B The Change Weekly: April 17, 2020
Delivered on Fridays, B the Change Weekly delivers the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note from the B the Change team alongside insight and context on the stories we share here on Medium. Below is our latest roundup. To receive these insights directly in your inbox, sign up for B the Change Weekly today. Now on to the good stuff:
When every day brings new challenges, we realize the value and strength of our communities: personal, professional, and geographical. For Certified B Corporations, a like-minded business community has already been serving as a source of strength and serves an example for others seeking similar footing in these unprecedented times.
B Lab Global Ambassador Kim Coupounas says it best in the newest B Lab Voices article: “As a community that’s built on a foundation of trust, love and shared values, B Corps in particular have been showing how business can practice interdependence — sharing resources and information, serving their communities together, being a sounding board and source of understanding and solace for one another, and collaborating for real-time solutions.”
Together, B Corps can stay rooted, seek courage, and find inspiration for long-term strength.
Weather the Storm, Together
The global economic shift amid the coronavirus pandemic has created real and immediate health and financial needs and hardship for many. For B Lab Global Ambassador Kim Coupounas, these challenges bring back memories of the 2008 financial crisis and serve as a reminder of the strength that B Corps can find together.
Lead with Love
The B Corp women CEOs who make up We The Change know the challenges of running a business. During the coronavirus crisis, they are turning to the expertise, commitment, and support in their community to navigate these unsettling times and come through stronger.
Plan B for Corporate Bailouts
U.S. lawmakers shaping the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act for public companies are focusing on safeguards to avoid self-serving stock buybacks, cap dividend payments, and corral managerial compensation and bonuses.
Stay in the Know
Here’s your chance to catch up on recent articles:
- You Are Not Alone: Interdependent Leadership in the Time of COVID-19: The B Corp Community Stands Together to Weather the Storm and Build a Brighter Economic Future
- Leading with Love: The We The Change Community Response to the Coronavirus Crisis
- My Plan B for All the Big Corporate Bailout Proposals: At the Heart Is a Legal Structure Called a “Benefit Corporation”
- I Want to Know What to Do Next, But I Just Don’t. What Should I Do? Giving Yourself Permission to Not Know
- 6 Ways Businesses Can Help Society Navigate COVID-19: How Small and Big Changes Can Make a Cumulative Difference
- How to Keep Your Team Connected and Mission-Driven While Apart: Suddenly Separate? B Corps Find New Methods for Professional Conversations, Resilience and Safety
B the Change gathers and shares the voices from within the movement of people using business as a force for good and the community of Certified B Corporations. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the nonprofit B Lab.
Find Strength in Interdependent Leadership was originally published in B The Change on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
