<section><h2>Are you an Asker or a Giver?</h2><p><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Asking for what you need is the key to success. When you ask, you get the resources—information, ideas, advice, opportunities, referrals, connections, and more­­—that are so essential for high performance, superior productivity, satisfaction, and the ability to fulfill your purpose.</span></h3><h3 style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Think of giving and asking as two dimensions. One dimension represents low to high frequency of giving; the other represents low to high frequencey of asking. </span></h3><h3 style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:16px;">People ask for and give help in different ways. This questionnaire is designed to understand how you tend to ask for and offer help. When completing the questionnaire, please think about your own experiences, both at work and outside of work, over the past month or so. Then indicate how often you did each action. </span></h3><p> </p><p><em>Source: Professor Wayne Baker & Hilary Hendricks, University of Michigan.</em></p></p></section><section><h2><h2 style="text-align:center;">You are an Overly Generous Giver</h2></h2><p><p><span style="font-size:medium;">If you're a giver, you simply strive to be generous in sharing your time, energy, and knowledge, skills, ideas, and connections with other people who can benefit from them. <strong>Overly Generous Givers </strong>tend to take their generosity too far. They are so focused on giving that they abandon their own needs in the process. Although their generosity means that they bask in the admiration of others, by not disclosing their needs, they miss out on the ideas, information, opportunities, leads, referrals and other resources they need to be successful. </span></p></p></section><section><h3><h2 style="text-align:center;">You are a Giver-Requester</h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"></h2></h3><p><span style="font-size:16px;">Giver-requesters have the balance of giving and receiving that we all should strive to succeed. By giving help, they earn a reputation for generosity, by seeking it, they receive the things they need to succeed. Numerous studies show that the most productive and well-regarded employees were those who frequently gave help and who frequently received it. It's important to remember that being a giver-requester isn't about direct reciprocity, as in: "I help you and you help me." It's about helping others regardless of whether they helped you before or will ever help you in the future, and it's about asking for what you need when you need it. </span></p></section><section><h3><h2 style="text-align:center;">You are an Individualist</h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"></h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"></h2></h3><p><span style="font-size:medium;">As the name suggests, individualists are very independent. They value self-reliance and very rarely, if ever, seek help; nor do they tend to give it. Some people intentionally choose this work style, preferring to grinding it out alone, and seeing little value in helping others catch-up whilst they race to the top. As a result, individualists tend to be poorly regarded in the workplace because they don't help others, and at the same time, their performance is impaired because ethey don't get the inflow of help and resources they need. </span></p></section><section><h3><h2 style="text-align:center;">You are a Selfish Taker</h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"></h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"></h2></h3><p><span style="font-size:16px;">Selfish takers are prone to forgetting or neglecting their obligations to others. As the name implies, they are so self-focused that they rarely, if ever, repay the generosity bestowed on them. Selfish takers may benefit in the short run, but eventually people wise up and stop helping them. In the right circumstances, selfish takers will give, but only if their actions are public, as they gain reputation benefits for being generous in sharing their knowledge, resources, and connections. In other words, they give when they believe it is in their long-term self-interest.</span></p></section><section><h2><h2>I asked for information. </h2></h2></section><section><h3><h2>I asked for emotional support. </h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2>I asked for help with a task. </h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2>I asked for advice on a personal matter. </h2></h3></section><section><h3><br /><h2>I asked for a lead or referral. </h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2>I asked a friend or colleague to introduce me to someone. </h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2>I provided information. </h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2>I helped someone with a task. </h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2>I provided emotional support. </h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2>I gave someone advice on a personal matter. </h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2>I provided a lead or referral. </h2></h3></section><section><h3><h2>I introduced a friend or colleague to someone I know. </h2></h3></section>