Assalamualaikum Dear Friends, Bersempena dengan IMS 6 yang akan berlangsung ni ... ada satu cerita menarik mengenai teamwork @ semangat berpasukan ... mungkin ini yang kurang dalam organisasi kita ? ;)
enjoy!
Regards,
Maryam Mohd Seth (BTS/422)
Materials, Corrosion & Inspection Engineering Section,
PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. (Sarawak Operations)
Tel. no. 085-475653 (Petronet: 8614 - 5653)
Fax no. 085-475474
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Effendie B
Johari To: {SKO_PCSB_All}
cc:
07/06/2005 12:16 Subject: Interesting Story from
Petronas Sudan website
AM
New Story of the Hare and Tortoise
Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was
faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a
route and started off the race.
The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was
far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time
and relax before continuing the race.
He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding on
overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ.
The hare woke up and realised that he'd lost the race. The moral of the
story is that slow and steady wins the race.
But then recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this
story. It continues.
The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some Defect
Prevention (Root Cause Analysis). He realized that he'd lost the race only
because he had been overconfident, careless and lax.
If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could
have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The
tortoise agreed.
This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to
finish. He won by several miles.
The moral of the story？ Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and
steady.
If you have two people in your organization, one slow, methodical and
reliable, and the other fast and still reliable at what he does, the fast
and reliable chap will consistently climb the organizational ladder faster
than the slow, methodical chap.
It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable.
But the story doesn't end here. The tortoise did some thinking this time,
and realized that there's no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it
was currently formatted.
He thought for a while, and then challenged the hare to another race, but
on a slightly different route
The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made
commitment to be consistently fast, the hare took off and ran at top speed
until he came to a broad river.
The finishing line was a couple of kilometers on the other side of the
river.
The hare sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise
trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued
walking and finished the race.
The moral of the story? First identify your core competency and then
change the playing field to suit your core competency.
In an organization, if you are a good speaker, make sure you create
opportunities to give presentations that enable the senior management to
notice you.
If your strength is analysis, make sure you do some sort of research, make
a report and send it upstairs. Working to your strengths will not only get
you noticed but will also create opportunities for growth and advancement.
The story still hasn't ended.
The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends
and they did some thinking together. Both realized that the last race
could have been run much better.
So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time.
They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the
riverbank. There, the tortoise took over and swam across with the hare on
his back.
On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and they reached
the finishing line together. They both felt a greater sense of
satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.
The moral of the story? It's good to be individually brilliant and to have
strong core competencies; but unless you're able to work in a team and
harness each other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par
because there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and
someone else does well.
Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with
the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.
There are more lessons to be learnt from this story.
Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise give up after failures. The
hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure.
The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard
as he could. In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate
to work harder and put in more effort.
Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something
different. And sometimes it is appropriate to do both.
The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vital lesson. When we stop
competing against a rival and instead start competing against the
situation, we perform far better.
To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoise teaches us many things.
Important lessons are:
• that fast and consistent will always beat slow and steady;
• work to your competencies;
• pooling resources and working as a team will always beat individual
performers;
• never give up when faced with failure;
• and finally, compete against the situation. Not against a rival.
In Short, BE STRATEGIC!
Source:CAC MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL
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Effendie B Johari
KAPENAS PCSB Branch Secretary
0198850195 , 0198051700 (KAPENAS PCSB Hotline) , 085659434 (offshore)
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