co operative teamwork

8/10/2019 Co Operative Teamwork

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Good old lessons in teamwork

from an age-old fable

The Tortoise

And

The Hare


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Once upon a time a tortoise and a

hare had an argument about whowas faster.

Im the fastest

runner.

Thats not true.

The fastest runner isme!


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Ok, lets have

a race.

Fine!

They decided to settle

the argument with a race.They agreed on a route

and started off the race.


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The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for

some time. Then seeing that he was farahead of the tortoise, he thought hed sit

under a tree for some time and rela

before continuing the race.

"oor guy! #ven if I

take a nap, he

could not catch up

with me.


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The tortoise plodding on overtook

him and soon finished the race,emerging as the undisputed

champ.


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The hare woke up and reali%ed that hed

lost the race.


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The moral of the story is thatslow and steady

wins the race.

This is the version of the story that weve allgrown up with.


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The story continues &


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The hare was disappointed

at losing the race and hedid some soul'searching.

$e reali%ed that hed lost

the race only because he

had been overconfident,careless and la. If he had

not taken things for

granted, theres no way the

tortoise could have beatenhim.

(hy did

I lose

therace)


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*an we have

another race)

Ok.

+o he challenged the

tortoise to another race.The tortoise agreed.


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This time, the hare went all

out and ran without stoppingfrom start to finish. $e won by

several miles.


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The moral of the story)

Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and

steady.If you have two people in your organi%ation,

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 organi%ational ladder

faster than the slow, methodical chap.

It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be

fast and reliable.


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ut the story doesnt end here &


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The tortoise did some thinking

this time, and reali%ed that theres

no way he can beat the hare in a

race the way it was currently

formatted. $ow can

I can

win thehare)


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$e thought for a while,

and then challenged

the hare to another

race, but on a slightly

different route.

The hare agreed.

+ure!

*an we have another

race) This time well go

through a different route.


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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.

-oal


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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.

Whatshould I

do?


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First identify your core competency and then change the

playing field to suit your core competency.

In an organi%ation, if you are a good speaker, make sure youcreate opportunities to give presentations that enable the senior

management to notice you.

If your strength is analysis, make sure you do some sort ofresearch, 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.


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The story still hasnt ended &


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The hare and the tortoise, by

this time, had become prettygood friends and they did some

thinking together. oth reali%ed

that the last race could have

been run much better.


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+o they decided to do the

last race again, but to runas a team this time.

$i, buddy. $ow

about doing our last

race again)

-reat! I think wecould do it much

better, if we two

help each other.

$i, buddy. $ow

about doing our last

race again)


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They started off, and this time the

hare carried the tortoise till theriverbank.


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There, the tortoise took over and

swam across with the hare on hisback.


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On the opposite bank, the hare

again carried the tortoise and theyreached the finishing line together.

They both felt a greater sense of

satisfaction than theyd felt earlier.


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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 parbecause 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.


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There are more lessons to be learnt from this story.

ote 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. 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. ometimes it is appropriate

to change strategy and try something different. !nd 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.


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(hen /oberto -oi%ueta took over as *#O of *oca'*ola in

the 0123s, he was faced with intense competition from "epsi

that was eating into *okes growth. $is eecutives were"epsi'focused and intent on increasing market share 3.0 per

cent a time.

/oberto decided to stop competing against "epsi and insteadcompete against the situation of 3.0 per cent growth.


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$e asked his eecutives what was the average fluid intake of

an 4merican per day) The answer was 05 ounces. (hat was

*okes share of that) Two ounces. /oberto said *oke neededa larger share of that market. The competition wasnt "epsi. It

was the water, tea, coffee, milk and fruit 6uices that went into

the remaining 07 ounces. The public should reach for a *oke

whenever they felt like drinking something.

To this end, *oke put up vending machines at every street

corner. +ales took a 8uantum 6ump and "epsi has never 8uite

caught up since.


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To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoiseteaches us many things9

"ever give up when faced with failure

Fast and consistent will always beat slow andsteady

Work to your competencies

#ompete against the situation, not against a

rival.

$ooling resources and working as a team will

always beat individual performers


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Lets go and build stronger teams!

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