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Can your advantages do more harm, learn the HR insight from spotted hyena
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Over advantage or freedom when given to people in corporate or to animals by nature more often can go dangerous and self defeating is the management message the new born pups of the African spotted hyena conveys. In the name of empowering and enabling people, if over advantages are given to people especially those who do not really worth the same, the result can only be disastrous to the organization as a whole.
Over advantage or freedom when given to people in corporate or to animals by nature more often can go dangerous and self defeating is the management message the new born pups of the African spotted hyena conveys. In the name of empowering and enabling people, if over advantages are given to people especially those who do not really worth the same, the result can only be disastrous to the organization as a whole.
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In some small organizations and corporate that are directly run by the entrepreneurs often suffer from the above. In the name of implementing ‘sober HR culture’, even people in the lower rank and file are given undue advantages and powers. If the people do not have adequate wisdom, maturity and leadership style, the advantages given to them would only going to make them worse and harmful. The spotted hyena is unique in its reproductive biology when compared to most carnivorous animals.
Unlike the young ones of wild dog, lion, tiger etc., the young ones of spotted hyena are ‘precocious’ at birth, means, eyes completely open, teeth fully grown and able to move around and ‘fend’ themselves considerably. Whereas the young ones of most carnivorous animals at birth are ‘altrecious’ means, eyes closed, totally helpless and incapable of doing anything.
It is assumed that when the hyena cubs born as precocious young ones, they are relatively safer than the altrecious young ones of other carnivore, from their predators/enemies. But unfortunately, good proportion of the cubs of spotted hyena dies at an early age due to fierce fight within siblings.
When all cubs are fully developed, can differentiate who is weak and who is strong and accordingly the stronger ones attack the weaker ones to improve their chance of survival. Due to the fear of attack, the weaker cubs at most instances, avoid even coming out of the den to eat and hence would suffer from starvation.
They would die at the end. Imagine, if the cubs of hyena were altrecious, such fierce fight may not occur at such an early age and the survival rate of the cubs also may go higher. The advantage what the baby hyena has at birth only proving disastrous to the entire clan.
This may be for the purpose of natural selection and survival of the fittest. But in corporate scenario, if power and freedom is given to people who are not matured and lack adequate leadership quality, such leaders can do more harm than any good to the corporate.
Give freedom, independence and decision making authority only to those who really worth otherwise they become like precocious hyena cubs, resort to nothing except proving their dominance and eliminating the ‘innocent’ ones. In the society of hyena, natural selection favour the best. In corporate, the natural selection should protect every role and not the best alone.
Remember, giving people certain advantages, freedom, authority to take decision can go dangerous, if the true leadership quality of people is understood. In the name of bringing novel HR culture, never make the corporate to be like the clan of hyena cubs where the advantage only will help one to attack and kill the other.
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