In July of 2017, C3MD held Purposeful Pints at Bertucci’s in Columbia, MD. This was an opportunity for the C3MD board, members, and guests to share how we each bring Conscious Capitalism into our work as well as some of the main Pillars of the Conscious Capitalism philosophy!
In October 2017, we had “Harnessing Stakeholder Power for Business Profitability and Sustainability” an interactive session on Stakeholder Orientation with Onyemaechi Nweke, DrPH at the Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship. Stakeholder Orientation, a pillar of Conscious Capitalism, is essential to how conscious businesses operate. This interactive session explored the concept, examined the range of stakeholders pertinent to business success, discussed its benefits, and highlighted strategies for leveraging stakeholder power.
In November, C3MD Executive Director (then turned President) Wendy Moomaw presented “The Leadership Circle: What Goes Around Comes Around.” We explored the pillar of Conscious Leadership. “Is your leadership effective in these times of increasing volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity? How can leaders increase their own complexity? The outer game of leadership is focused on processes such as the effective allocation of resources: people, time, and money. Also, the Leadership Circle has done research that has identified competencies that are strongly correlated with effective leadership. Learn what is possible when you shift the inner game of leadership. Discover the tool that can help you uncover what drives the leader, how they define themselves, what is important to them, and what they believe.”
The December meeting was UMBC’s Brew Event on Mindfulness. C3MD joined forces with UMBC Training Centers for “BREW.” Their bi-weekly BREW featured: Great coffee or good beer, a quick-hit presentation about something fascinating, and a chance to chat and build your community. This month’s topic, just in time for the holidays, was Mindfulness. We explored strategies that increase emotional intelligence. Many top-performing CEOs and Senior Executives have found meditation to be key to resilience, creative thinking, and focus. Pause, reflect, breathe – and embrace mindfulness and meditation to promote a stronger mind-body connection, boost creative thinking, and reduce stress. Presenter Julie Reisler supports organizations to cultivate employees with successful mindsets, encourage intentional leadership, apply mindfulness in the workplace, and explore strategies that increase emotional intelligence.