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Do you have any introductory materials on B Corp?
Yes! We have a range of materials you can use to learn more about B Corp and/or draw information from your own purposes. The movement is growing so fast that the statistics contained within may not...
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What is the B Impact Assessment (BIA)?
Introduction The B Impact Assessment (BIA) is a free, confidential, online public framework that B Lab offers to help organisations implement positive ideas for change. It can be used by any organi...
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What is "predict-and-control"?
Predict-and-control is the ideology that believes in looking forward, predicting outcomes and then building control based systems to make those predictions a reality. There are two inherent assumpt...
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Are bad managers the reason appraisals are a problem?
The problem with annual appraisals doesn’t originate with bad managers or bad delivery. This isn’t a case of managers abusing or badly applying a system. It’s the system which is flawed. In fact, w...
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How do I prepare for the first Teylu?
Recruit a Co-Host Ask someone who will be in the Teylu to help you, as Host, do the best job you can. This will involve debriefing between Teylus but, in particular, is to co-evaluate whether every...
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Should we be more profitable or sustainable before we use the resources?
The whole point of the resources is to help you improve: financially and sustainably. There is a strong, well-evidenced link between behaving more like a B Corp and improved financial results. (See...
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Why is taking a whole company approach so important?
Fundamentally, there are two approaches to becoming a B Corp: managing it like a project, or navigating it as a whole company. Managing it like a project is a mistake. Given most companies are c...
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What are the Impact Business Models (IBMs) that are referred to in the assessment matrix?
Introduction A unique quality of the B Corp process and its B Impact Assessment resource is that it is focused on - and concerned with - both its operational and its strategic intent. This strategi...
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What is "management-by-objectives"?
Management by Objectives is a tool used to implement the strategic decisions of leadership in a hierarchical structure. Once a strategic decision is set, aligned objectives are then put in place ac...
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What is the primary problem with performance appraisals?
The number one issue is the underlying, negative assumption they make about people. They work from the perspective that people are flawed and therefore need motivating, monitoring and measuring. Th...