Bea Boccalandro - Do Good At Work: How Simple Acts Of Social Purpose Drive Success And Wellbeing

Praise for

DO GOOD At WORK

This is a rare book about making work meaningful thats both actionable and fun to read.

Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Tak e and Originals and host of the TED podcast WorkLife

Do Good At Work is both a riveting and vital read for corporate leaders, especially now. The events of 2020 have demonstrated that companies need to play an increasingly larger role in the broader society. Bea Boccalandro guides us to this future. Using engaging writing and sound research, she shows us that its possible to infuse every employees work with purpose in a way that benefits society, employees and the business. Do Good At Work is transformative: It turns its readers into inspired leaders.

Jan Jones Blackhurst, member of the Caesars Entertainment Board of Directors and former Mayor of Las Vegas

I would put Do Good At Work as among the best business books everfor both managers and non-managers. Its inspiring yet practical, eye-opening yet digestible and soundly researched yet deeply engaging. Its advice is so practical one wonders why it has taken so long for the word to get out.

Cynthia Currin, Vice President at JBS International

As a professor and organizational/leadership development consultant, I have learned that to be a great, agile and future-ready organization or leader, we must be focused on lifting with purpose. We must do good at work. There is no better person to deliver this message than Bea Boccalandro. Do Good At Work should be on every leaders shortlist of books to read this year. I am excited for all of the good that will come to this world because of it.

Ryan Gottfredson, author of Wall Street Journal and USA Today national bestseller Success Mindsets

Do Good At Work is a wonderful read that will inspire frontline workers, managers and leaders to enhance the work environment to create higher purpose and effect positive outcomes. In turn, this will provide value to employees, owners and communitiesa win-win-win strategy. The author uses both quantitative research results and memorable anecdotes to make a compelling case for why we should all work to evolve and transform the workplace.

Tom Mutryn, CFO of CACI International and former CFO of US Airways

I LOVED Do Good At Work ! Its insightful writing provides compelling stories and characters throughout the book that drive home the impactful message that our jobs can provide us with more than just an income; they can provide us with a sense of purpose. Interesting, funny, and engaging, it is also packed with data-driven evidence and strategies to help workers at any level within their organization make their work more meaningful. I encourage everyone to pick up this book and make the investment in themselves; youll be immensely glad you did.

Chris Lacey, Founder and President of Autism ALERT, Inc.

How Simple Acts
of Social Purpose
Drive Success
and Wellbeing

Bea Boccalandro

NEW YORK

LONDONNASHVILLEMELBOURNEVANCOUVER

DO GOOD At WORK

How Simple Acts of Social Purpose
Drive Success and Wellbeing

2021 Bea Boccalandro

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Illustrations by:

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For Raul

W ant to know the best part of work?

I nod vigorously.

The civil engineer hitches his khaki pants up over his belly and walks past a wall of framed diplomas to a blueprint taped to the wall. He places his nicotine-stained index finger on a small symbol. I run across the room and put my face up against the paper but learn nothing. My father, Tony Boccalandro, seems to be pointing at a complicated letter that Ive yet to learn.

My dad manages a team of road engineers for the Venezuelan Ministry of Transportation. His current charge is to eliminate the chronic traffic created by Caracas international airport. The airport sits on a narrow strip of land between the Caribbean Sea and a formidable mountain with slums at its base. His finger rests on the best part of his recent labor.

Papi, what is it? I ask. Im fascinated by work because its as irresistible to my dad as horseback riding is to me. I cant wait to find out why. Applying my six-year-old logic, I conclude that the best part of this mysterious thing called work must be even more fun than my greatest joy: gliding weightlessly atop a galloping horse.

Papi moves his finger to his lips, suppresses a smile and whispers, Shhh. Its something wonderful that we snuck in without asking permission!

Now Im desperate to know what the unauthorized best part of work is. Papi, what is it? I screech.

Its a room to lock up little girls with big brown eyes who ask their poor father the same question over and over, he teases.

Is it a stable for horses? I ask

He shakes his head.

Paaaaapi, what is it?

He clears his throat with dramatic flair and declares, Its a footbridge to the beach!

I frown. This doesnt seem like a great thing. Why do we need a bridge? I ask.

Oh, sweetie, its not for us, Papi says. He explains that the bridge gives families who live in the adjacent slum access to the beach. Because its daunting and dangerous to cross four lanes of speeding vehicles, most of these impoverished residents havent wet their feet in the blue water they see from their homes. Imagine families who have never played in the sand or splashed in the waves doing just that! exclaims my beaming father.

I think he expects me to clap. Instead, I pout and cross my arms. I thought it was something fun, like a horse I could ride. My father walks across the room, rolls his swivel chair back to where I stand, sits down, looks straight into my eyes and holds both of my hands.

Papi uses his most tender nickname for me, which translates to my precious little sky. He says, Mi cielito lindo , you will need to find better sources of joy as you grow up. You will need to He clears his throat before he concludes with, Listen beyond the clamor of your wants for the whisper of the worlds needs.