What's Working for a BCorp Like?

I started thinking about this a few days ago.  I felt as though I was having a particularly bad day, things weren't going as I'd hoped, road blocks appeared where they were not expected, I was working remotely and feeling disconnected which can easily lead to all kinds of downward-spiraling thoughts.  I paused...and thought about what I was doing and how I was thinking...and then re-framed my internal conversation - "wait", I thought, "I'm working in the renewable energy industry (solar to be exact), in a state with a progressive energy policy (Vermont), in a new job that I found by seeking out an organization that aligned with my vision for what businesses can be, AND it's a Certified BCorp!  How cool is that!"

Working at a BCorp is a lot like working at any other company, you have good days and bad days, days you feel energized and ready to take on the world and days that you'd rather never started.  You have positive and negative interactions with colleagues.  You have challenges and stress and happiness and sadness and everything in between.  But for me, when I paused and thought deeply about what I was obsessing about, what roadblocks had been thrown in my way, I realized that I was part of an organization with a mission I believed in and a structure that seeks to do the right thing in relation to governance, employees, the community, and the environment.  I really could sleep at night knowing that the work I did supported, in a tangible way, making good things happen in the world.

When I look at things that way, whatever obstacles and challenges that rear up seem to fade away rather quickly.

So, thank you Suncommon, for being a certified BCorp.

More to come...