In every workplace, there are three basic kinds of people: givers, takers and matchers. Organizational psychologist Adam Grant breaks down these personalities and offers simple strategies to promote a culture of generosity and keep self-serving employees from taking more than their share.
1. Are you a giver, taker or matcher?
2. Is being a taker a bad thing for you? Why?
3. How can we prevent givers from getting poor performance ratings?
https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_are_you_a_giver_or_a_taker
Comments
Being taker is a bad thing because it's short term - once you're discovered you're likely to receive less help.
It is very hard to improve givers' situation, the best thing you can do is to look out for them.
I think that people who only take, one day will have to give something anyway, that is life. As the proverb goes: karma will come back. Personally, I don't know how to improve the results, I just think that karma will help them.
I believe that being a taker is a cold calculation and use of other people.
I think that givers are often unable to describe how valuable they are and how much they contribute to the project. I think it is worth appreciating the work of such people at least thanks for their work.
I believe that each of us have egoism inside them but if you thinks that world own you something for me that would mean that you simply don't understand how world works.
It is not bad, it is just another kind of personality. After being too kind to some who didn't really appreciate it you automatically, maybe just for a while, closes yourself and stop being giver anymore. Team building to everyone! It's very important to care about people, even more when they are your workers.
I don't really enjoy the idea of being a pure taker. In my opinion, they're not really reliable and want to be overrated at everything they do (or just being praised by the things that they've put close to none effort into.)
I think that the givers should learn how to be assertive. The empathy that many of them have is not a bad thing, but it could generate a number of issues in a day-to-day life. Especially when they're surrounded by people which would be likely to exploit who they are.
I honestly have no idea)
Probably I'm the matcher, that goes to the giver side little more. But it's something, that should be confirmed by others.
2. Is being a taker a bad thing for you? Why?
Mostly because they only care about their own job by the cost of the job of others. And this is making other people's work much harder and taking long time to finish.
3. How can we prevent givers from getting poor performance ratings?
As the Adam told - remove takers and encourage asking for constructive help. This should be sufficient and will not make people suffer from the burnout.
I am an outgoing person that try to get people to know each other and work with each other, so I am definitely a matcher. I am not such a fervent giver, because I am always afraid that I will be taken for granted and not shown gratitude. For the same reason I am not a taker - I feel uncomfortable taking things from people - it's like a debt.
2. Is being a taker a bad thing for you? Why?
Well, honestly yes. I believe in justice in every parts of life - in a couple, at school and at a workplace. If you take X, you have to give back X - whether it's to the same person, or in a different "currency", but you should give back all the good (and bad) that comes your way.
3. How can we prevent givers from getting poor performance ratings?
I think we should make them aware that they also should work on their own ratings,and try to be assertive and learn to say no from time to time.
I think that I am a 50/50 person. I like to give my best to people, but I also want the best from them to take. It's quite ok I think
2. Is being a taker a bad thing for you? Why?
I don't think it is bad.
3. How can we prevent givers from getting poor performance ratings?
I don't know. It's a hard question