Module 2: I Look Out For #1

Students will learn why being cooperative is rated the #2 personal quality employees must have to be retained or advanced. Employers want staff that can get along and work as a team. While at work, it’s harmony the boss looks for, and it’s respecting, not necessarily liking, that matters. Bickering, name-calling and using personal insults on the job lead to an unproductive, unprofessional and unhappy workplace. Bosses don’t like it because work doesn’t get done in such an atmosphere and continual troublemakers are not tolerated.

From the boss’ point of view, the best way to look out for #1 is to look out for the team. Being able to switch gears and offer help to co-workers when it’s needed is essential to a smoothly running workplace. Students will learn that being helpful is at the heart of cooperation. They will also learn that bosses often consider employees who wont share the load of a co-worker or offer help when needed to be destructive to morale. Bosses wont tolerate this at the expense of losing employee morale or production output.

If employees can’t control their own emotions, particularly anger, they will be disruptive to co-workers, insulting to customers, and disobedient to supervisors. Students will learn why it is so important to keep a lid on anger at work.