Many corporate will be following the culture of ducks lay eggs only in the morning ........
Many corporate will be following the HR culture of ‘ducks lay its eggs only in the morning’ and hence it has to be collected only in the morning. But unfortunately they are not conscious or aware of the above culture they follow nor do they know how deeply it has rooted in the organization.
What does the term ‘ducks lay its eggs only in the morning and hence it has to be collected only in the morning’ conveys? Those who know the behaviour of ducks and have duck farm need not worry about the eggs of the ducks getting lost. Ducks lay them usually in the morning. So they can be collected safely in the morning.
Before the ducks are let out in the morning, one can collect the eggs safely. Ducks, generally do not lay the eggs later than the morning. They follow a pattern or uniformity in laying eggs. Similarly, the employees in most corporate know when they have to gear up to work and get the result. Just before appraisal time, employees in most corporate become busy doing many things just show the tasks are completed and targets are achieved.
Until the appraisal time, the employees used to freak out doing nothing or doing little. Since the entire system follow the above culture, neither the boss nor the subordinates bother about anything. The subordinates try to do something because the boss might ask them during appraisal. The boss bothers about the performance of the subordinates only because, his or her boss will ask about the same. This culture is very common mostly in ‘single man’ venerated corporate.
Why most people follow the above culture. They know they will be asked about what they have done only during performance appraisal time. In other words, they know ducks lay its eggs only during morning and they need to collect the same only in the morning.
If you want to collect duck eggs, search in the morning similarly, one needs to do something and get ready to show result only during appraisal time and otherwise, they will not be asked about the work progress.
If the culture of regular discussion about the progress of the work assigned to the people, periodic monitoring and seeking the reports are not practiced in the corporate, people just collect the eggs of the ducks in the morning and would prefer to take rest for the entire day.
Right and wise employee engagement is important for the growth of the organization. The HR must know how to do the same. A boy who is employed to pick up the eggs of the ducks in a farm may collect and show that he has done his job well. His job is over in the morning. If at all he is busy again, may be only next morning. The boy should be told to keep the cage clean, feed the ducks etc., during the day. If the owner gets thrilled by the fact that the boy is very smart in collecting all the eggs, the boy will continue to do the same and carry home with all the appreciations of the master.
The owner may not know how to engage the boy but the boy knows how to earn the owner’s appreciation. This is what is happening in most single man driven corporate. It is not just collecting the eggs, the boy also must be told to ensure his job of collecting eggs every day by taking care of the ducks as well. This is how the corporate management should engage the employees.
Ref: Management book – Jungle wisdom for corporate management – lessons from university of nature by Swami Sukhabodhananda and Dr S Ranganathan
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