Catherine Bell: Thriving as an Entrepreneur and Business Leader
Catherine Bell Keynote Speaker Profile
Introduction
Catherine Bell is renowned as a keynote speaker in Canada and internationally for her groundbreaking approach to organizational strategy, corporate culture, and conscious leadership. With a passion for guiding organizations toward higher purpose and productivity, Catherine Bell combines her expertise as an entrepreneur, author, consultant, and advocate for mindful business practices to inspire leaders and teams. Her distinctive process blends practical business acumen with deep insights on human behaviour, resilience, and purpose-driven growth, making her an in-demand figure for events seeking transformation and sustainable success.
Biography Summary
Catherine Bell is an accomplished Canadian business leader, best-selling author, and the visionary founder and CEO of The Awakened Company. With a background spanning executive search, team transformation, and strategy consulting, Catherine Bell’s business experience includes founding and successfully exiting BluEra, one of Canada’s fastest-growing executive search firms. She holds an MBA from Queen’s University (Smith School of Business) and a sociology degree from Western University. Catherine Bell is certified in the Enneagram, serves as a yoga instructor, and has contributed extensively to publications like Fortune, Harvard Business Review, and Women of Influence.
Her book, The Awakened Company, is recognized as a top business and mindfulness leadership resource, awarded the Nautilus Book Award. Catherine Bell has taught her methodology to thousands across six continents, reaching Fortune 500 executives and burgeoning entrepreneurs alike. She is celebrated for fusing consciousness, purpose, and productivity into actionable business systems, as well as her commitment to social impact through projects like The Awakened Project and the Awakenly mindfulness app. As a keynote speaker, Catherine Bell’s insights resonate with audiences pursuing meaningful, resilient, and high-performing workplace cultures.
Speaking Topics & Expertise
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The Awakened Company: Igniting High-Performance Cultures
This topic demonstrates how Catherine Bell helps businesses achieve sustainable success by awakening collective purpose, fostering team alignment, and igniting individual and organizational performance with a practical, proven approach. -
Strategy With Soul: Integrating Heart & Mind For Business Leaders
Catherine Bell guides organizations to blend data-driven strategy with authentic leadership, cultivating organizations that thrive on both analytical rigor and human relationships for tangible competitive advantages. -
The Enneagram At Work: Transforming Teams, Relationships & Results
Using her certification in the Enneagram, Catherine Bell empowers teams to unlock self-awareness and empathy, dramatically improving workplace dynamics, employee engagement, and overall performance. -
Women In Business: Leadership, Purpose & Empowerment
Catherine Bell addresses how organizations can nurture gender equity and empower women leaders, leveraging her real-world business experience and commitment to social entrepreneurship and diversity. -
Conscious Capitalism & Organizational Mindfulness
This keynote illustrates the powerful impact of conscious business practices, inspiring leaders to balance profitability with social responsibility and mindful presence in corporate environments. -
Embracing Change: Building Resilience In Uncertain Times
Catherine Bell shares tactical methods for teams and leaders to embrace adaptive mindsets, navigate disruption with confidence, and cultivate organizational resilience in volatile business climates.
Impact & Recognition
Catherine Bell’s influence extends beyond the stage and boardroom. Her work with The Awakened Company has transformed hundreds of organizational cultures worldwide, guiding enterprise leaders, boards, and teams to renewed purpose and results. In 2022, Inc. Magazine recognized her as one of the Top 10 Innovative CEOs Revamping the Future. The same year, she received the prestigious Platinum Titan Business Award for Female Executive of the Year in Consultation. Catherine Bell’s book, The Awakened Company, reached best-seller status within its first week, earning the Nautilus Book Award and a place in the top eight leadership books of the year.
Beyond awards, Catherine Bell’s impact is measurable in her collaborations with leading corporations, her educational contributions at Queen’s University, and her ongoing efforts with projects like The Awakened Project, supporting micro-entrepreneurship for women in need. Her new mindfulness app, Awakenly, is gaining traction as a transformative tool for presence and personal growth. Media features in global powerhouses like Harvard Business Review and Fortune Magazine underline her credibility and thought leadership.
Media & Appearances
Catherine Bell’s ideas have been spotlighted by international media and business forums. She has written for and been featured in Fortune, Harvard Business Review, Profit, Conscious Company Magazine, Women of Influence, and United Nations publications. Her thought leadership is sought after for interviews, podcast appearances, and expert panels across a broad spectrum of industries and audiences. Catherine Bell frequently appears as a speaker for business associations, universities, corporate leadership summits, and innovation conferences. As an educator, she continues to shape the next generation of business leaders through workshops and classroom teaching at leading Canadian institutions.
Her ongoing session series—both in-person and virtual—covers topics from the Enneagram in business to strategic leadership and culture transformation. Catherine Bell’s cross-sector influence includes advisory roles with the Impact Society, Telus Spark, and numerous nonprofit boards. She is consistently called upon by media outlets to weigh in on conscious entrepreneurship, organizational wellbeing, and business transformation.
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Books and In Media
Catherine Bell is best known as the author of The Awakened Company, a best-selling and award-winning leadership book that has shaped thought leadership in business and mindfulness. Her writing has been featured in top business and leadership media, including Fortune, Harvard Business Review, and Conscious Company Magazine. As a business innovator, Catherine Bell’s accomplishments include building and selling one of Canada’s Top-200 Growing Companies, BluEra, and earning recognition among innovative CEOs world-wide. She mentors leaders, supports impactful nonprofit initiatives, and advocates for women’s entrepreneurship through The Awakened Project. Catherine Bell’s experience and public credibility make her a trusted voice and renowned authority for organizations aiming to thrive sustainably and consciously.
Booking Information
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