Who suffer the worst the giver or receiver? A corporate message from nature

Giver suffers the worst and that is the law of nature. The corporate employees must learn and understand this law of nature.In nature, except green plants, all other life forms are but consumers of different order viz., direct consumers – the herbivorous and the indirect consumers of green plants – the carnivorous.

Green plants are the only producers in nature. Unfortunately, the plants only suffer the worst. Green plants suffer from the indiscriminate and rampant destruction by man despite making the life of man possible on earth.

Look at the example, the cow give milk, but once it looses its ability to give milk, the animal would be culled. So is the case with bull. Trees in the orchard or a farm, whether it is coconut tree or mango tree, once become old and gives less yield are cut and removed.

Expectations are always high from producers or givers and there will be no such expectations from consumers.

In the corporate ecosystem too, the expectations are always high from sales and marketing teams. Unless these ‘primary producers’ do their job properly, the growth and the development of the organization will suffer the worst. Always the organizations whip the sales team for more result while the people in the R&D who speak Latin and Greek, produce no useful results are always spared.

Among the sales group, TSO’s (Territory Sales Officers) will receive the worst whipping. TSO’s are the people who actually work in the field and they are the one who generate business. All odds, adversities and idiosyncrasies in the field are encountered and smartly managed by these people. Neither the TSO’s get as fat salary as their boss nor do they enjoy any great paraphernalia and luxury. However, expectations are always high from these people.

Another group of people who suffer the worst in the corporate are the people in the factory. They sweat in the shop floor; work hard but expectations are always high from them.

Despite meeting the greed and expectations of many in the organization, the givers at the end, suffer a worst rejection and isolation in the society.

The employees should learn the essential message that if an organization is expecting more from them means they are the ‘givers’ and if the expectations are less, means they are mere consumers. Either, be proud that you are a giver and that is why your doors are constantly knocked at or be sad for despite giving so much, still expectations are high from you.

Remember, if your organization is expecting a lot from you means, many in your organization are not working and such an organization is not good place to continue with for long time. If a little or no expectation the organization has from you means someone is working hard in your organization. It is dangerous that the ‘someone’ if stop working, you along organization would die immediately.

Learn to have high expectations from your organization only then you will grow and so too your organization. If you work hard with limited expectation, you will have to work harder and harder to meet the expectations of many lazy bugs in your corporate.

Most corporate inadvertently starve the calf to get more milk from the cow; means cut the expenditure on many other functions to strengthen the sales. Organization must learn the art of minimizing the pressure of the people from whom the organization expects a lot and ensure and empower other group of people to grow to the level where they also become contributors.

Dr S Ranganathan