Pertama, let me share this :
DELAPAN RUAS JALAN KEMULIAAN
1. PANDANGAN BENAR
2. PIKIRAN BENAR
3. PERKATAAN BENAR
4. PERBUATAN BENAR
5. MATAPENCARIAN BENAR
6. USAHA BENAR
7. KESADARAN BENAR
8. KONSENTRASI BENAR.
Benar bukan sekadar benar, bener, melainkan pener/jitu.
Musuh. Musuh terbesar adalah diri sendiri, nafsu. Lawan kita bukan orang, sesama,
others/liyan. Budi pekerti baik saleh berbasis itu. Maka perbuatan dll menjadi benar.
Musuh kita bukan lawan diri, namun situasi.
Hal itu berlaku semesta, juga dalam manajemen.
Coba lihat satu contoh seupil dulu :
(dari milis lain)
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:21:01 -0700
Subject: Strategic Management-New Story of the Hare and Tortoise
Hi, all,
I just found interesting presentation about strategic management from one management
consultant. The ideas and principles are worthy to be tried, especially in management
or corporate positions.
Regards,
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. (This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with).
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 realised 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 organisation, 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 organisational 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 realised
that there's no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted.
But the story doesn't end here. The tortoise did some thinking this time, and realised
that there's no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently
formatted.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 organisation, 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 realised 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 gave up after failures. The hare decided to work harder and put in more
effort after his failure.Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after
failures. The hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his
failure.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.
When Roberto Goizueta took over as CEO of Coca-Cola in the 1980s, he was faced with
intense competition from Pepsi that was eating into Coke's growth. His executives were
Pepsi-focussed and intent on increasing market share 0.1 per cent a time. He asked his
executives what was the average fluid intake of an American per day? The answer was 14
ounces. What was Coke's share of that? Two ounces. Goizueta said Coke needed a larger
share of that market.The competition wasn't Pepsi. It was the water, tea, coffee, milk
and fruit juices that went into the remaining 12 ounces. The public should reach for a
Coke whenever they felt like drinking something.To this end, Coke put up vending
machines at every street corner. Sales took a quantum jump and Pepsi has never quite
caught up since.
To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoise teaches us many things.
Important lessons are:
1. that fast and consistent will always beat slow and steady;
2. work to your competencies;
3. pooling resources and working as a team will always beat individual performers;
4. never give up when faced with failure;
and finally, compete against the situation. Not against a rival.
In Short, BE STRATEGIC!
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Makanya belajar dari sejarah, secara lebih jitu, di aneka segi kehidupan. Memahami apa
yang bener (dan pener/jitu), saat & tempatnya.
Dan "hic et nunc" : lawan kita bukan Dadap atau Waru, namun SITUASI.
Perbaikan dan perubahan : DIRI SENDIRI....
Salam
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