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Hi, I am Karen Bentley-Brown, founder of Bentley-Brown Associates and passionate
about helping people to grow good business. For the past twenty years I’ve been
helping businesses and charities to develop and thrive. I enjoy nothing more
than reading about or, even better, visiting businesses that have found a way to
improve the world we live in and at the same time as making a profit… Actually
there is one thing I enjoy more that is sharing those ideas (See Positive News).
Over this time it has become clear to me that the organisations who look after
their people (staff and customers), and their environment, are the most
successful; to put it bluntly they are more sustainable AND they make more
money. You could say that I’m a bit biased as I have always believed that we
should leave the planet in a better way than we found it, both for people and
wildlife. One of my early memories is joining WWF’s ‘Panda Club’ as a child in
the 1960s after hearing about the plight of giant pandas (I’m pleased to say
that they have recently been taken off the ‘endangered species’ list). In my
later life I was privileged to work for WWF as one of their Regional Managers
before moving on to fundraising and development roles with other environmental
organisations including the National Trust. The Growing Club Growing Club
Trainers As my work began to merge with the ‘for profit’ world I always carried
my environmental hat with me. At first it was under the guise of ‘saving the
planet can save you money’… This is true but it isn’t a very authentic business
model and I knew there was a better way to do business. Since becoming a
freelance business consultant and coach I’ve had the opportunity to work with a
wide variety of businesses both large and small and have developed a template
that works for all organisations based on John Elkington’s Triple Bottom Line or
People, Planet, Profit model. Put simply, if you look after your people and your
planet you will make more profit. But there are an infinite number of ways to do
this and I’d be delighted to help you find the best way for you and your
organisation to develop and tell your positive impact story. ☺
