Supporting Others

Key Learning Points

• DON’T: Ignore someone who needs help
• INSTEAD: Be someone who offers help
• DON’T: Focus only on your needs
• INSTEAD: Make others feel special
• DON’T: Be selfish with your skills
• INSTEAD: Coach others to be independent
• DON’T: Expect rewards
• INSTEAD: Show humility and enjoy giving

Synopsis

Marcus creates an award for the most supportive employee of the month and challenges the team to be supportive, saying everyone will be judged on who offers the most support to Tammy. People offer various forms of support and the outcome results in more winners and losers than expected. Marcus feels everyone is a winner.

In a team meeting Marcus asks what it means to be supportive and people offer definitions. Marcus creates an award for the most supportive person each month and it is clear that the person he feels needs the most support is Tammy.  Different members of the team are then shown being supportive to Tammy in a number of ways, some more successful than others.  Tammy discusses with Steve her difficulties in dealing with Sanjay and he tells her a good way of looking at fear. Marcus makes some strange awards at the end of the month.  Tammy is invited to say who she felt was the most supportive. Marcus feels everyone is a winner, and Carol later rewards a true winner.

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Languages Available (sold separately): English

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