Oct 13th Week 3: Know Your Strengths, Understand Your Weaknesses

Last week we explored how other people respond to us and how to use this information to improve our interactions with others. Continuing with the theme of self-exploration, this week's lesson asks us to consider both our strengths and weaknesses, pointing out that we all have both. Yea, that's good news. The harder part of the week's work, though, was to consider utilizing others to compliment our weaknesses.

Often we like to hang out with people just like us because it tends to be very comfortable. In the workplace, we don't usually get to choose whom we work with, however. So, it is very probable that we have co-workers who may be strong in areas that we are weak and vice versa. That's a good thing because it helps to fill in the weak gaps which is, overall, best for CBC. And, you know what? Over time, we sometimes become stronger in our weak areas because we have co-workers who model ways to improve.

TIK & TAK
TAK CUTS NO ONE ANY SLACK. Tak's and Tik's department is hosting a student services event. As Tak generally dislikes the social activities associated with division events, he has very little experience in planning ways to encourage comraderie. During the department's planning meetings, he does not participate in the discussions. Unfortunately, if he follows his usual pattern of behavior, he'll have lots to say after the event - mostly in the form of what he believes we should have done.

WHAT MAKES TAK TIC. Tik loves to plan fun activities to get people to relate positively to each other. Sometimes, however, he knows he goes a little overboard and staff who are not as outgoing find the activities a bit uncomfortable. Tik asks Tak to work with him on the event ice breaker so that he gets a different perspective. Although Tak initially refuses, Tik tells him that he would really appreciate having his input in the planning stage rather than after the event and that this would help them plan something everyone might enjoy.