Tapati Rout
Recently I was invited to a Puja Ceremony by a relative on
the outskirts of Bhubaneswar city
in a rural hamlet. There was a temple adjacent to a large water body full of
greenery. Village folks lazily going about their morning routine; while
chirping of birds on hunt for food creating its own melody. On the other side
eight priests are busy arranging for the Puja Ceremony meticulously inside the
temple. I have keenly observed them doing their job seamlessly without any
mistakes, arguments or any confusion. All eight Priests were very well
coordinated in their activities and trained to perform their job in harmony and
with appropriate sequence. To my mind,
these Priests who have never seen the portals of any Management
School
It is but an accepted fact that, credit for a successful
project goes to a successful team; that is equally applicable for a project in
a corporate sector, playing a game to win or even organizing a puja ceremony at
home or an event. In the animal kingdom the King of Jungle also work in a team to
catch a big prey. A good team must possess some universally accepted qualities;
however, there would be a need to change such strategy on the basis of the
nature of job and the external environment prevailing at the time. Two types of
example flashes in my mind; One the puja ceremony and the other one was famous
movie called “Chak De India” – which was all about playing Hockey
for India and winning the game .Both the situations have adopted different
strategy to ‘Build’ successful team at their level. Let us now
look at the different strategy adopted in two aforementioned cases. In the case
of Puja Ceremony my observations are as follows:
- Complete understanding about the job by all team members
- Higher level of Non-Verbal Communication Skill among the team members
- Outstanding networking and coordination between team members
- Goal orientation of team members and spirit of co-operation between members of the team to complete the task successfully and in time.
- Leadership quality in each team member and the ability to take initiative to complement the job with a sense of Timing
- Mutual respect for each other as a person and their respective abilities and absence of any ‘Bully’ in the team
- Good Listening Skills of team members
- Time management
- Positive attitude towards the job
- Maintaining a calm but productive environment
The movie ‘Chak De India’ which I have watched umpteen numbers
of times was a classic and powerful example of how to build a winning team to
respond to Global Competition. My observations are as follows:
- Team
members must understand the value for time(when the player from
- Building Team Spirit (The Coach coax the team members to understand and feel as part of one Indian Team Identity)
- Compatibility among Team members (Allotment of beds to the team by the Coach to promote cross interaction)
- Job allocation/rotation to bring out the best from each member (allocation of field placement of players by the coach)
- The leader at times should act tough to bring the team in coordination
- Develop sympathy and compassion between each team members (team members help each other to learn English)
- Select a team leader who is liked & respected by all members of the team (Captain selection)
The humble Puja Ceremony by Priests in a rural landscape and
the movie makers of ‘chalk de India’ may not be conversant with current team
building process and technology practiced by private business organization and those are being taught in Management
Schools; however, they have intuitively used the art and science of team
building.
Former Visiting Faculty of
KSOM, KIIT University
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