In today's episode, Derrick Kinney interviews Bea Boccalandro, author and founder of global consulting firm VeraWorks, on how you can be an engaged and empowered employee that actively makes a difference for your customers and the community. Bea shares how doing good at work can make you happier, reduce stress, and increase your income. 

 

What You Will Learn:

• The definition and benefits of "Job Purposing"
• Bea gives an example of a person who found a way to make an impact through keeping their eyes open to opportunity in the workplace
• How unused workplace resources can make a powerful impact 
• Why corporate consciousness is so important  
• The many positive effects that job purposing can have on the wellbeing of employees
• Understanding how to leverage your inner giver 
• How inattentional blindness keeps us from seeing opportunities to do good 

 

Inspirational Quotes:

• "When employees go home feeling that they made a difference...they're going to work harder" - Bea Boccalandro
• "If that same ad...helps some societal cause, the way that we react to that ad biologically...is similar to gazing into the eyes of someone we love" -  Bea Boccalandro
• "It's also true that higher employee sense of purpose appears to directly affect retention" - Bea Boccalandro
• "We have all sorts of evidence that...when humans do prosocial behavior...they are happier...we're less stressed" - Bea Boccalandro
• "It starts with one person at a time taking action, and then suddenly you have a whole tribe doing that… and then good things do get done" - Derrick Kinney
• "It appears that if we have a purpose in our jobs, social purpose, doing good for others or for a societal cause we are likely to be wealthier" - Bea Boccalandro
• "The bulk of the power for doing good is actually in the corporate workforce" - Bea Boccalandro

Recommended Resources:

• Do Good At Work by Bea Boccalandro https://www.amazon.com/Do-Good-AT-Work-Wellbeing/dp/1642797529/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=do+good+at+work&qid=1599143947&sr=8-1
• 5 Ways Your Resentment of Money is Ruining the World (free download at goodmoneyframework.com)