MANAGER MINT MAGAZINE Issue 04 | Page 14

Being helpful makes people feel good. When you’re helpful, people respond favorably because you’re assisting them in achieving their goals. Unfortunately, there is a good chance that by being too helpful, your team members aren’t achieving their own.

So what’s wrong with being helpful? Nothing in moderation. Everybody should help others at one time or another. But there is always a balance. It’s when you start being too helpful that problems can occur.