Monday, 22 April 2013

“To the givers go the spoils”:By encouraging employees to both seek and provide help, rewarding givers, and screening out takers, companies can reap significant and lasting benefits, Wheels and Deals, usedacardeals, Fredericton


Givers take all: This article was sent to me by a partner company of Wheels and Deals…Walkaway Credit Protection..I wanted to share it with you…………                                www.wheelsanddeals.ca

The hidden dimension of corporate culture
Adam Grant
By encouraging employees to both seek and provide help, rewarding givers, and screening out takers, companies can reap significant and lasting benefits.
The problem
Many organizations don’t support information sharing. Worse,
in “taker cultures” the norm is for employees to get as much
as possible from others while contributing less in return.
Why it matters
The amount of help a group’s members give one another
is among the strongest predictors of group effectiveness. Building
a “giver culture” pays.
What to do about it
Natural human tendencies often make it hard to seek help. Overcome them with straightforward exercises that encourage teams
to use their knowledge, resources, and connections to better effect.
Develop practices to recognize and reward helping. Peer-bonus
and -recognition programs promote giver cultures without undercut-
ting the healthy competition that drives productivity.
Learn how to spot—and screen out—takers to minimize their corrosive effect on the organization; ensure that senior executives model good behavior.
Hello,
I hope you are well.
From time-to-time I like to  share worthwhile information that may benefit people both personally and/or professionally.
The latest article I read is no exception so I hope you don’t mind me sharing it with you today.  In fact, it’s one of the best I have read in a long while.  The article is called “Givers take all: The hidden dimension of corporate culture”.
“To the givers go the spoils”.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Warmest regards,
Robert K. Varga
Walkaway  Credit Protection
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