A discussion on how COVID-19 is reshaping business priorities, especially in hospitality and retail. The speaker launched a free coaching program for frontline healthcare workers and argues that the pandemic is pushing people to focus on what actually matters: personal and family well-being.
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So how's COVID 19 impacted your business? Yeah, I mean, I think for us right now we're, you know, COVID 19 is obviously terrible worldwide. We have been fortunate, I think, in seeing net positive impacts. But it's net positive, right? For sure. You know, we, we do a lot of work in industries like hospitality and retail. Obviously you see slowing there, right, as people are furloughing mass amounts of their employees. But we've also seen, you know, in general the water level on people wanting virtual support and care, increasing people moving, learning experiences to be all virtual. So I think we have been very, for, you know, fortuitously situated and positioned in the COVID world and we've really been just viewing it as an invitation and opportunity to do more good in the world. And so we were really proud that we recently started donating free coaching to frontline healthcare workers. So we've been giving access to hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers in New York and across the country access to coaching so they can take care of themselves as they're taking care of the most important people in America right now. So that's for us, I think, just been a huge lift. We've seen the lift in the business. That's great. But I think more importantly, we're seeing inside of this virus moment and economic moment a huge humanitarian moment to really bridge the gap and reach out to people. So for us, I think it's really hesitate to say this, but take this in the right spirit. It's been a blessing in disguise, I think, on just helping more people realize that the stuff that's most important in life is not what's at my office, it's the kids sitting next to me. And I want to be present for that. I want to be focused on that. And having a coach, having someone to help me can make a huge difference in how I show up at life and at work.