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Founder/CEO of the social enterprise Working for Women, Beth Bengtson, firmly believes that business can and should be a force for social good.
She has dedicated her career to designing purpose-driven business practices for corporate clients and her own small business.
Working for Women's goal is elevating women who are economically marginalized to financial independence by transforming the way businesses support nonprofits working for women.
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Segment 1
Tommy kicks off the show talking about the importance of nonprofit organizations for his 50th episode. He amplifies the sectors of non-profit work, from strategic partnerships and alliances/opportunities. He goes on to introduce the organization Working for Women, whose purpose is to elevate women who are economically marginalized by transforming how businesses support non-profits that support women. Following he introduces his guest, Beth Bangston, who is the CEO/Co-founder of Working for Women. Both joke how they are working from their attic. As a non-profit sector connector, Tommy, thanks his position and connections for being able to network with others such as Beth. He goes further into providing listeners with Beth’s education and career background. Tommy asks Beth what led her to start her organization which she dives into. Beth always believed businesses could be a force for social good. Businesses over the years have shifted in fundamentals including social and environmental change. People want to be aligned with purpose and flexibility and thats one of the big reasons Working for Women runs the way it does.
Segment 2
Tommy and Beth continue their conversation of purpose of flexibility, and why people are not settling for opportunities that don’t align with their beliefs. People are re-evaluating their work life which is puting pressure on companies/corporations to shift their purpose. While businesses purpose was to maximize shareholder profit, they are redefining the purpose to be about mazimizing the return for all stakeholders which includes employees, community, including shareholders which is at the end of the list. It’s a fundamental change that is causing businesses to consider the environment, community and employees. While businesses aren’t all there yet, they are shifting and the pandemic is helping that shift. Tommy mentions negative and positive incentives entirely effect businesses and their people. Competitive differentiation is causing businesses to address social and environmental justice, measuring their footprint.
Segment 3
Tommy reintroduces Working for Women, and their purpose in helping women to gain financial independence. They dive back into the leverage employees have in incentivising businesses to shift and improve their methods and purposes. Businesses have resources and its not just money, but it’s also skills. Beth goes on to say that non-profit and business are often seen as separate but in fact it is one and the same, non-profits are like businesses except their values have different alliances. Working for Women, focuses on their skills as resources that leads to a return on impact. Beth has seen first hand that experiential learning and growth opportunities that provide opportunities to employees to use and learn new skills are beneficial for both employees and businesses. They share the website for working for women.
Segment 4
Coming back from the commercial, Tommy thanks Beth for being on the show. Beth runs down the deliverables of Working for Women. Their purpose to invest dollars in skills from businesses into non-profits that are working to help women who are economically marginalized entering and staying in the work force. She explains why the focus is on women. She states that when you support women it gives back to businesses. They don’t get the same economic support. Research has shown once you invest in women, they turn and invest back into their families and in turn back into communities. Women are by largely the biggest consumers which helps the GDP. They are also a good environmental investment. All this information is provided on the organization website.
