As businesses work toward economic recovery, Community Futures is offering a free series of workshops to provide support and direction.
The Building Business Resilience program is being grant-funded and will provide eight months’ worth of webinars and online sessions guided by five business coaches.
“Business resilience basically speaks to the mental well-being and business coaching for our business leaders in the community,” said Pamela Morgan, project co-ordinator for Community Futures Highwood.
She said the coaches will host a series of workshops as well as one-on-one sessions for business owners who require more private support.
Topics will range from human resources to finance, technology, getting business online, e-commerce, and a host of others, said Morgan.
The Building Business Resilience program was created to meet the needs of the business community as it deals with COVID-19. The pandemic has brought certain needs to light, she said.
“COVID is screaming right now to everyone that we need to take care of our business leaders, we need to take care of our Alberta economy,” said Morgan. “Community Futures has done an amazing job at putting that to the forefront and that’s their priority, making sure our business leaders are being taken care of so that we can relaunch this economy.”
She said business owners have indicated a need for guidance as well as mental health support as they manoeuvre through the impact of COVID and rebuilding.
Mental health is a key component of that rebuild, said Morgan.
“When you have an entrepreneur that is in a good space and their mental health is being taken care of, that allows them also to be good leaders within their teams and support their teams,” she said. “When you take care of your internal customer, which is your team, you can then take care of your external customers.”
Those interested in participating in Building Business Resilience can find more information on the websites of Community Futures Highwood, Community Futures Alberta Southwest or Community Futures Crowsnest Pass, as well as any of their Facebook pages.
There has also been a LinkedIn page set up specifically for the program, she said.
Krista Conrad, OkotoksToday.ca
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