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CONNECTION – The Essence of Conscious Business

September 21, 2021

Conscious Business is about connecting business to a new way of doing business. To raise awareness of who you are – every one of you. To connect eastern spiritual life philosophies with western functional business ways. To connect and find...

Be Gracious

September 9, 2021

I experienced a very ungracious day yesterday. People who I expected more of (expectations are a cause of suffering *), were very ungracious, rude and disrespectful to me and others. Which is a reminder to me to be more gracious...

The Unique Layers of Your Brand.

April 12, 2021

Successful business relies on successful relationships, would you agree? If yes. Then what is the first thing you need to understand to have a successful relationship? You need to understand who you are. Because who you are is the first...

Don’t Let Your Mind Hide Yourself From Yourself

March 24, 2021

Bam! I was in my yoga class this Saturday and the very wise Matt Exley from Twisting Fish Yoga said this at the very beginning of the class, as he was leading us through some breath work. This is it!...

Align your BEING with your DOING

March 17, 2021

We have been taught how to do business and programmed through traditional education, business schools, universities, and business coaching to do business a certain way. It’s like we are walking around in a heavy coat of business ‘shoulds’. These ‘shoulds’ only weigh us down, block and...

Could Your Product Inspire a Beer?

September 1, 2020

Traditional business teaches us that the first steps to a successful business – are to Understand who your customers are, Find out what they want and Offer them what they want But this premise is based on these assumptions These...

What is Your Operating Program?

July 27, 2020

Your business is your hardware. And you and your team are your software. You may have your systems and processes developed to direct the flow of your activities, but do you have a clear operating program? Your operating program is...

Unspoken Rules

June 26, 2020

We are asked to play by the rules and that’s the thing. There are spoken rules which are clear and overt in a workplace. Easy. But what about the unspoken rules? There are usually lots of them. And different layers...

Create Space

May 26, 2020

Things can only come to us when we are open and invite them in. When we create space in our minds, our hearts, our life. Simply put, if we are too busy, we can’t discover. Discovery can only happen in...

Welcome to the Party!

May 20, 2020

shapes of light cast by a discoball This is a common line in my facilitations as ‘The Party’ is my metaphor for ‘The Market Place’. When I facilitate, I get business owners and teams to imagine their business is a...

Australian Values

April 30, 2020

As I stood in memorial over my candle in the driveway this ANZAC weekend I was transported back. It was the cool early hours of the morning, in October 2007. We were excited as we jumped into the chopper of...

Embed VS Inspire

April 28, 2020

Embed. Really? This word gets used a lot in change management. Embedding Values. Embedding Behaviours. But what does this actually mean? What are we actually intending? Embed, literally means to put into bed. Do we have a program chip embedded...

Positive Brand Energy

April 22, 2020

Positive Brand Energy Attracts Connects Energises Empowers Drives AND Fulfills Your market – your community, customers, stakeholders, suppliers, team, managers and directors (everyone who comes into contact with your business). Your positive Brand Energy adds value, particularly emotional value, to...

Be You

April 7, 2020

By being you You niche your market And that is perfect. Be brave. Be highly efficient. Being efficient - is about standing in your truth and attracting ‘like energy’ So you can build your Brand Energy with ‘like’. So...

Explore Your Perspective

March 31, 2020

Opinions can divide Opinions can challenge Opinions can stake out mental and moral real estate Opinions when held onto too tightly can be exclusive and abusive. Questions are opening Listening is allowing Intuition is guiding Wonder is inviting, And...

Time

March 23, 2020

Embrace this time, this present with love. If only I had more time I would… Well, now you have. WOW! It’s what you’ve always wanted! So how are you going to spend it? My choice is...

Get Clear For This Year!

February 4, 2020

Our thoughts and daily banter can take a lot of energy. We use energy to think, solve issues, navigate situations and process emotions. The majority of times we just automatically engage, churn and process - unconsciously using energy. But, if...

Our Values – Conscious Business

January 16, 2020

At Conscious Business we don’t just define one HOW – we define two HOW’s. Your Big HOW – (Your Values) – your guiding principles for how you do business. And your Personal How for your business – (Your Brand Personality)...

All About Cath Sutherland

December 10, 2019

About me? Well I’m sitting here in one of my favourite cafés, on the other side of 50 (not the cafes name) and I’m reflecting on a great life so far. I’m thankful that I only have first-world problems, that...

About Conscious Business

December 10, 2019

Conscious Business is my business. A consultancy about a new way of doing business. In 2000, at the age of 35, I jumped from corporate land to consulting land. During the week, I was facilitating teams through their business and...