Re: Re: [MTC Global] Corporate Lesson: The Washerman, Dog and Donkey

I do what I am told and I do when asked to do beyond my call of duty or in the interest of the organisation.

This is a better maxim for survival.

Anantram

On 29 April 2013 16:36, Prabhakar Waghodekar <waghodekar@rediffmail.com> wrote:

Which cult is better?

"I do what I like OR I like what I do".

Regards.

Yours,

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On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:02:05 +0530 wrote

>Many Stories which are relevant for elders to tickle their grey cells and having
a Moral in the end are quite often floated by people who have a strong desire to
share their experience with the hope that others won't commit the same mistake as
they did. Humans have a tendency to experiment and experience things bypassing
rational thinking and thought process at times...if the experiment is
successful....they are termed as Risk Takers....People who love challenges....but
if it fails....you may be thrown out and either continue your quest in more
experiments elsewhere or just give up the risk taking habit.... I started my
career in Central Govt. job in Mumbai....initially we had a new project in the
Ministry of Textiles where I had joined as Junior Investigator and within 6 months
I had cleared the internal test and jumped to a Field Officer designate....the
project for AEPC ( Apparel Export Promotion Council ) took me from Mumbai to Delhi
( 1989 ) & I was enjoying the challenges bringing in innovations but once this
project ended and we were back to our Regional Offices doing mundane data
collection work....I lost interest....I could see that promotions would only be
possible looking at years of contribution and not the quality....so I quit....and
came into Private Sector....Methodex Systems was my assignment & I was handling
the Banking Sector....a good competitive work environment kept me engrossed for
just 6 months and then I moved into Business in Audio Sales ( Music was my first
Love ).... and from there I moved into Music Companies with Head Offices in Mumbai
handling Gujarat Market...and finally switched to Music Merchandising. As Manager
- Merchandising in Music World Entertainment Lted ( RPG ) I realized that with
digital radio frequencies being allotted...it wouldn't be long before Music
dies...I quit and came to Delhi to join my cousin in setting up a fabric trading
business ( I didn't know even A,B, C of fabrics ) but in a couple of months I
could sit across a fabric merchandiser and show him the collection of denims,
dobbies, plain dobbies, twills & chords...besides the silks variety in fabrics.
But the dragon .... China was fierce and we couldn't match their throw away
pricings...I moved into handling a Carper Designing center ( for a principal in
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia ).... as the center head I had to motivate my team of 5
designers to get best output from them. From there I moved onto handling the
Resource Unit of a National level NGO.... the work was richly satisfying as I
could see that I am able to influence positively young confused minds....however
my thoughts and my ideas didn't impress the founder whose ideas though outdated
was dear to him as it was a time tested formula....he however could not fathom the
winds of changes which were blowing all around...from the NGO sector I made my
final switch to Management Institute in Placements and for last 7 yrs...this has
been my working field.
I came across many Donkeys....and a lot of lazy dogs in almost all the sectors
where I had the previlege to work... there are areas where innovations pay rich
dividends ( especially when you are doing it for yourself and can't afford to make
mistakes ) and there have been cases where you need to compromise and do what
management wants despite knowing that the result would be a failure for which you
would be held responsible.I came across many confused youngsters who even at the
age of 24+ are unable to find their focus...or career aspirations in life. I
always did what pleased me and the moment I felt the field becoming murky...I
would switch off after giving a piece of mind. The good old saying : Make your

Interest your Career and you will never have to work. 

But for this too we need to identify our interest.....and then find ways and means
to make it our career. The struggle for survival in Management institute's too
where politics has crept in making it ugly not just for faculties but the game
also poisons the minds of youngsters who naturally enjoy playing the game at the
cost of one of the faculty who would lose the interest and opt out.

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Radha Rana wrote:

Good story with old version…

There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog. 

One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house, the

washer man was fast asleep but the donkey and the dog were awake. 

The dog decided not to bark since the master did not take good care of him and

wanted to teach him a lesson. 

The donkey got worried and said to the dog that if he doesn't bark, the donkey
will have to do something himself. The dog did not change his mind and the donkey

started braying loudly. 

Hearing the donkey bray, the thief ran away, the master woke up and started
beating the donkey for braying in the middle of the night for no reason.

Moral of the story " One must not engage in duties other than his own" 

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Now take a new look at the same story…

The washer man was a well educated man from a premier management institute. 

He had the fundas of looking at the bigger picture and thinking out of the box. He
was convinced that there must be some reason for the donkey to bray in the

night. 

He walked outside a little and did some fact finding, applied a bottom up
approach, figured out from the ground realities that there was a thief who broke

in and the donkey only wanted to alert him about it. 

Looking at the donkey's extra initiative and going beyond the call of the duty, he

rewarded him with lot of hay and other perks and became his favorite pet. 

The dog's life didn't change much, except that now the donkey was more motivated
in doing the dogs duties as well. In the annual appraisal the dog managed a "
meets requirement" Soon the dog realized that the donkey is taking care of his

duties and he can enjoy his life sleeping and lazing around. 

The donkey was rated as "star performer". The donkey had to live up to his already
high performance standards. Soon he was over burdened with work and always under

pressure and now is looking for a job rotation…

If you have worked in a corporate environment, I am sure you have guessed the
characters of the new story



Looking Forward for your Valuable Feedback About this Story.


WIth Regards,

Radha.



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