Everyday, a small Ant arrives at work very early and starts work immediately. She produces a lot and she was happy.
The chief, a Lion was surprised to see that the ant was working without supervision. He thought if the ant can produce so much without supervision; wouldn’t she produce even more if she had a supervisor?
So he recruited a Cockroach who had extensive experience as supervisor and who was famous for writing Excellent reports.
The Cockroach’s first decision was to set up clocking in attendance system. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports.
So he recruited a Spider, who managed the archives and monitored all phone calls.
The Lion was delighted with Cockroach’s reports and asked him to produce graphs to describe production rates and to analyze trends, so that he can use them for presentations at Board Meetings.
So the Cockroach had to buy a new computer and a laser printer. He recruited a Fly to manage the IT Department.
The ant who had once been so productive and relaxed, hated this new plethora of paperwork and meetings which used up most of her time!
The Lion came to the conclusion that it was high time to nominate a person in charge of the department where ant worked.
The position was given to Cicada, whose first decision was to buy a carpet and an ergonomic chair for his office.
The new person in charge, the Cicada, also needed a computer and a personal assistant, who he brought from his previous department, to help him prepare a ‘Work and Budget Control Strategic Optimization Plan--- ( Means what?)
The Department where ant works is now a sad place, where nobody laughs anymore, and everybody has become upset.
It was at that time the Cicada convinced the boss, the Lion, of the absolute necessity to start a climatic study of the environment.
Having reviewed the charges for running the ant’s department, the Lion found out that the production was much less than before.
So he recruited the Owl, a prestigious and renowned consultant to carry out an audit and suggest solutions. The Owl spent three months in the department and came up with an enormous report, in several volumes, that concluded, ‘The department is overstaffed.’
Guess who the Lion fire first?
The Ant, of course, because she “showed lack of motivation and had a negative attitude.”
Thus Ant’s career is destroyed.
Every Corporate, every Family has their own culture. The word ‘Culture’ is very dangerous! Basically Cultures are formed for the progress of the people. But many times Cultures become hurdles for the people. There is ‘Culture Phobia’. Many Corporate and Families are trapped in this Culture Phobia.
Please check that your Company, Organization, Family has not become the victim of this Culture Phobia.
The chief, a Lion was surprised to see that the ant was working without supervision. He thought if the ant can produce so much without supervision; wouldn’t she produce even more if she had a supervisor?
So he recruited a Cockroach who had extensive experience as supervisor and who was famous for writing Excellent reports.
The Cockroach’s first decision was to set up clocking in attendance system. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports.
So he recruited a Spider, who managed the archives and monitored all phone calls.
The Lion was delighted with Cockroach’s reports and asked him to produce graphs to describe production rates and to analyze trends, so that he can use them for presentations at Board Meetings.
So the Cockroach had to buy a new computer and a laser printer. He recruited a Fly to manage the IT Department.
The ant who had once been so productive and relaxed, hated this new plethora of paperwork and meetings which used up most of her time!
The Lion came to the conclusion that it was high time to nominate a person in charge of the department where ant worked.
The position was given to Cicada, whose first decision was to buy a carpet and an ergonomic chair for his office.
The new person in charge, the Cicada, also needed a computer and a personal assistant, who he brought from his previous department, to help him prepare a ‘Work and Budget Control Strategic Optimization Plan--- ( Means what?)
The Department where ant works is now a sad place, where nobody laughs anymore, and everybody has become upset.
It was at that time the Cicada convinced the boss, the Lion, of the absolute necessity to start a climatic study of the environment.
Having reviewed the charges for running the ant’s department, the Lion found out that the production was much less than before.
So he recruited the Owl, a prestigious and renowned consultant to carry out an audit and suggest solutions. The Owl spent three months in the department and came up with an enormous report, in several volumes, that concluded, ‘The department is overstaffed.’
Guess who the Lion fire first?
The Ant, of course, because she “showed lack of motivation and had a negative attitude.”
Thus Ant’s career is destroyed.
Every Corporate, every Family has their own culture. The word ‘Culture’ is very dangerous! Basically Cultures are formed for the progress of the people. But many times Cultures become hurdles for the people. There is ‘Culture Phobia’. Many Corporate and Families are trapped in this Culture Phobia.
Please check that your Company, Organization, Family has not become the victim of this Culture Phobia.
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