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SAY HELLO
Grab a coffee and contact me for a free informal chat.
07854 751169
karen@bentley-brown.co.uk
How I Can Help
Ethical Business
Purpose* is the heart of a successful business and the key to keeping you, your staff and your customers happy
I can help you find your purpose and develop a strategy which will have a positive and productive impact on you, your organisation, your community and your environment.
* Why you do something or why something exists – Cambridge Dictionary definition
I’m here for you if you find yourself in any of these situations:
- You want to start a purposeful business
- You care about your community and environment but aren’t sure how to integrate your values with your existing business
- You’re feeling overwhelmed and are struggling to focus
- You’ve lost motivation or direction in your business
- You want to develop meaningful, authentic marketing content
- You would like to recruit and retain the best staff
- You want to make more profit
- You need additional funding
Three ways I can help:
Positive Business Development Packages
A series of sessions to help you develop a bespoke positive impact strategy based on the People, Planet, Profit model. This might include staff training sessions to help embed the strategy in your organisation.
No business is the same and therefore no strategy is the same. I can help you see the big picture, clearly identify your values and strengths, fill any gaps and create the right strategy for your business.
Download my Positive Impact Strategy Guide to get started.
Purposeful Mentoring
You might be managing a new business or project, new to your role or are feeling overwhelmed by your workload. I can help you find your focus, grow your business confidence and achieve your goals.
Productive Fundraising Support
Whatever your funding needs, whether a business, charity or social enterprise, I can help identify funding sources, develop a funding strategy and write grant applications.
Contact me for a FREE initial phone consultation to discuss your needs.
07854 751169
Package costs start at £200 for 2 x 2 hour sessions.
If you are a charity or social enterprise please contact me as I offer half price packages to one or two not-for-profits each year.
Contact me for a FREE initial phone consultation to discuss your needs.
07854 751169
Package costs start at £200 for 2 x 2 hour sessions.
If you are a charity or social enterprise please contact me as I offer half price packages to one or two not-for-profits each year.
What I do with others
I work with other like-minded people to provide additional services for you, your staff and your business.
Environmental Management Scheme
Learn more about how you can minimise your environmental impact and make a commitment for the future. My associate at Green Small Business can help you develop a certified Environmental Management Scheme (EMS) for your business. An EMS will help you stand out from your competitors and provide you with the necessary paperwork to tender for new business.
Email Karen for more information and a DISCOUNT CODE.
Personal & Staff Development
You and your staff are your greatest assets and are worth investing in. I work with DSB Training and Coaching to help you and your people increase personal effectiveness through the proven methods of TIFF and Functional Fluency.
The Growing Club
I am a trainer for The Growing Club CIC’s growth programme for women running micro-businesses. This ethical business training course uses a creative and alternative model that has received much acclaim.
Any questions?
Grab a coffee and call me on 07854 751169 for a free informal chat, or email me at karen@bentley-brown.co.uk
My Story
My Story
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.
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. ☺
My Community
- Freelance Business Advisor for Cumbria Chamber of Commerce
- Trainer and Business Mentor at The Growing Club* CIC
- Founder of Simply Repair South Lakes*
- Trustee at Cumbria Action for Sustainability
- Member of Institute of Fundraisers
- Member of the Lake District National Park’s Business Task Force
- Member and Founder of Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Business Club
Simply Repair
Find out more about the repair revolution in South Lakeland.
Positive News
Head over to my blog for positive case studies and good advice.
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Business Development
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Good for Business
My name is Karen Bentley-Brown and I am passionate about helping people to grow good business. For twenty years I’ve been helping businesses and charities to thrive.
What I do
My Positive Impact
- SUPPORT LOCAL - I use local suppliers and support small businesses as much as possible
- ETHICAL OFFICE - I use ethical suppliers for tea and coffee, recycled paper and pedal power for meetings where I can
- MINIMAL WASTE - I go paperless where possible, use reusable cups and bottles, and recycle all waste
- GREEN HOSTING - My website is powered 100% by renewable energy
- RENEWABLE ENERGY - My office is 100% powered by renewable energy
- COMMUNITY - I volunteer my time and give at least 1% of my profit to Simply Repair South Lakes and other chosen charities
- OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT - I plant or sponsor trees every year