So.... here I am... Sitting in my hostel room.. Thinking of a
yet another thought provoking class on Valley crossing!
A very simple idea of making 3 ppl cross a valley, which
individually, they couldn’t have crossed! what better example to understand the
criticality of team work, patience, coordination and communication in an
organization with big dreams!
Here is what we were shown......
And our task was to make them cross!! With 3 ppl and only 1
wooden log (understand limited resources in an organization), our minds set
off.... thinking!!!
And then i recalled my dance lessons in childhood about
coordination.... and basketball lessons about team work to win! And
martial arts lessons... where i got hit so many times right on the face when i
misread the expressions on my opponents’ faces!
Thinking of all these, I could actually think of a way of making
them cross the valley without exposing anyone to more risk than the other!
Isn’t it all there on the picture itself????
SET THE GOAL: Yes! That is the most important task! Be it the simple task of
doing my assignment on time or setting up my dream restaurant in Goa, you got
to SET the goal! As they say.. eyes on prize! Here, our goal was to cross
the valley... safely!
DEFINE THE STEPS: Now how do we go about it???
Proper prioritizing of subjects for me to meet the deadlines of
assignments....
savings for setting up my dream restaurant.... finalizing
the location... studying the trend of tourism... operational difficulties....
basically a road map to get a good night’s sleep every day, with no tension of
reporting to bosses... loving my job where I am the master!
Or in this case, making them cross the valley, which goes like
this:
COMMUNICATE: If you think as to what are the crucial drivers in this
exercise, the first one coming to my mind is TALKING!! Communicating to the
other 2 persons about implementing the above strategy, what will be the
hindrances, points of high risk, ways of tackling them and every other detail
required for perfect execution!
We were taught in our martial arts classes to “look into the
eyes of the opponent” to understand his next move. That was something I never
practiced in my early days of Karate... and that was when I got hit the most!
It took me a while to figure out the exact reason of broken bleeding noses and
paining backs! When I figured it out, I could really see that if done wisely, I
could expect a certain move from my opponent!
Thats what happens in this case of Valley crossing as well...
Communicating the right things at the right time is crucial and once done that,
crossing is a cake walk!
COORDINATION IN A TEAM: Second thing will definitely be COORDINATION!
One mistake on anybody’s part and its all lost!
Same is applicable to my dream business as well! One wrong step
in choice of location or maybe the selection of menu or just the rock band to
be performing, I am finished!!
Criticality of major decisions and necessity of a proper
execution plan couldn’t have been better stated as simply as this example!
While watching circus during childhood, we used to be in awe!
Great moves... excellent tricks.... all depending upon one tiny little thing:
COordinATION! U lose it and you are dead!
How does it relate here??? It does! Very much! An organization
is built by imbibing many departments/business units together. All work to
achieve their targets (bosses have to be reported to!!) but when it comes about
standing together as ONE to fight competition and all those forces that tend to
throw you out of your position, coordination is what is required to add to the
ultimate target of the organization
TRUST: When striving so hard to achieve our goals, trust on the support
functions is very essential. In our case of crossing the valley, this picture
depicts exactly the emotions in the person’s mind!
Conclusion: Be it about making your dream come true or
working your way up the ladder in a company:
Love what you do... Do what you love!!
Love what you do... Do what you love!!
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