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Purposeful Palm series: Exchange beef for your children’s future home
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Purposeful Palm series: Exchange beef for your children’s future home

When I recently looked at the smoke-shrouded palm outside my California office wondering what to do about the raging global wildfires, it offered the above suggestion. Try it out and see how you feel!

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September 19, 2020 by Bea Boccalandro
Purposeful Palm series: Shine the limelight on others
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Purposeful Palm series: Shine the limelight on others

When I stared at the Purposeful Palm outside my office window this week, it suggested we help with the other pandemic afflicting us: social isolation. In our work-at-home reality, many of our colleagues feel as though they have faded into the background, neither heard nor…

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September 13, 2020 by Bea Boccalandro
Purposeful Palm series: Save the world while you eat lunch
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Purposeful Palm series: Save the world while you eat lunch

Above is the advice the palm outside my office window provided when I pondered how people could find time to do good at work during these demanding times. Hope it helps!

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August 31, 2020 by Bea Boccalandro
Purposeful Palm series: Gain meaning through gratitude
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Purposeful Palm series: Gain meaning through gratitude

I spend a lot of time gazing out my office window at a palm tree wondering how to ignite a sense of purpose in whatever work team I’m trying to help. It turns out the tall palm often has surprisingly helpful, simple and broadly applicable…

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August 24, 2020 by Bea Boccalandro
A truly productive business response to racial injustice: Conversing with Fred Keeton
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A truly productive business response to racial injustice: Conversing with Fred Keeton

Because I advise brands on social purpose, many business leaders have asked me how their companies can meaningfully respond to the racial injustice that afflicts U.S. society. To best answer this question, I’ve enlisted one of the country’s leading experts on corporate diversity, equity and…

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June 29, 2020 by Bea Boccalandro
How to turn our idle team into a post-pandemic powerhouse
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How to turn our idle team into a post-pandemic powerhouse

Is there a productive assignment we can give our work-at-home team members who don’t have enough to do? I believe there is. And it happens to also serve the world. For many managers, COVID-19 is an opportunity to invite idle or semi-idle employees to develop…

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May 4, 2020 by Bea Boccalandro
Something in our midst is more contagious than COVID-19
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Something in our midst is more contagious than COVID-19

To help people turn COVID-19 “sadness into song,” as his website put it, a music composer gave away $20 downloads in March. This action inspired a musician in Massachusetts who benefitted from a $20 freebie to establish a collaborative music website “to promote peace, understanding, healing and happiness.”…

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March 31, 2020 by Bea Boccalandro
From small talk to significant talk
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From small talk to significant talk

I climb into Kevin’s Lyft vehicle. It has holes in the seat and reeks of day-old tuna fish. “How is it possible that he has a perfect five-star rating?” I wonder. After a few minutes of chit chat, Kevin asks if I know anybody with…

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February 28, 2020 by Bea Boccalandro
Top CSR academic study of 2019
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Top CSR academic study of 2019

What happens when your company shares information on its corporate social responsibility (CSR) with potential hires? I’m glad you asked! Daniel Hedblom and John List from the University of Chicago and Brent Hickman from Washington University in St. Louis have a stunning evidence-based answer. In…

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December 10, 2019 by Bea Boccalandro
How to de-stress in five friendly minutes
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How to de-stress in five friendly minutes

I’m on stage in Atlanta facing 350 awards-banquet attendees. I start my keynote by asking participants to assess how anxious they are on a scale of one to ten, with one being “not at all” and ten being “extremely.” Then I ask them to do…

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November 6, 2019 by Bea Boccalandro

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