Dr S Ranganathan, Director, ClinRise Derma Pvt., Ltd., Chennai ... why most CEO's in one man corporate behave like .....
What a sparrow and an eagle would remind us if we look at it from the corporate context or corporate scenario? Certainly the bird –myna also fit into the space of the sparrow while trying to find an answer to the above question.
Sparrow and myna are always busy, certainly busier than the eagle. They are like ‘sales people’ in the corporate. They work day in and day out but, get paid little. They always remain ‘small’ in the organization like a sparrow or myna in nature.
On the contrary, the eagle is like a CEO, always or mostly resting, rarely work, and its only work is to hunt and eat other animals in nature. This definition may fit well for some CEO’s in most corporate. Eagle like CEO’s do exist in plenty, mostly in one man guided corporate.
Eagle work less and will be mostly watching for a weak prey to hunt. So are some CEO’s, do little, always take rest and taking rest is ‘the most busiest daily activity’ one can find in their daily business calendar. Indeed they are ‘the big’ in any corporate. They are also paid very high salary.
Reflect on the above simile and get the management message. The universal law is “always a hunter is paid high, while the hunted pay its life” Dr S Ranganathan.
While creating different species of life, nature indeed has set and left several examples and insights for the corporate man to learn and understand. In any corporate, the sales people are the one who work the most and generate revenue for rest of the people in the corporate to eat and become fat. But mostly they are paid relatively less salary. However, the sales people enjoy plenty of job opportunities in the business world like how a sparrow or myna can find plenty of food for them in nature.
Another management insight also the sparrow and myna tells to the corporate. How much ever food is available for the sparrow and myna and how much ever food they eat also, they remain same.
Most of the sales people play several ‘tricks’ in their expense statement and make enough gains. But unfortunately, they remain as small as a sparrow or a myna in their mindset always looks for an opportunity to ‘run and count the meter reading’.
On the contrary, the eagle knows only to rest and hunt. So are some CEO’s in most corporate. The two important activities the CEO’s generally engage are
1. Resting
2. Hunting
They are largely driven by the eagle instinct. Eagle is a predator and so are the CEO’s in general.
Ironically, the sparrow and myna also knows how to escape from an eagle. Eagle generally never chase or hunt these two birds as they are too small a meal for the eagle. This is the reason why, most CEO’s seldom attack the sales function than the marketing function.
The purpose of the article is not to malign sales people or CEO’s. But to invite them to introspect and see how true is the message conveyed by the sparrow and eagle. Eagle cannot stop hunting and sparrow cannot grow big, but people in the corporate can indeed change their attitude.
The intention of the article is to bring a change, a change that would add value to the self and the corporate. Unless people know what is as ‘what is’, only then they can change to what should be. Let the sparrow and eagle serve you with the necessary management insight.
Dr S Ranganathan, ClinRise Derma Pvt., Ltd.
Learn more from the management book – ‘Jungle wisdom for corporate management- lessons from university of nature’ by Swami Sukhabodhananda and Dr SRanganathan
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