An Open Discussion of the Strengths, Challenges, and Practices in Building a Multi-Faceted Success Framework for Your Business. Facilitated by Jim Ritchie-Dunham with Fred Keller; Founder of Cascade Engineering and Nona Yehia; Founder/CEO Vertical Harvest Farms.
Watch Nick Craig’s conversation with Andrew Perez; Founder of High Point Cider and Carli Sapir, Founder & CEO of Amboy Street Ventures. Highlights include honest stories of times both were challenged financially but stuck with their core values.
Both answer, “What are the only two things you can do?”
Purpose is a buzzword these days, yet how do we really articulate what that is, how to find it, and how it helps us shift our leadership mindset? Leading from Purpose transforms our impact.
NICK CRAIG, President & Founder of the Core Leadership Institute (CLI)
CLI is a global development firm committed to “waking up those who will wake up the many” For over 15 years, CLI has helped over 30,000 leaders discover their Purpose, the unique gift that they alone can bring to the world. In 2007, Nick began collaborating with Professor Bill George at Harvard Business School; this partnership ultimately led them to co-authoring, Finding your True North: A Personal Guide, which became the course book for the Harvard Business School MBA class Authentic Leadership Development (ALD). Nick is also the co-author of the Harvard Business Review article From Purpose to Impact. Nick’s expertise in Purposeful leadership has been sought out by both corporate and academic organizations ranging from The LEGO® Group and Ben & Jerry’s, to the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Harvard Business School case study, “Unilever’s Paul Polman: Developing Global Leaders” features Nick’s work with Unilever. Nick’s insights from working with these organizations are captured in his book Leading From Purpose:Clarity and the Confidence to Act When It Matters Most and “Leading From Purpose” podcast series.
Click here to read more about Nick Craig’s impact on 20 community leaders.
Matthew McCarthy, recently retired CEO of Ben & Jerry’s, discusses what living from and navigating through next-level leadership has taught him about what is possible.
With over 30 years in the corporate world, Matthew McCarthy has built a career transforming business. From starting in a family business to leading $1 billion-plus global companies, Matthew has been at the forefront of re-inventing business to drive results through purpose. He was the CEO of Ben & Jerry’s for the past 5 years, leading the company to its greatest period of financial growth and social mission impact. He recently wrapped up a 26-year run at Unilever where he led some of the most iconic and pioneering brands in the consumer packaged industry.
Matthew’s impact and leadership has received broad recognition including Cannes Gold Lion, Fast Company’s Most Creative People In Business, Adweek’s Brand Genius award, and Columbia Business School’s Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics. Matthew’s body of work speaks to his human-centered leadership approach and he is inspired to participate in the TLC Summit. He is a mentor and coach, and also considers himself a life-long student, especially in matters of gender and racial equity, reparative justice and environmental regeneration. Matthew’s wife Lisa is the Director of the Zoological Health Program at the Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo. They make their home in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Sue Muncaster, TLC’s Director of Marketing and Sponsorship, reads and excerpt of a poem Manifesto for the Beautiful Struggle written during the pandemic for the literary challenge: “What does Teton County look like in another 100 years?” during the Teton County’s Centennial Celebration in 2021.
The full poem can be found on Sue’s Substack @Teton Strong.
How can we bring forth visions of how things could be? Research on the power of storytelling – including the stories we tell ourselves and how motifs from ancient tales play out today – emphasizes that facts and information require frameworks of meaning and inspiration to motivate our best efforts.
Dr. Craig Chalquist is Professor at Pacifica CIIS and National University, Author, Storyteller & Consultant. Learn more at
The head of a leader brings clarity to an organization’s purpose and strategy, but it’s the leader’s heart that inspires others to engage and participate toward that purpose
On the second day, we faced the Tetons. If you’ve ever been to the Tetons, you know what I mean. We were invited to wander around a magical place on the National Elk Refuge and honing in on how we apply our purpose to ours
