Hi,
Yes, it is indeed a brilliant story for reflection.
The moral of the story is beautiful but very idealistic.
If we observe the dynamics in the office it is a replicate behavior of Donkey A & B......Perhaps this stems from our childhood when we are told and encouraged to perform better than others to be noticed and appreciated. We all carry a lot of our childhood traits into our adult life and this shows in one way or the other in our performance at work or at social circuits.
When we talk about team work, one needs to understand the contributions made by the Individual to the group/team performance. The acknowledgement of this contribution has to be made in a very distinct manner by the Supervisors concerned in order to encourage each member to contribute his/her best knowing their capabilities or shortcomings.
Regards,
Chris
From India, Panipat
Yes, it is indeed a brilliant story for reflection.
The moral of the story is beautiful but very idealistic.
If we observe the dynamics in the office it is a replicate behavior of Donkey A & B......Perhaps this stems from our childhood when we are told and encouraged to perform better than others to be noticed and appreciated. We all carry a lot of our childhood traits into our adult life and this shows in one way or the other in our performance at work or at social circuits.
When we talk about team work, one needs to understand the contributions made by the Individual to the group/team performance. The acknowledgement of this contribution has to be made in a very distinct manner by the Supervisors concerned in order to encourage each member to contribute his/her best knowing their capabilities or shortcomings.
Regards,
Chris
From India, Panipat
Hi Ashra
The concept of geese has been there from a long time. Many people have researched in this and i have ateast seen 5 - 10 beautiful presntations on this.
You can go ahead and use it. When you use it for an assignment mention the site from where you got it. So other people who are desperately in need of "HR Wisdom" can use this.
Regards,
Mallet.
From India, Hyderabad
40The concept of geese has been there from a long time. Many people have researched in this and i have ateast seen 5 - 10 beautiful presntations on this.
You can go ahead and use it. When you use it for an assignment mention the site from where you got it. So other people who are desperately in need of "HR Wisdom" can use this.
Regards,
Mallet.
From India, Hyderabad
Ashra,
I dont know origin of this story, of course you can use this. Actually this part of training (soft skills) given to young engineers who come to industry directly from college/school. I ll attach another interesting Philosophy (like goose philosophy) which is as good as Geese.
:)
Viji
From India, Bangalore
I dont know origin of this story, of course you can use this. Actually this part of training (soft skills) given to young engineers who come to industry directly from college/school. I ll attach another interesting Philosophy (like goose philosophy) which is as good as Geese.
:)
Viji
From India, Bangalore
Its good to see many articles put up on Team Work. It Just shows how greatly we value Team Work Thanx Viji for posting the Ant Philosophy. Regards, Mallet.
From India, Hyderabad
From India, Hyderabad
I edorse your views expressed. In deed in industry the sucess of one man depends upon the performance of the other man. It is a chain link. Though the story is more apt, one should come out of the syndrome of don't do much and don't do less. We must ebark upon the opportunity and look for bottom line as end results only determines, whether we are sucess or failures. Sucess will have many fathers but failures will have none. Every one must excel and work in tandum.
N selvarajan
From India, Nagercoil
N selvarajan
From India, Nagercoil
Dear friend,
Very good story.
I have sent the old story of " Rabbit and Tortoise" as ppt in the category of New to the Forum, which also speaks about " Team Work ".
Kindly view that and do reply.
Mangai
From India, Chennai
Very good story.
I have sent the old story of " Rabbit and Tortoise" as ppt in the category of New to the Forum, which also speaks about " Team Work ".
Kindly view that and do reply.
Mangai
From India, Chennai
great story..three ways of looking at it -
a. can be used for expectation setting...but the context will have to be made clear.
b. If you link it to teamwork - then there is a saying - the speed of a the team is is the speed of slowest member in the team. So while not going overboard, the donkey B could have worked (if possible) to icrease efficiency.
c. it happens in a business scenario - that there might be one person with lots of energy and intelligence wanting to do more but pulled down by colleagues coz they are not geared up for challenges and thereby bring the morale of the team down.
a. can be used for expectation setting...but the context will have to be made clear.
b. If you link it to teamwork - then there is a saying - the speed of a the team is is the speed of slowest member in the team. So while not going overboard, the donkey B could have worked (if possible) to icrease efficiency.
c. it happens in a business scenario - that there might be one person with lots of energy and intelligence wanting to do more but pulled down by colleagues coz they are not geared up for challenges and thereby bring the morale of the team down.
Hey Nisha,
may be this suits your story better.
"Give a hungry man a fish and he will be hungry again tomorrow. Give him a fishing rod and teach him how to fish and he will be hungry no more. ..."
Regarding the original post.. this is what we call productivity, this is how we identify our STAR performers, this is how we describe success. this where your entire PMS and C&B is concentrated on.
Interestingly as the story highlights, there has been quite some research happening on the subject "How to manage your star performers" which some where discusses issues arising due to such isues.
Can we really help solve this problem!!! i dont know.. but one thing i have been taught early in my career by my boss if that everything that goes up very fast .. withh have to come down at some point. teh more the spikes, the more the falls. Consistency is important and grow like a ladder than a Sine Curve.
Regards
Srikanth Ch
From India, Hyderabad
may be this suits your story better.
"Give a hungry man a fish and he will be hungry again tomorrow. Give him a fishing rod and teach him how to fish and he will be hungry no more. ..."
Regarding the original post.. this is what we call productivity, this is how we identify our STAR performers, this is how we describe success. this where your entire PMS and C&B is concentrated on.
Interestingly as the story highlights, there has been quite some research happening on the subject "How to manage your star performers" which some where discusses issues arising due to such isues.
Can we really help solve this problem!!! i dont know.. but one thing i have been taught early in my career by my boss if that everything that goes up very fast .. withh have to come down at some point. teh more the spikes, the more the falls. Consistency is important and grow like a ladder than a Sine Curve.
Regards
Srikanth Ch
From India, Hyderabad
Just to add what Srikanth said, a beautiful quote.
"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to go to the forest to gather wood, saw it and nail the planks together. Instead, teach them the desire for the sea."– Antoine de Saint Exupéry
From India, Hyderabad
"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to go to the forest to gather wood, saw it and nail the planks together. Instead, teach them the desire for the sea."– Antoine de Saint Exupéry
From India, Hyderabad
Thank Mallet for posting the story. It fits in with an old Chinese saying:
Capability invites laboriousness.
or: Able people should do more work.
So does Nisha's example.
However, I do not suppose that the donkeys story is a good one for implying sth about team work. Because the two donkeys seems not work as a team, they just work together.
A-Sum
Capability invites laboriousness.
or: Able people should do more work.
So does Nisha's example.
However, I do not suppose that the donkeys story is a good one for implying sth about team work. Because the two donkeys seems not work as a team, they just work together.
A-Sum
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