January is Mentorship Month. Our focus is on the subject of employees receiving benefits or perks other than a salary increase. What are your needs, likes, and dislikes? Be creative, at your place of employment, when you see no monetary raise in sight.
William Glassner, a psychiatrist and education consultant, implies that we all have the following needs--no matter race, gender, or identity:
- Survival (food, shelter, freedom from harm);
- Belonging (security, comfort, legitimate membership in group settings);
- Power (sense of importance, of stature, of being considered by others);
- Fun (having a good time, emotionally and intellectually); and,
- Freedom (to do by choice, self-direction, and responsibility).
Unless we have the described needs, all such needs, met in unison then we only survive by human activities of personal or social chaos and dysfunction. So the next time that you're feeling some kind of way, you now know there is a reason why, right? One or more of human needs are being neglected by you or someone in your daily (lifestyle) space.