It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a rabbit is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter. Along comes a fox, out for a walk.
Fox: "What are you working on?"
Rabbit: "My thesis."
Fox: "Hmm... What is it about?"
Rabbit: "Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat foxes."
Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes!"
Rabbit: "Come with me, and I'll show you!"
They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After a few minutes, gnawing on a fox bone, the rabbit returns to his typewriter and resumes typing.
Soon, a wolf comes along and stops to watch the hardworking rabbit.
Wolf: "What's that you are writing?"
Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves."
Wolf: "You don't expect to get such rubbish published, do you?"
Rabbit: "No problem. Do you want to see why?"
The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow, and again the rabbit returns by himself after a few minutes and goes back to typing.
Finally, a bear comes along and asks, "What are you doing?"
Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat bears."
Bear: "Well, that's absurd!"
Rabbit: "Come into my home, and I'll show you."
Scene: As they enter the burrow, the rabbit introduces the bear to the lion.
Moral:
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SILLY YOUR THESIS TOPIC IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHOM YOU HAVE AS A SUPERVISOR.
Management Lesson:
In the context of the working world:
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BAD YOUR PERFORMANCE IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER YOUR BOSS LIKES YOU OR NOT...
Sri
From India, Bangalore
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Fox: "What are you working on?"
Rabbit: "My thesis."
Fox: "Hmm... What is it about?"
Rabbit: "Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat foxes."
Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes!"
Rabbit: "Come with me, and I'll show you!"
They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After a few minutes, gnawing on a fox bone, the rabbit returns to his typewriter and resumes typing.
Soon, a wolf comes along and stops to watch the hardworking rabbit.
Wolf: "What's that you are writing?"
Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves."
Wolf: "You don't expect to get such rubbish published, do you?"
Rabbit: "No problem. Do you want to see why?"
The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow, and again the rabbit returns by himself after a few minutes and goes back to typing.
Finally, a bear comes along and asks, "What are you doing?"
Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat bears."
Bear: "Well, that's absurd!"
Rabbit: "Come into my home, and I'll show you."
Scene: As they enter the burrow, the rabbit introduces the bear to the lion.
Moral:
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SILLY YOUR THESIS TOPIC IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHOM YOU HAVE AS A SUPERVISOR.
Management Lesson:
In the context of the working world:
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BAD YOUR PERFORMANCE IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER YOUR BOSS LIKES YOU OR NOT...
Sri
From India, Bangalore
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Thank you, Sreedevi. Your story was wonderful. I guess it is really true in the current world. One who blindly obeys the orders of the superiors is rated the best. True performance many times goes unnoticed.
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From India, New Delhi
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sree
From India, New Delhi
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Thanks Sri! Really good. It is more often the boss's ability which determines one's career prospects. Another important factor is how you are perceived in the organization. So, image building + having a strong leader as a boss, you are likely to be numero uno! KK Nair
From India, Bhopal
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I totally agree with what everyone has said in the earlier posts. Our boss matters more than anything, so the big problem is why there are so many bad bosses?
As HR professionals, we should be interested in these issues because they affect employee performance. It is essential that everyone reads this research paper: "Why Your Boss Is Programmed to Be a Dictator" (it's available for free download at www.changethis.com). You will learn a lot from reading it, and if you are a boss yourself, it will really challenge your thinking.
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As HR professionals, we should be interested in these issues because they affect employee performance. It is essential that everyone reads this research paper: "Why Your Boss Is Programmed to Be a Dictator" (it's available for free download at www.changethis.com). You will learn a lot from reading it, and if you are a boss yourself, it will really challenge your thinking.
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This was interesting, indeed. This also may be true up to a certain extent in the present working world. But this need not be true always.
The issue is GOOD BOSSES sometimes HAVE TO allow poor folks under him/her to become BIG BOSSES. That's the problem :) How do you perceive this problem, folks?
Ash.
From China, Guangzhou
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The issue is GOOD BOSSES sometimes HAVE TO allow poor folks under him/her to become BIG BOSSES. That's the problem :) How do you perceive this problem, folks?
Ash.
From China, Guangzhou
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Hi Ashwini,
I don't think anyone should have to allow bad people to become bosses...the risk to the organization is too great.
I mean, think about what happened with NASA - two space shuttles crashed, all because bosses didn't want to listen to their subordinate engineers. Would you be willing to take such a risk with your organization?
I think that we all still suffer from a 'boss is king' mindset, even if we don't like our boss. We just believe that's the way life is, and that we can't change it.
If I were a NASA astronaut, I would refuse to fly until NASA changed its organization structure to one at least resembling the one that the author proposes. Put it this way: knowing what you do (assuming you read the article), would you let your loved one fly on a shuttle mission?
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I don't think anyone should have to allow bad people to become bosses...the risk to the organization is too great.
I mean, think about what happened with NASA - two space shuttles crashed, all because bosses didn't want to listen to their subordinate engineers. Would you be willing to take such a risk with your organization?
I think that we all still suffer from a 'boss is king' mindset, even if we don't like our boss. We just believe that's the way life is, and that we can't change it.
If I were a NASA astronaut, I would refuse to fly until NASA changed its organization structure to one at least resembling the one that the author proposes. Put it this way: knowing what you do (assuming you read the article), would you let your loved one fly on a shuttle mission?
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