Arteamwork Presentation

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The Hare and Tortoise – revised…



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MYTHICAL STORY

Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had anargument about who was faster. They decided tosettle the argument with a race. They agreed on aroute and started off the race.



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MYTHICAL STORY

The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time.Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, hethought he'd sit under a tree for some time and relaxbefore continuing the race.



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MYTHICAL STORY

He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. Thetortoise plodding on overtook him and soonfinished the race, emerging as the undisputedchamp.



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MYTHICAL STORY

The hare woke up and realized that he'd lost therace. The moral of the story is that

slow and steady wins the race.



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TEAM WORK

This is the version of the story that we've all grownup with, we always were asked to believe thisversion.



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The story continues…!

But then recently, someone told me a moreinteresting version of this story. It continues.



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TEAM WORK

The hare was disappointed at losing the race andhe did some Defect Prevention (Root CauseAnalysis). He realized that he'd lost the race onlybecause he had been overconfident, careless andlax.



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TEAM WORK

If he had not taken things for granted, there's noway the tortoise could have ever beaten him. So hechallenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoiseagreed.



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TEAM WORK

This time, the hare went all out and ran withoutstopping from start to finish. He won by severalmiles.



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TEAM WORK

The moral of the story:

Fast and consistent will always beat the slow andsteady.



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TEAM WORK

If you have two people in your organization, one slow,

methodical and reliable, and the other fast and still reliable atwhat he does, the fast and reliable chap will consistently climbthe organizational ladder faster than the slow, methodicalchap.



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Do not go away: It is getting better…….!

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



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But the story doesn't end here. The tortoise didsome thinking this time, and realized that there's noway he can beat the hare in a race the way it wascurrently formatted.



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TEAM WORK

He thought for a while, and then challenged thehare to another race, but on a slightly differentroute.



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TEAM WORK

The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping withhis self-made commitment to be consistently fast,the hare took off and ran at top speed until he cameto a broad river.



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TEAM WORK

The finishing line was a couple of kilometers onthe other side of the river.



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TEAM WORK

The hare sat there wondering what to do. In themeantime the tortoise trundled along, got into theriver, swam to the opposite bank, continued walkingand finished the race.



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TEAM WORK

The moral of the story? First identify your corecompetency and then change the playing field tosuit your core competency.



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TEAM WORK

In an organization, if you are a good speaker, makesure you create opportunities to give presentationsthat enable the senior management to notice you.



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TEAM WORK

If your strength is analysis, make sure you dosome sort of research, make a report and send itupstairs. Working to your strengths will not only getyou noticed but will also create opportunities for growth and advancement



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The story still hasn't ended.



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TEAM WORK

The hare and the tortoise, by this time, hadbecome pretty good friends and they did somethinking together. Both realized that the last racecould have been run much better.



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TEAM WORK

So they decided to do the last race again, but torun as a team this time.



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TEAM WORK

They started off, and this time the hare carried thetortoise till the riverbank. There, the tortoise tookover and swam across with the hare on his back.



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TEAM WORK

On the opposite bank, the hare again carried thetortoise and they reached the finishing line together.They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction thanthey'd felt earlier.



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TEAM WORK

The moral of the story? It's good to be individuallybrilliant and to have strong core competencies; butunless you're able to work in a team and harnesseach other's core competencies, you'll alwaysperform below par because there will always be

situations at which you'll do poorly and someoneelse does well.



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TEAM WORK

Because



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TEAM WORK

Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership,letting the person with the relevant corecompetency for a situation take leadership.



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And there is still more

There are more lessons to be learnt from this story.



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TEAM WORK

Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave upafter failures. The hare decided to work harder andput in more effort after his failure.



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TEAM WORK

The tortoise changed his strategy because he wasalready working as hard as he could. In life, whenfaced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate towork harder and put in more effort.



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TEAM WORK

Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy andtry something different. And sometimes it isappropriate to do both.



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TEAM WORK

The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vitallesson. When we stop competing against a rival andinstead start competing against the situation, weperform far better.



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A Real-Life Example

When Roberto Goizueta took over as CEO of Coca-Cola in the 1980s, he was faced with intensecompetition from Pepsi that was eating into Coke'sgrowth.



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A Real-Life Example

His executives were Pepsi-focused and intent onincreasing market share 0.1 per cent a time.



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A Real-Life Example

Goizueta decided to stop competing against Pepsiand instead compete against the situation of 0.1 per cent growth.



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A Real-Life Example

He asked his executives what was the averagefluid intake of an American per day? The answer was 14 ounces. What was Coke's share of that? Twoounces. Goizueta said Coke needed a larger shareof that market.



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A Real-Life Example

The competition wasn't Pepsi. It was the water, tea,coffee, milk and fruit juices that went into theremaining 12 ounces. The public should reach for aCoke whenever they felt like drinking something.



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A Real-Life Example

To this end, Coke put up vending machines atevery street corner. Sales took a quantum jump andPepsi has never quite caught up since.



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TEAM WORK

To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoise teaches usmany 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 beatindividual performers;

4. never give up when faced with failure;

5. and finally, compete against the situation. Not against a rival.



TEAM WORK

In Short, BE STRATEGIC!

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