Help and support

Social support is about helping, supporting and guiding each other. It also has a broader meaning and is about acceptance, trust and recognition. Read more here about social support and what you can do as an employee or a manager.

 

How to help and support each other

Social support is the help and guidance you give each other at work. But it can also be understood more broadly and be about you accepting each other, trusting each other and recognizing each other's work.

Do you receive support? Do you give support?

We all need to be part of a community. There will always be someone we can better trust and share problems and challenges with, but you can promote the collegial community in many ways.

For managers: Do you provide help and support?

Have any employees expressed that they want your or colleagues' help? Did they get it? Do the employees listen and support each other? Are any employees locked out of the collegiate community?