Alberta, and was a best workplace. BluEra was purchased by DHR, one of the largest executive search firm in the world. She has worked around the globe from the UK to Cuba and with Fortune 500 companies to serial entrepreneurs.
Catherine has an MBA from the Smith School of Business at Queens University, a sociology degree from Western University, is certified in the Enneagram, and is a yoga instructor. Catherine now consults all over the world on how to create Awakened Companies. The Awakened Company’s aim is to Awaken The Fire within Organizations with passion, purpose, and playfulness. #AwakenedCompany She also started The Awakened Project, which ignites presence. She has created a jewellery line with a Canadian Artist that symbolizes awakening ourselves, relationships, teams, communities, and globe.
The jewellery serves as a reminder we are in it together. 50% of the Awakened Projects profits go to setting up a fund to help female entrepreneurs start their own business. #AwakenedProject Catherine lives in Calgary, Alberta with her husband of 22 years and 2 sons. When she is not chasing her boys around you can find her learning to surf, play tennis, skiing, doing the occasional triathlon, taking another course, meditating, or volunteering for something. The Awakened Company is a movement. You can find The Awakened Company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the blog
Topics on this call:
- Awakening involves allowing others to own their giftedness and step into their strengths
- Business need to increase the value for all stakeholders
- Awakened companies are no longer aligned with limiting belief that “business is business”
- Awakened companies know the value of a synthesis of diverse parts of the organization
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