Are you a giver, a taker or a matcher. Brian May is a giver. #badgers 🦡 are an emotive topic but watch this to see how being a Giver can change outcomes, for everyone, for the better no matter how difficult or entrenched the problem may seem. Givers, in the words of Prof Adam Grant focus on contributing to others without seeking anything in return. They might offer help or assistance, share knowledge, or make valuable introductions. They want everyone to succeed. But Brian admits he hasn't always operated as a giver. Brian and his co-founder of animal sanctuary The Save Me Trust, Anne Brummer were fundamentally opposed to the badger cull. But a few years ago they realised that, despite the overwhelming evidence in their favour, their campaign was not "winning" the argument, nothing had changed, not for cows, badgers or farmers and we were spending millions of pounds a year on culling animals, including thousands of healthy badgers. That's without even considering the devastating impact of slaughtering animals on the farming families. They had a fundamental rethink and decided to adopt a different approach, to work with, not against, the people on the other side of the argument. To be true givers. To focus on helping, not winning. Together with pioneering vet Dick Sibley and the Reed family who own Gatcombe Farm in Devon and via an introduction from the NFU (National Farmers' Union) they went back to basics. I won't spoil the programme for you but just to say that 💩 has a lot to answer for! Brian's #humility and #honesty is inspiring and the way the team works together for a shared outcome is wonderful 👏 Are you a giver, a taker or a matcher? Grant's research indicates that most of us are matchers (56%) you know, what goes around comes around? But actually if we could strive to be high functioning givers we could achieve so much more. If you'd like to be involved in my research around how we can be givers and utilise helping behaviour in middle managers, let me know 😊 Jess Edwards Simon Martin Adam Taylor MBA #badgers #sustainablefarming #wildlife #nature #giveandtake
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