What’s in a Team ?

Hey People, How are you all?

 Today I will be discussing a story which everyone has heard of, But this time I will be modifying the story to make you guys understand that how a chain reaction of meanings can be extracted by a single story ! All you have to do is to modify it a bit!

Source: Google

Once upon a time a turtle and a rabbit had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race.
The turtle and rabbit both agreed on a route and started off the race!
The rabbit shot ahead and ran briskly for some time, Then seeing that he was far ahead of the turtle, He sat under a tree for some time relaxing and soon fell asleep.
The turtle plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ.

Moral: Slow and steady wins the race!

This is the version of the story that we’ve all grown up with, BUT the version of the story continues!

The rabbit was disappointed at losing the race and he did some thinking. He realised that he’d lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax, if he had not taken things for granted, there’s no way the turtle could have beaten him.

So, the rabbit challenged the turtle for another race and the turtle agreed. This time, the rabbit went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish.
He won by several miles.

Moral: Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady.

It’s good to be slow and steady; but it’s better to be fast and reliable.

But the Story doesn’t end here.

The turtle did some thinking this time, and realised that there’s no way he can beat the rabbit in a race the way it was currently formatted.

The turtle thought for a while, and then challenged the rabbit to another race, but on a slightly different route. The rabbit agreed.
The turtle and the rabbit started off!
In keeping with his self-made commitment to be fast and consistent, the rabbit took off and ran at top speed.
Until he came to a broad river, the finishing line was a couple of kilometres on the other side of the river.
The rabbit sat there wondering what to do, In the meantime the turtle trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.

Moral: First identify your core competency and then change the playing field to suit your core competency.

The story still hasn’t ended!

The turtle and the rabbit, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together!
Both realised that the last race could have been run much better, So the turtle and the rabbit decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team and this time,
They started off, and this time the rabbit carried the turtle till the riverbank. There, the turtle took over and swam across with the rabbit on his back.
On the opposite bank, the rabbit again carried the turtle and they reached the finishing line together.

Both the rabbit and turtle felt a great sense of satisfaction than they’d felt earlier.

Moral: It’s good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies but unless you’re able to work in a team and harness each other’s core competencies , you’ll always perform below par as there will always be situations at which you’ll do poorly and someone else does well.

Source: Google

Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership. And that is the END of the Story.

So, always try to perform as a team and let the core competencies talk for themselves.

Ravi Agarwal