A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She reduced altitude and spotted a man below. She descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, Sir, can you help me? I don't know where I am; I had promised someone I should be there."
The man below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," said the lady balloonist.
"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the lady in the balloon, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip even more."
The engineer below responded, "You must be in Top Management."
"I am," replied the lady balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the Engineer, "You don't know where you are or where you're going. You made a promise which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems."
From India, Gurgaon
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1The man below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," said the lady balloonist.
"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the lady in the balloon, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip even more."
The engineer below responded, "You must be in Top Management."
"I am," replied the lady balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the Engineer, "You don't know where you are or where you're going. You made a promise which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems."
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This kind of conversation had just happened in our company. The top management won't trust problems occurred in the real world; even more, he won't trust people who have done it. How can we solve it or narrow the gap between top management and line managers?
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The quote was precise to the Top management exactly where the peoples do lots of meeting and decide nothing and also a big barrier to the peoples who does it Thank u... Regards, R.Ramkishore
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