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It is not ability to win decides your victory….a HR wisdom from Cheetah
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Why the population of cheetah is declining at an alarming rate when compared to the population of a lion or hyena or wild dog? Cheetah has several remarkable qualities as a top predator in the food chain, fastest runner, knows how to hide and stock etc., but why it is still at the receiving end?
Why the population of cheetah is declining at an alarming rate when compared to the population of a lion or hyena or wild dog? Cheetah has several remarkable qualities as a top predator in the food chain, fastest runner, knows how to hide and stock etc., but why it is still at the receiving end?
Why this question is equally important to the corporate leaders who may not have virtually any business either with cheetah, lion, hyena or wild dog? Reason for the declining population of cheetah has an important management insight for the corporate employees and leaders to learn and follow.
No carnivore or a predator can run as fast as a cheetah. Because of the extraordinary speed at which cheetah can run, it can easily chase and hunt any prey. But the cheetah also has the limitation that it cannot hunt bigger preys.
When cheetah run, chase and hunt a prey, immediately it cannot eat it because of the energy loss already it had incurred in chasing and hunting the prey. It has to rest for a while to bring down the body temperature and only then it can eat its prey.
When the cheetah is totally exhausted after a hunt, it cannot also fight or chase other predators that may snatch its hunt.
It is been researched out that cheetah looses significant proportion of its hunt to other predators like lion, hyena or wild dog. The poor cheetah hunts a prey and gets exhausted while the other lazy predators easily chase the cheetah out and eat its hard earned hunt. This is considered to be one of the main reasons for declining population of cheetah.
The management insight cheetah conveys to the corporate is that one should not relay only on their hard working ability or ‘unique strength’ for success. If you work hard and achieve anything great, before even you enjoy it, someone may steal or grab it away from you. All your achievements can naturally cause an exertion (energy expenditure either to achieve or during celebration) in you and, before even you recoup from such energy loss, the people around you may snatch it from you. This is a natural law. It is not your ability to achieve decides your success but how smartly you retain your achievement for yourself alone ensures success.
One has to be cunning and cleaver in the positive sense; otherwise, the people around them in the corporate world may rout them of their achievement or success. The process of every achievement will cause tiredness and energy loss. The hawks around you will be ‘waiting for such an opportunity’ to grab, snatch and steal your ‘earning or achievement’. Learn to protect it and do not limit your proud just to achieve.
The law of nature is different and is general for all the living things. Hence every living thing while in nature also needs to create ‘its own law’ to protect its interest and not to harm or steal anything from others. This essential lesson every corporate must learn from the declining population of cheetah.
Dr S Ranganathan
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