Women at the Helm: How Women Leaders Are Changing the World

Women leaders today have so many opportunities, and so many hurdles. In her 30 years launching, directing and selling natural product businesses, author and business consultant Holly Bellebuono has seen the organics industry grow in positive ways, in part thanks to strong women.

In this talk, she discusses big-picture ideas about how women are claiming their business identity in ways that benefit planet and culture, and how feminism as a core business value will better our planet.

Takeaways from this talk:

•  Explore BOLD values such as women-centered leadership, equity and advancement
•  Understand how leaders can build purpose-driven company culture
•  Learn how women can buck traditions and trends in powerful ways
•  Learn how women are revolutionizing corporate culture through women’s priorities in mission, vision & values

Raising the Chocolate Bar: Business On Purpose

Why Every Company Should Embrace a Strong Mission

Does your business have a purpose? Do your team members know it? Can your customers see it? In this talk, Holly shares examples of exceptional purpose-driven companies, identifies a variety of real commitments you can make (such as B-Corp and Certified Organic), and especially discusses why today’s business leaders should embrace a whole-hearted and whole-budget commitment to social and environmental standards. 

Author and business consultant Holly Bellebuono inspires with profiles of a wide variety of natural and organic product businesses who are changing the game, implementing purpose throughout their companies, large and small.

Takeaways from this talk:

•  Get inspired to work with your team to develop an actionable mission & strong purpose
•  Learn how other companies are creatively pushing purpose boundaries
•  Discover what Gen Z customers require for authenticity and transparency
•  Learn how to grow the excitement around creating real purpose through your brand

A Journey of Personal and Professional Transformation

Fresh Insights into the Hero’s (& Heroine’s) Journey—from Holly’s New Book Once Upon a Place: Forests, Caverns, & Other Places of Transformation in Myth, Fairy Tale and Film

Your employees have been taught how to seek solutions to problems based on business school methods: SWOT analysis and SMART objectives. But these aren't the only tools, nor are they the most intuitive. In fact, we've all been raised with stories, and from them we can glean the metaphors that are central to our thought processes and can support our professional goals. What if your team could think in terms of symbolism and apply imagery to business ideas? In this talk, author and business consultant Holly Bellebuono shares out-of-the-box thinking for professional growth.

Takeaways from this talk:

• Discover inspiring stories of transformation from around the world
•  Explore the concept of descent and why we try to avoid it
•  Identify metaphors from myths, fairy tales and even modern films that engage your mind in creative and problem-solving ways
•  Discuss mentorship and the value of having a guide in your life
•  What would a “thread” look like for you? How can you offer a thread to someone else?