Separation hurts….but sometimes it doesn’t. You Survive….but is survival the only intention?
Almost every IT company has a policy asking its lowest 5-10% performers to separate each year. These are the same associates who were hired by the same companies after their diligent Entry processes. They soon get a decent job with salary hikes in competitive or even better companies. This naturally makes us ponder over….are they really incompetent? Or Are they competent only till the interviews and gradually lose the zeal to perform? Or Are they among those who like to Hop and Jump a lot and have excelled the art of interviewing rather than the art of performing? Whatever it is, we can clearly see 3 facts:
1. These people do not perish after being fired….but they Grow!
2. Their competencies are better than many of the “Performing & Loyal” associates of the Organisation.
3. Something is wrong in their Relationship and Attitude towards current organisation.
Now let us focus on the strategy and policy of IT companies for this issue. These “Low Performers” are fired every year. We find it easier to find a replacement. We are constantly hiring. We have a smooth and constant “Talent Flow”. So far So Good, but I am sorry to say that I see this as an easy way out of the situation.
It is easy to Avoid than to Transform!
We at IT-BPO companies excel in Transforming client businesses, let us come together and see how to Transform Ourselves.
On analysing the behaviour of these “Low Performers” it is visible that these either run on 5th gear or reverse, there is no middle way for them. Hundreds of “Loyal Associates” are actually running consistently on 2-3 gear and surviving. But, is survival the only need?
The “Low Performers” have the guts to be in a situation detrimental to them. We need their guts, We need to channel them in the right direction, We need to enlighten them, We need to make sure they are up there at 5th gear and not merely surviving like the “Loyal Associates”.
Yes! We need to Transform them in order to Transform Us. And to do that we need to transform our policies and strategies and work hard not only while hiring but also while retaining.
Developing Transforming policies is the key. Let us not be attracted towards immediate gains but focus on the long term development and we shall soon realise that profits are just by-products and in any production, by-products are the largest in quantity!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Friday, August 8, 2008
Making Money out of Nothing!
BERMUDA TRIANGLE MYSTERY: CASE FLIGHT 19
• A fleet of 5 flights disappeared in the waters.
• No wreckage discovered.
• Last few conversation among the fleet pilots, the army base and an isolated helping Radio person recorded.
• The Fleet in charge pilot refused to accept the directions given by the Radio Person.
• The Fleet in charge pilot kept on saying “Compass showing wrong direction and he is flying over the Keys of Florida” which was miles away from where he actually was.
COMPLEX SOLUTIONS
For 60 years researchers kept on coming up with Complex solutions for this complex problem. Solutions such as presence of Methane Hydrates, Gulf Stream, Freak Waves, Deliberate acts of destruction, Earth Magnetic field variations just to name a few.
However, the mystery Lived ….
COMPLEXITY SIMPLIFIED
After experiencing the complexity of the complex solutions now let us experience the lightness of simplicity, obvious and the extreme power of the not so common “common sense”. Let us do this not out of our will or out of our desire to free oursef from the complexity but out of the results of years of exploration & research into the Flight 19 case.
The actual reasons for that disaster were so simple that they will haunt the complexity out of your brains. Those were:
1. Bad Weather
2. Multiple Similar Islands
3. Human Error
4. Mental Breakdown of the pilot
The pilot believed in what he wanted to see and not in what he was actually seeing. This made him believe that the Compass was not working properly and for 60 long years researchers kept on investing time, money and energy in unravelling a possible Earth’s Magnetic Field anomaly in the Bermuda Triangle which actually never existed!
BERMUDA TRIANGLE- THE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
You all will be not shocked but enlightened to know about the millions of dollars which business gurus are making out of the Mystery.
1. Hundreds of Best Sellers sold- writers, publishers making millions
2. Hollywood Block Busters- movies on the Triangle.
3. Hundreds of Videos sold- Discovery, National Geography.
4. A new Sport, A new trend, A new hobby, A new Business - Adventure Tourism popping up!
THE MYSTERY STILL LIVES – WHERE, HOW & WHY?
Inspite of research disapproving anything paranormal and mysterious….the Mystery grows with time. What drives this mystery? What feeds it? Lets answer these….
Where it lives?
The Mystery lives….not in the Bermuda triangle, not in those evil waters but in our mind. It lives in us, it lives with us and it grows beyond us!
How it lives?
The Business gurus promote anything which promotes the mystery. The world is promoting such mysteries. The world is forced not to end such mysteries by people who benefit out of it. They drive it, they feed it because the need it!
Why it lives?
The Mystery lives because of 2 major reasons:
1. To excite the hunger of Humans for anything mysterious and paranormal. To feed their desire for adventure, awe, surprise and flush the adrenaline out of their glands.
2. To satisfy the needs of the Business gurus to make “Money out of Nothing”.
It is a symbiotic relationship between them and the people. Their satisfaction of making money is achieved by feeding the hunger of our blood for the rush of adrenaline.
OUR LEARNING
1. KISS rule: Keep It Simple….Stupid!
It simply educates us not to look for complex solutions for complex problems. Instead, believe in the power of simplicity. Free the complexity by thinking the obvious first and using the not so common “Humble Common Sense”. Use this rule to solve your Personal as well as Business problems.
2. Human Behaviour – A Business Perspective.
Understand the Human Nature, know what excites them because the end consumer for any business is Human. Do this and you will unravel, not any mystery, but the art of making money out of nothing!
• A fleet of 5 flights disappeared in the waters.
• No wreckage discovered.
• Last few conversation among the fleet pilots, the army base and an isolated helping Radio person recorded.
• The Fleet in charge pilot refused to accept the directions given by the Radio Person.
• The Fleet in charge pilot kept on saying “Compass showing wrong direction and he is flying over the Keys of Florida” which was miles away from where he actually was.
COMPLEX SOLUTIONS
For 60 years researchers kept on coming up with Complex solutions for this complex problem. Solutions such as presence of Methane Hydrates, Gulf Stream, Freak Waves, Deliberate acts of destruction, Earth Magnetic field variations just to name a few.
However, the mystery Lived ….
COMPLEXITY SIMPLIFIED
After experiencing the complexity of the complex solutions now let us experience the lightness of simplicity, obvious and the extreme power of the not so common “common sense”. Let us do this not out of our will or out of our desire to free oursef from the complexity but out of the results of years of exploration & research into the Flight 19 case.
The actual reasons for that disaster were so simple that they will haunt the complexity out of your brains. Those were:
1. Bad Weather
2. Multiple Similar Islands
3. Human Error
4. Mental Breakdown of the pilot
The pilot believed in what he wanted to see and not in what he was actually seeing. This made him believe that the Compass was not working properly and for 60 long years researchers kept on investing time, money and energy in unravelling a possible Earth’s Magnetic Field anomaly in the Bermuda Triangle which actually never existed!
BERMUDA TRIANGLE- THE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
You all will be not shocked but enlightened to know about the millions of dollars which business gurus are making out of the Mystery.
1. Hundreds of Best Sellers sold- writers, publishers making millions
2. Hollywood Block Busters- movies on the Triangle.
3. Hundreds of Videos sold- Discovery, National Geography.
4. A new Sport, A new trend, A new hobby, A new Business - Adventure Tourism popping up!
THE MYSTERY STILL LIVES – WHERE, HOW & WHY?
Inspite of research disapproving anything paranormal and mysterious….the Mystery grows with time. What drives this mystery? What feeds it? Lets answer these….
Where it lives?
The Mystery lives….not in the Bermuda triangle, not in those evil waters but in our mind. It lives in us, it lives with us and it grows beyond us!
How it lives?
The Business gurus promote anything which promotes the mystery. The world is promoting such mysteries. The world is forced not to end such mysteries by people who benefit out of it. They drive it, they feed it because the need it!
Why it lives?
The Mystery lives because of 2 major reasons:
1. To excite the hunger of Humans for anything mysterious and paranormal. To feed their desire for adventure, awe, surprise and flush the adrenaline out of their glands.
2. To satisfy the needs of the Business gurus to make “Money out of Nothing”.
It is a symbiotic relationship between them and the people. Their satisfaction of making money is achieved by feeding the hunger of our blood for the rush of adrenaline.
OUR LEARNING
1. KISS rule: Keep It Simple….Stupid!
It simply educates us not to look for complex solutions for complex problems. Instead, believe in the power of simplicity. Free the complexity by thinking the obvious first and using the not so common “Humble Common Sense”. Use this rule to solve your Personal as well as Business problems.
2. Human Behaviour – A Business Perspective.
Understand the Human Nature, know what excites them because the end consumer for any business is Human. Do this and you will unravel, not any mystery, but the art of making money out of nothing!
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