How the greed of the boss kill the creativity of the subordinates.... learn from sharks

Oct 12
07:12

2012

Ranganathan

Ranganathan

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The corporate and its HR must learn the most important lesson from the sharks as how ....... Dr S Ranganathan, Director, ClinRise Derma Pvt., Ltd., Chennai

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Female shark looses her appetite well before she delivers her pups.  Reason for the above,How the greed of the boss kill the creativity of the subordinates.... learn from sharks Articles the corporate must know in order to keep the corporate ecosystem well balanced where the boss-subordinate conflicts can pose a major threat.  

 

The biological reason for why the female shark looses her appetite before delivery is to prevent infanticide or the pups being eaten by the mother due to hunger.  It is well known that many animals do eat their young ones post delivery, due to hunger. 

 

Once the female shark looses her hunger and appetite, the pups are safe as they will not succumb to infanticide.  This is the best management trick the nature has used to deal with the female sharks. 

 

During performance appraisal period, most people in the corporate will be moving from pillar to post to ‘show’ what they have done in the corporate is the best on earth.  Everybody become greedy to snatch the attention and recognition of the top brass in the corporate. 

 

Boss-subordinate conflicts become acute during this period.  Some bosses smartly snatch the credit and glory of the hard work of their subordinates and ‘showcase’ the same to the top brass as if they only have done the work.  More often than not, the sincere, naïve and hardworking subordinates is the one falls victim to such third rate politics of some bosses. 

 

Only during performance appraisal time, such politics become dominant and evident as everyone wants to get appraised well and only then the next level of benefits they could get. 

 

The greed and appetite due to expectation do increase in people in corporate especially during performance appraisal period.  This greed of some bosses only affects the corporate culture, its serenity and harmony.  The HR function and the corporate leaders must remember how insightful the nature is in bringing down the appetite of a female shark before she delivers her pups. 

 

The corporate leaders and the HR must see how they can deal with the greed of the bosses that in turn would kill the curiosity, hope and creativity of the subordinates in the corporate. 

 

To bring care and responsibility only, the nature has affected the appetite of the female shark.  The same approach the corporate also must employ.   The total and complete performance of all subordinates only should be taken as an index of the best performance of the bosses.   Only by brining such a stricture strictly, ‘fence eating crop’ phenomena can be prevented. 

 

If the wisdom of nature ever enters the corporate, the scope for such ‘third rate politics’ in the corporate can be easily destroyed. 

 

Every creation and every action in nature has a strong management message for the corporate.  The corporate and its HR must not only be sensitive but must receptive also. 

 

Dr S Ranganathan, ClinRise Derma Pvt., Ltd., Chennai

 

Learn more from the management book – ‘Jungle wisdom for corporate management – lessons from the university of nature’ by Swami Sukhabodhananda and Dr S Ranganathan    

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