Craig’s purpose is to create safety for authenticity and love to flourish, so that no one’s gifts and contributions are wasted. He is the CEO of Business Awakens, Inc., dedicated to the proposition that “Business and Capitalism are agents for the creation of Heaven on Earth.”
Known for being creative, funny (thanks, Mom!), and calm under pressure, Craig has over thirty years of sales experience, a BA in Theatre, a longtime meditation practice, a passion for DEIB work, and a deep love of the natural world. He practices a heart-centered, inner-work-first approach to enabling work cultures that enhance well-being for all.
Craig is passionate about LGBTQ+ leaders and the critical role we can choose to play as healers, cultural translators, and leaders in the Postnormal period of humanity’s history that we are now entering. His Leading with Love and Leveraging Our Queerness for Leadership offerings help leaders look inward to liberate their gifts. The Leading with Love workshop was originally developed for leaders of HP’s global employee resource groups and this, along with Leveraging Our Queerness for Leadership, have been developed as retreat experiences to help leaders go deeper into this territory.
He is a Certified Teacher™ of SIY Global’s “Search Inside Yourself” and related programs, a dynamic keynote speaker, a facilitator of leadership off-sites and peer groups, and provides individual coaching.
Craig has led workshops on authentic leadership, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence programs while at HP and other clients include Meta (Facebook), Oracle, Autodesk, Amazon, UCSF School of Medicine, The Northrop Grumman Management Club and large non-profit organizations like PRC in San Francisco.
Craig is committed to taking you and your organization to the next level of alignment, harmony, and impact.