Remaining Resilient: resources to help you stay purposeful in a pandemic

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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:


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:


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.


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.


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:


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