Optimism, Resilience, and Grit is the antidote to Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt for B Corps during COVID-19
What is a B Corp?
What is a B Corp? For those who are not familiar with B Corps, they are defined as a “business that balances purpose and profit. They are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment. This is a community of leaders, driving a global movement of people using business as a force for good.“ (Source: https://bcorporation.net/). Many great organizations are B Corps including: Patagonia, Boloco Burritos, Coursera, and Luke’s Lobster.
A few of my clients, including King Arthur Baking Company, Stonyfield Farm, and Danone are BCORPS. When I work with BCORP clients, it often feels more inclusive and welcoming as a consultant and coach because they are focused on being exceptional companies while working to solve societal problems.
B Corp Wellbeing
Between both the pandemic and political unrest, employees are seeking ways to endure and succeed in the world. For a number of years, I have been teaching and speaking about positive psychology - specifically Optimism, Resilience, and Grit. As we look at the our current social and political climate, BCORPS face new challenges that can be unsettling.
These unique circumstances, along with navigating both economic and health disparities caused by COVID-19, make building employee’s optimism, resilience, and grit to fight fear, uncertainty, and doubt all the more essential! B Corps are tasked with social and environmental performance, balancing purpose and profit. Supporting the mental health, motivation, and wellbeing of their employees directly impacts the bottom line.
Optimism is the belief that one will generally experience good outcomes - that things will work out for the best. Those who are optimists have many benefits including living to age 100, taking fewer sick days, and feeling happier.
Optimism can be strengthened by being a positive forward thinker, having gratitude, and smiling more.
Resilience is our ability to bounce back during times of challenge. Benefits to resilience include a lower rate of depression and greater satisfaction in life.
You can build resilience by taking decisive action, taking care of yourself, and mainlining a hopeful outlook.
Grit is a focus on long-term goals through passion and perseverance. Grit has been found to be a key differentiator with high performers.
Grit can be strengthened by investing in adopting a growth mindset and asking for support.
Developing Optimism, Resilience, and Grit benefits you personally as a B Corp employee, in addition to the business bottom line of B Corp companies that you work for, by increasing engagement, retention, and success with organizational change. These skills can be learned and strengthened at any time, no matter your age!
Sarah Scala hosts workshops to develop resilience, grit, and optimism for teams and organizations of various sizes. Learn more about business facilitated workshops here.
Self-learning on this topic? Check out our new Digital Course Optimism, Resilience and Grit: Sustaining Success at Work and Home.
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Sarah Scala is a sought after speaker supporting unique needs and issues within the LGBTQ+ community. She is a senior talent management leader and executive coach with 20+ years of experience providing organization development, change management, and leadership development solutions for diverse global and local industries. She She is a collaborative consultant, coach, and educator supporting performance transformation of executives, leaders, and teams. Sarah is a methodical, results-driven leader recognized for helping clients reach their highest potential, increase revenue, reduce turnover, elevate business profitability, build competencies, and improve performance.
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