Stories from the Community

Listening to ALL Voices: How To Build an Authentic Community
MaryAnne Harmer MaryAnne Harmer

Listening to ALL Voices: How To Build an Authentic Community

Every day, we talk to small businesses and non-profits about Conscientious Leadership. It’s all about understanding our responsibility towards people and planet and the importance of practicing humility and authenticity in the workplace.

And almost without exception, these leaders get it. It’s like preaching to the choir.

Which makes us feel hopeful.

When we gather with these colleagues, CEOs, Board Members and Executive Directors, we discuss the pressing topics of the day and what we're working on. Climate change. Purpose-driven businesses. And social justice issues, to name just a few. Clearly, these important matters resonates with them.

But it was a comment at the end of one recent discussion that really brought things home to us. Or should we say one word.

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How a Benefit Corporation Captures a Millennial’s Heart
Tom Hering Tom Hering

How a Benefit Corporation Captures a Millennial’s Heart

You would have had to be under a rock for the past five years to not have heard about the value of authenticity. I'm talking about authenticity as a brand and authenticity as a leader.

It’s something we hear everyday when we work with leaders of Benefit Corporations who exemplify this in their thinking and behaviors.

And why is authenticity so important?

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