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.

"Being supportive is an essential skill for teams. It takes very little effort to show support"

BE SUPPORTIVE AND CARING

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
 

WARNING - These videos are designed to provoke discussion and response. They are contemporary, fast paced, short, character driven TV style comedies that take a new approach to reaching today's learners. By laughing, discussing, sharing outrage, reacting to the behaviors on screen, we can use these strong feelings and thoughts to develop a clearer shared view of how we want to behave, how we manage these situations, and how we want our team to behave and respond.

Psychological Rationale to Learning The producer, psychologist Eve Ash, has created this specific comedy approach to engage learners who are a media saturated generation that increasingly report being uninspired, unchallenged and bored by traditional or outdated training videos. Eve wanted to create a series that people want to see more of, want to discuss and then refer to when similar occasions arise at work- but with shared insight.

Whilst some people find them insensitive or outrageous, the vast majority of viewers and users have found them refreshing, stimulating and great for getting energy and enthusiasm back into learning. They can of course be coupled them with other programs like the SWITCH ON series, or WORKPLACE EXCELLENCE.

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