A Tale of Two Teams!

There are two Teams you know all about. One Team lacked its usual stalwarts and was happy to get what it achieved. Maybe a little more effort, a little more risk. But the team leader did not even come out to take charge.

The other Team had all its stalwarts, but still did want to achieve what it could have achieved. A few points would illustrate this further:

• If someone does excellent in the job assigned to him, you are very right to promote him. But after promoting him you certainly do not want to deprive him of the job itself. Maybe you want him to excel in another important job, but at the same time you must give him time to finish the first one satisfactorily. 

• If somebody is corrupt, he will be at it whatever job you assign. First you must make sure that he had given up corruption permanently. So, it does not make any logic to put him out of one job and assign another. Better put him out permanently of any job.

• If you have to bow to pressure, you must do so consistently too. In one case you punish someone for being insensitive. But in another you bow to the dictates of the culprit's mentor. Means X is provided by Y and you punish X for his wrongdoing despite Y's protests. But then you take in Z who is again proved by Y. So, you remain Y's servant.

• Yes, old members are always powerful and they always resist change. But if you basically want to change your Team you must bring in the new young elements boldly. Otherwise what do you achieve out of all your efforts? 

Well, what is common to both the Teams?  Both do not want to take risk at all. And, both want to safely maintain the status quo.  

If you want to build your team make sure first what you want!