Remaining Resilient: Resources to Help you Stay Purposeful in a Pandemic

The coronavirus disease 2019 — COVID-19 — has easily been the most unanticipated and unwelcome disruption of recent times.

With all the information circulating at the moment it may be hard to know where to look, or who to trust. People With Purpose has compiled some links to information and tools that might help you through this unprecedented time.

While it’s challenging to stay calm in times of uncertainty, it’s important to remember that times of crisis often contain the most opportunity.

Government and Health Authority Links

The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious health issue and our governing bodies are continually monitoring, responding to, and providing advice as the situation unfolds. Go to these official websites for official, up-to-date information:

• World Health Organization - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

• Australian Government Department of Health - Coronavirus (COVID-19) health alert

Understanding the Coronavirus

Information on COVID-19 is readily available, but is it helpful, complete, or accurate? These links will help people learn more about the virus, how it stacks up against other pandemics and would like access to other resources to keep you informed:

• The 7 Best COVID-19 Resources We’ve Discovered So Far - by Visual Capitalist

• Awesome COVID-19 resources - by GitHub

• Coronavirus is our Future - TED Talk by Alanna Shaikh | TEDxSMU

Ensuring Business Continuity and Resilience

Business, as usual, is not an option at the moment; remaining resilient is certainly top of mind. Written recently in response to COVID-19, these links provide practical advice to business owners and managers from the lens of purpose, law, and leadership, respectively.

• COVID-19 and Corporate Purpose—Four Ways Businesses Can Respond Now by Greg Hills for FSG

• Don’t Hide Bad News in Times of Crisis by Amy C. Edmondson for HBR

• COVID-19 Innovations by Trend Watching and Business of Purpose

Maintaining Personal Resilience

A personal purpose is an anchor in times of uncertainty, but a little encouragement can go a long way. These authors are sympathetic to purpose and experts in personal resilience, offering a number of practical steps to maintain your wellbeing at this time:

Working Remotely

Technology that enables remote working has already transformed the way teams interact, but it is becoming essential during these periods of social distancing and quarantine. Remote working pioneers Trello have a number of articles that address many common concerns, from setting up a work-from-home policy to managing your team remotely and battling with Impostor Syndrome, while the HBR article offers five simple rules that ensure your remote meetings are successful.

• The Practical Guide to Working from Home as a Team by Amanda Athuraliya for Creately

• Working From Home? 12 Guides To Help Navigate The Remote Life by Rani Shah for Trello

• How to Get People to Actually Participate in Virtual Meetings by Justin Hale and Joseph Grenny for Harvard Business Review

• The 2020 Complete Guide to Remote Work and Finding Remote Work by Andrei Kurtuy for Novoresume

Purposeful Possibilities

While the world is in crisis and will never be the same again, there are signs of new beginnings, hinting at a world that can be better than before, if done purposefully:

• How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business by Dina Gerdeman for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge

• Purpose vs. Coronavirus Kate Shattuck, Jane Stevenson, and Divina Gamble for Korn Ferry

• Capitalism Meets Coronavirus: How Companies Are Responding by Just Capital

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