Lets have mind of a "vast ocean" to accelerate growth of Matsya!

Lets start our discussion from one of the stories from Mythology. The story of   first avatar of Vishnu ie. Matsya goes like this , Matsya ( fish) was separated from sea and kept in a pot to ensure its growth. Matsya grew to an extend that pot was unable to hold and Manu ( The creator) kept changing the pot to manage the fish. If we equate Manager to a pot and fish as growing system, unless pot is self growing like ocean , it does not have existence beyond a point. Question here is why this is important in today's context!

Many growing organisation replace so called Head’s stating that they are incapable of managing future growth. But the so called “head” get puzzled thinking that why I am not given chance to prove!! All this happens due to a simple concept “How management expects "head" to manage organisation and How "head's" manage organisation!”.

We can sensitize a point here , a good manager who have grown in the system would have seen phase of “team leading” to reach a manager level. While he was facilitating thoughts of individual players in the first level, he may try training team leader when he reaches to managerial level. This is due to a belief that “ I have seen it, I know it – I need doer’s not thinkers. But buck stops there , a growing system do not accept a stagnant pot. It tries to break the pot.

So thump rule here is

1. Recruit for Skills and Values
2. Monitor Values
3. Facilitate thinking.

What do we mean by this. Lets take the first point, Recruit for skills and values.

In any relation, the process goes like

Now lets see from where this threat feel arise – this happens when I look at what I manage in a person , I manage values and facilitate thinking . Instead many managers expect their subordinates to be replica of what they are  to measure the level of their success . This is a myth as they feel management expects them to do so but the fact is this not how management’s eye see this case. Management see this as a limited growth opportunity instead of unlimited growth potential.

So what’s the thump rule

1. Your team member should be more competent than you in his job.
2. Your role is facilitating thinking – only a competent employee can think of improvising.
3. Define and Monitor values – “ Passion to work is a value”

Lets have a mind of vast ocean to accelerate growth of Matsya!