Our visiting dignitary this month, Madison Holloway, Ph.D, is an expert in team building, or you might say, the maintenance of health in the work place. If you ever did anything right you wouldn't think it was such a big deal. Some people seem to have a talent for making every situation stressful. Bob and Bob reacted with fear. He felt threatened and instinctively tried to drive away the source of his discomfort, Jim's appreciation.
Appreciation is the ability to value someone or something for their positive aspects.
Accepting and expressing appreciation are the easiest team-building skills to learn and may be the most powerful. When appreciation is expressed between team members, team commitment increases. Members of strong teams help each other feel good about themselves. Expressing appreciation for each other is one way of doing this. We're unable to treat anyone better than we treat ourselves.