WOW - Part 2

Welcome to the 2nd Part of WOW - Ways of Working...!! Hope you might have got some learning from WOW - Part 1.

Today I will highlight some common issues that takes place in an organisation, some common mistakes of employer and employees and how they can be addressed.

In general case issues or problems arise due to Conflict of Interest. Different people have different minds and different goals in life. The entrepreneur perceive the goal to take his organisation to new heights and accomplish his goals, for which he invests money, take risk, expand his business reach, manufacture more goods and all this can be possible after hiring manpower. Every employer desire that every individual working in his organisation should have the same vision, mission and goal that he perceives.

But on the other side of the coin the employees have their own goals, visions, missions and milestones to achieve. The focus of employee lies in monetary gains, employee benefits and advantages that he expects from the organisation.

This is called conflict of interest. The interest of employer is to run his business and earn handsome profit to reach new milestones but in the process he needs the manpower that aligns to his goals and visions. The sync between the team gets disturbed and individuality exists over the team spirit. The conflict of interest further leads to Job Dissatisfaction and languidness to the employees.

Job Dissatisfaction is the dangerous disease that can ever happen to an organisation. It is the most contagious disease that keeps spreading from one person to the other in no time. An employee dissatisfied  with his job results into other satisfied employees turning their face towards the one who is dissatisfied and agree to his points of dissatisfaction no matter how wrong, illogical or unpractical they are.

The result of job dissatisfaction is most devastating when the employee remains into the organisation. It could be better if he leaves the job at the earliest and finds himself a new job that suits to his requirements.

Coming back to Conflict of Interests, there are two possibilities to avoid Conflict of Interest.

1. The employer to look after employee's interest.

2. The employee to look after employer's interest

So how do they do that ? What are the ways to practice the above 2 possibilities ?

The employer can look after employee's interest by being liberal in policy or believe in more profit sharing. The salary and benefits must be on value for work basis. The employer can surprise his employers by some gits, incentive or a fun gathering. Festivals are the best time to delight the employees with sweets, gift and incentives. The employee feels satisfied when he gets some favour. Another thing which satisfies employee is the leave policy. There has to be certain policies and procedures in every organisation but when an employee is in a dire need of leave or when his/her circumstances gets adverse, he always seeks help from the organisation, and by getting it he may never forget the favours and shall remain loyal to the organisation. The supportive environment for employee will always attract him to work harder and harder which helps employer to align with his vision and missions for his organisation.

The employee can look after employer's interest by being loyal, helpful and providing value addition for the task he is being given and serve the employer in all his business situations. Understanding the duties and responsibilities given to employee, one should well judge the situation and act as what would he do if he was an employer. For every employee to be successful in his job, he must think and work as if he was an employer and he has to take decisions. With employee satisfaction, there should also be a term of employer satisfaction. Without satisfaction in job, one can not perform whether it may be employer or employee. Another thing that is important for employee is to maintain the culture and respect for his colleagues and employee.

The above were my views on Ways Of Working.. Feel free to share your views and please subscribe to my blogs to receive regular updates.

I will be back with an interesting blog soon. Till then good bye..!!

-Kushal

The Interview (Part 2)

Continued from The Interview (Part 1)..

After the first round of interview in a confused state of mind, I gave myself some time and relaxed. Early in the morning today, I got an idea to call Mr. Mind and Mr. Heart to give a case study and test their decision making abilities.

So I called both of them and asked to remain present together. I would narrate them a case study and they were supposed to give their suitable solutions and suggestions as the story in case study proceeds.

The case study was something like..

"You are travelling in bus for a long journey. The destination town is unknown and would take route by passing through 2 villages. Each village would symbolize something or give a hint about the destination town."

I asked both of them for any queries or requirement to travel ?

Mind asked "Sir, answers of this case study would confirm my job ?  How much would be the approximate distance ?  Would the journey be safe ?  The bus would be air conditioned or not ?  What is to be done after reaching the town ?"

I was flooded by question from Mr Mind and was feeling irritated to answer. His decision making was based on logic and wanted to know the benefits of travelling the the unknown town.

Mr. Heart on the other hand was sitting quietly without any questions or anxiety. He simply said he would be ready to travel.

This is the basic difference between mind and heart. Mind requires logic and thinks of his benefits in every situation while the heart remains patient and calm. The mind creates a mass of questions and overthinking which leads to more ambiguities and doubts.

I moved ahead narrating the case study further and added  "The 1st village that passed was very shabby, the roads were in a poor condition, the people roaming around were dirty and dressed in a strange manner." 

 I asked both the candidates about their views. Mr. Mind started by giving his immature judgement saying " Sir, I think we should not continue the journey as the 1st village gives some clue that the destination city would be very dirty and there would be no benefit in reaching there. We must analyse this situation to come some conclusion and return back."

I asked Mr. Heart about his stand on this situation. He said, "Sir, I don't judge or decide on a single statement. I would like to proceed further with patience and positive approach and readiness to face unfavourable consequences. What matters for me is the destination and goal rather than any other immaterial factors or situations."

I was happy to hear that reply from Heart as he showed the positive intent and matured behavior.

I further added, "We have reached the 2nd village and found it was very clean, the people around the village were decent and well mannered. The village was well developed and had many houses that were painted fresh and colourful. The village was follower of laws and rules."

Before I ask anything, Mind started, Sir, I would change my previous decision and would like to move ahead towards the destination The village is so good and being more close to the destination, I think the destination town would be more beautiful worth visiting. I am eager to reach the destination. We must take a shortcut way to reach faster."

I was left wondering how mind changed the decision and got attracted towards the beauty of village and again reacted in an immature way and prejudged the result. As he described himself in the first interview round that he is logical, quick decision maker, analytical and fast decision maker, he showed all his characteristics here. But he was more confused and changed his statements & judgement with change in situations.

Now I was eager to listen to Mr. Heart's reply. He said, "Sir, I would still not judge the 2nd village and still have a same feeling to move ahead without giving more importance to this village. I feel our goal is yet to be achieved and we must focus on the same with same positive intent ."

I was happy and getting near to my decision of choice making and choosing any one out of the two.

Then I moved further in the case study and said, "The destination town is called LIFE, where Mr. Mind has proved to be more effective and powerful for success. On the other hand Mind was always changing and confusing and sometimes immature. The decisions and statement coming from Heart were full of patience and positive, while Mind give you mixed statement based on favoutable and unfavourable situation.

I undoubtedly chose Mr. heart based on above situations and his approach for the ever lasting job. I would always ask Mr. Heart for any decisions to be made for success.

WHO DO YOU CHOOSE ???

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-Kushal

The Interview (Part 1)

I had a new recruitment for a very important profile of DECISION MAKING. The decision of what is right and what is wrong, the decision of what is done and what needed to be done, the decision to prioritize between action and thoughts.

I had 2 eligible candidates for this post and I had to make a best choice between them. The name of candidates were
1. Mr. Mind
&
2. Mr. Heart

Both the candidates looked promising. I opened the Resume of both the candidates. But I could not judge their who was best for me. So I decided to call them one by one.

I called Mr. Mind for the initial discussion. He came in and asked for a seat. I did not plan any questions to be asked so I started with "Say something about yourself" like majority of interviewers start.

Mr. Mind started with "Good Morning sir. I am Mr. Mind, I remain on top of everyone. I am a quick to react, instant decision maker and smart enough to tackle difficult situations and available 24×7. I have an ability to think on various matters at a single point  of time. I make decisions based on various analysis. I use various logic tools and judge situations. I have an award of quick decision making with applied shortcuts. I have a degree in  Masters of Logic and hence I think I am the perfect choice for everyone."

I said "Ok. That is enough for your introduction. You can wait outside till I call you again."

He described about his qualities, personality, achievements and capacity. But did not tell anything about his carrier path and where he wants to reach in life. But he looked energetic initially.

Then I called Mr. Heart and asked him the same question "Say something about yourself."

Mr. Heart started with "Good morning sir. I am Mr. Heart. Thank you for giving me opportunity to be here. I am a silent sort of person and try to focus on what is the right way to act. I believe in slow but concrete decision making. I believe in God and make decisions in an ethical manner. I have a quality to highlight what is right and what is wrong and my decisions are based on the same principles. My decisions are well judged but sometimes tough to implement. But I am confident of success in long term."

I said, "You may wait for my next call".

Mr. Heart looked like a person of values and ethics, he was composed and calm in approach. He seemed to be totally opposite personality from Mr. Mind.

One thing that pinched me about Mr. Heart was that he can focus on one thing at a time and seemed a bit slow. On the other side Mr. Mind had an ability to multi task, apply shortcuts to achieve success and uses more of logic into his job.

I was more confused as both the candidates were totally different personalities and it was difficult to judge which one of them would give me success. I was not sure how to evaluate and what to do next. So I asked both of them to take a  leave and wait for my next telephonic call.

I has a feeling that it was going to be a tough but interesting interview to evaluate and select between 2 different but effective personalities. Let us see what happens next. When the first round of interview was so interesting, I feel excited for the coming round of interviews.

This is it for this blog. next round of interview to be conducted within 24 hours. Stay tuned to the blog. You can also subscribe through email or bookmark my blog page http://kushal9049.blogspot.com

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-Kushal