The majority of people are not self-aware. Surprising, isn’t it? Especially when research shows that the more self-aware we are, the higher performing we are as leaders.

So, the pressing question is: How can we become more self aware?

Self-awareness isn’t out of reach; it’s a skill we can all learn.

Here’s a personal anecdote that might shed some light on the matter. I had a dream the other night of various people teaching how to have a conscious life – yet each stood on a very weak foundation. One was in it for the money, another with an eating disorder and full of saccharine sweet unrealities, another a talking mouthpiece with no real home of their own, and lastly, one spoke with a loudspeaker. None of the leaders partially embodied. 

This dream was a teacher.  

What does this have to do with self-awareness?

What it has to do with self-awareness is I often give my ideas away – for example – I have recently been suggesting to people that we contemplate, what does “having a life” mean?

When suddenly I have this dream that someone has taken the idea and organized a workshop around it, and the people involved are less than fit to do so. The lesson for me is to be careful with my energy and use discernment with whom I am communicating what to. As someone with a lot of Enneagram Type 8 energy, I often communicate ideas for impact far too quickly with not enough discernment.

And this is where the Enneagram comes in, as a guide on our self-awareness journey. We use the Enneagram as one of our roadmaps to learn how to be more self-aware. Imagine we are all houses with different rooms, each representing an aspect of ourselves as defined by the Enneagram. 

We would have a specific room of the house that we prefer to stay in – our core Enneagram Type. It could be the kitchen, the bedroom, the library etc. and obviously there are doorways between the rooms. So, how can we move through each room of our house? Through self-awareness of who we are. 

The Enneagram invites us to explore our entire house, understanding our natural tendencies and discovering how we can move beyond them. This introspective tool helps us understand our inherent personality traits and behaviors. Additionally, seeking feedback from colleagues and peers is invaluable. Their perspectives offer a mirror to our own actions and thoughts, providing crucial external insights that contribute significantly to our journey of self-discovery and personal growth.

On this note, we are excited to announce our upcoming session on January 6th, dedicated to fostering self-awareness, with a special focus on the Enneagram. This session is an opportunity for individuals seeking to delve deeper into their own personalities and unlock their leadership potential. The Enneagram is more than a tool for self-analysis; it’s a pathway to personal evolution, enhancing your ability to lead and connect with others.

So, are you ready to join us on this enlightening adventure? Are you prepared to explore the various ‘rooms’ of your personality and uncover the insights they hold? You can register here: https://awakenedcompany.com/product/self-awareness-and-the-enneagram-for-millennials-and-gen-z/. We believe you will find great value in the teachings. 

Additionally, we specialize in bringing the transformative power of the Enneagram to business teams and through our executive coaching sessions. Understanding the Enneagram dynamics within a team setting can lead to profound improvements in communication, collaboration, and overall team performance. If you’re looking to elevate your team’s dynamics and drive organizational success, our tailored Enneagram sessions for businesses are the perfect solution.

Whether you’re an individual seeking personal growth or a business leader looking to enhance team effectiveness, our expertise in the Enneagram can guide you towards achieving these goals.

Check out our upcoming Enneagram sessions here: https://awakenedcompany.com/upcoming-events/

Blog written by Catherine Bell of The Awakened Company.

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Originally posted by Starting to Know Podcast – Ishu Singh

Catherine Bell teaches us how to lead with mindfulness with practical practices we can use to tap into the moment of now.

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Originally posted by Strong Leaders Serve

As we get ready to begin a new year, are you wondering how you can you can lead with more intention and courage?

Our guest, Catherine Bell, is a thought-leader and prime example for women who lead with intention and courage. As the founder of two very successful companies – Blue Era and The Awakened Company, a bestselling author, an executive coach, and an inspiring leader, Catherine is making waves in the corporate world. In our conversation, she shares actionable insights on self-awareness, risk-taking, and the importance of staying true to one’s vision.

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Originally posted by The Karmali Exchange

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Who is Catherine Bell? Catherine Bell is the author of The Awakened Company. She was awarded the Nautilus Book Award in Business and Leadership and became a best seller just one week after its release. As CEO and founder of her consulting firm, Catherine works with companies all over the world. She was named as one of the top 10 “innovative CEOs revamping the future” by Inc. Magazine and uses her platform to give back to the community where ever she can.

We talk about leadership fails, what it means to be a leader and why your team needs to be involved in corporate vision. Is your team engaged at work? Or are they actively working against your organization?

The conversation was so amazing, that we forgot to mention Catherine’s secret sauce for individuals and teams: knowing the Enneagram! “It is a personality roadmap that allows us to be more present and this improves corporate culture. We lead sessions with teams on it all the time and it is transformative.” -Catherine Bell

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Welcome to The Karmali Exchange, hosted by experienced business & financial expert Faisal Karmali. On this podcast, Faisal dives into conversations with successful business owners to learn how they grew their company and broke through. Faisal will also share his views on real-time news affecting business owners, explorations of the many challenges they face, and other strategies to help others achieve the lifestyle they want.  You can also find Faisal as the Business and Market Expert for CTV Morning Live and 770CHQR in Calgary.  All opinions voiced by Faisal are Faisal’s own. Less

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Originally posted by The Art of Feminine Business on Spotify.

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It is such a pleasure to connect with women that embody their divine feminine and make it big in the world by simply following their inner guidance and the Source. Today, I am talking with Catherine Bell and this conversation is for everyone who is on the path of their own growth and development.

Catherine Bell is the best-selling author of ‘The Awakened Company,’ and a seasoned entrepreneur and CEO focused on creating healthy corporate cultures. Known for ‘Strategy with Soul’ consulting, she previously co-founded BluEra, a standout in Canadian business. Catherine’s global work spans Fortune 500 companies to startups. She also co-founded Awakenly, a mindfulness app that fosters presence and transformation.

Catherine Bell and I dish on:

 – How ideas are born; either through you or someone else

 – Paying attention to the signals from the Universe

 – The Enneagram explained and what you can learn from this personality test

 – The role of the Divine Feminine in your calling to serve the world

 – Allowing the masculine within to work with your feminine energy

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Catherine Bell’s Free Gift: Take the quiz and the first person to respond to this will be sent a copy of Catherine’s book, The Awakened Company. Here’s the link to do a FREE assessment to check the health of your organization: https://awakenedcompany.com/awakened-assessment-tool/. You can email at julie@juliefoucht.com with the results or you can comment below with the results.

You can also find Catherine’s upcoming courses at https://awakenedcompany.com/upcoming-events/

Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Dr. Deborah Egerton https://www.deborahegerton.com/

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“Catherine Bell is a successful entrepreneur, business leader and best-selling business author.

Catherine founded BluEra, a Profit 500 executive search and team transformation company. As a top 200 growing company in Canada, top 10 in Alberta, and best workplace, BluEra was a shining example of the Awakened Company System in action. With the sale of BluEra to DHR, Catherine now focuses on awakening the fire within organizations through Strategy with Soul consulting as founder and CEO of The Awakened Company. In 2022, Catherine was identified as one of the top 10 innovative CEOs revamping the future by The Inc. Magazine.

Author of The Awakened Company, Catherine’s revolutionary business book was awarded the Nautilus Book Awards in Business & Leadership, was a best seller one week after its release, a best-seller on Amazon, chosen as “8 of The Best Leadership Books of 2015”, and recognized as a top book combining business and mindfulness. Catherine has been published in Fortune, HBR, Profit, Conscious Company Magazine, Women of Influence and has written for the UN.

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 Queen’s University, a sociology degree from Western University, is certified in the Enneagram, and is a yoga instructor. She recently just stepped down from her role as a Jarislowsky Co-Fellow at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.

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.”

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“Our scheduled guest is Catherine Bell, a successful entrepreneur, business leader, and best-selling business author. The Awakened Company, which she founded, focuses on helping organizations create healthy corporate cultures through awakening the self, relationships, and team dynamics.”

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Originally posted by Leading Learning on Nov 27, 2023

You’ve heard it said that culture eats strategy for lunch, and getting culture right is arguably even more important for learning businesses than for other types of organizations because the creation of a culture that truly embraces learning is so integrally tied to both what a learning business does internally and what it offers externally. This means learning business leaders need to give time and energy to fostering an awakened culture.

In this episode of the Leading Learning Podcast, number 385, co-host Jeff Cobb talks with Catherine Bell. Catherine is the founder and author of The Awakened Company, and she’s passionate about being of service to humanity and the planet. Catherine believes that, if we’re going to solve the problems that we face, we have to organize differently, and healthy culture will allow us to do that.

Catherine and Jeff talk about organizational culture, thriving relationships, viewing everyone as a leader, hiring and retention, the impact of events like the rise of generative AI and COVID on culture, the four I’s of transformational leadership, and more.

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CALGARY — Catherine Bell has spent much of her career among men in boardrooms of corporate Calgary as the only woman.

That fuelled an anger in her to do something about it and that’s how she came up with the Awakened Project.

“It’s about awakening female entrepreneurs to their potential,” said Bell. “It’s about helping women get out of poverty.”

Bell partnered with Shakti Jewelry by Sarah Bowker in Edmonton. Bowker has created an Awakened Project collection where half the profits go to a fund to help women launch their businesses.

“On each piece of jewellery, there’s a little symbol,” said Bell. “The symbol means awakening ourselves, awakening our relationships, awakening our teams, awakening our communities to awaken a better world where everybody feels included and everybody is part of it.”

The other partner in the Awakened Project is Momentum. Jeff Loomis, the executive director of Momentum, says it works with people on low incomes and helps them move forward in their lives with getting better jobs or helping them start their own businesses along with managing and saving their money.

“Most of the entrepreneurs we work with are living on a lower income so they don’t have a lot of capital,” said Loomis. “The idea is we’re trying to ensure that anyone with a good business idea that is passionate about their business idea and has a good business plan that we helped them develop that they can get that capital to get their business going.”

Momentum is providing women with micro-loans to help them turn their entrepreneurial dreams into reality.

Adedoyin Omotara started her small business in 2017 after a training program through Momentum and funds from the Awakened Project. Omotara used the $7,500 loan to set up her incorporation and purchase her opening inventory.

“The idea behind Adoniaa Beauty and me starting a beauty company is really to empower women,” said Omotara. “To help women step into their power, to make women not only look beautiful, but feel beautiful.”

The Awakened Project has raised close to $100,000 for women entrepreneurs with a goal of raising one million dollars.

Learn more about the Awakened Project, Momentum, and Adoniaa Beauty online.

Adoniaa Beauty business owner Adedoyin Omotara benefited from the Awakening Project.

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