Sometimes it takes a children’s book character to teach us what’s important. In these books, Eeyore and all of the Winnie the Pooh characters were a close-knit group who cared about one another, and in that they’re a great metaphor for teamwork and team spirit.
· Caring.
· Helping.
· Encouraging.
· Working together.
· Supporting each other.
Children’s stories, like team sports, hold great fascinations for working folks like you and me. Over the years, the Pooh stories and later the Disney adaptations of them captured the imaginations of children and the lessons learned through them were important parts early childhood development. The Pooh character’s efforts as a group, like those of the sport’s teams we learned to love and support later in our lives, are metaphors that can be used in how leaders address and motivate their employees. These kinds of shared experiences are themes they can use in training and other professional development activities. And in many ways, the values that companies use to define their workplace cultures also reflect these shared experiences. They’re the kinds of things that make work more fun and meaningful and bring people together. Remember this: a little consideration and thought for others makes all the difference today.
A. A. Milne (1882 – 1956): English playwright, poet, and author, best known for his books about Winnie-the-Pooh (and friends) published starting in 1926.
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