Once there was a large institution
and it had it’s own rowing team…
The management of the institution arranged with another
institution a boat race that will be held every year. Every team
can have eight men.
The teams worked very seriously and
very hard to be in the best shape. On the
race day they were equally prepared.
Despite that the other institution won by
a whole kilometer.
FINISH
Our team was in a bad mood. The Board of
Directors decided that they have to win next
year.
They organized a research team to find out
what went wrong and to give
recommendations for the next year.
After a close observation
they found out that the
other institution has seven
rowers and one captain in
the team...
...while our team had seven
captains and only one
rower.
Faced with a difficult situation like this, the
management decided to call in a consultant firm to
improve the rowing team.
After a few months of work the
consultants came to a conclusion
that there are too many captains in
the team and too few rowers.
They proposed a solution to the
problem:
The team structure must be
changed!!!
From now on there will be only four
captains in the team, they will have
two bosses, a director and one rower.
The proposal was made to give the
rower better equipment and special
rights.
Next year the opposing team won by two
kilometers.
FINISH
The rower was kicked out
immediately for not rowing
good enough.
The captains, bosses and the directors received a
reward for the effort, collective spirit and the
results achieved in the preparations.
The consultants prepared a new analysis
which has shown that the plan was good, the
effort was excellent, but the equipment was
inadequate.
Now, they are making plans for the
construction of a new boat…