Bea Boccalandro – How doing good at work can make you more money and reduce stress

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)