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New Story of
the Hare and Tortoise
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Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had
an argument about who was faster. Theydecided to settle the argument with a race.
They agreed on a route and started off the
race.
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The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for
some time. Then seeing that he was far
ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit
under a tree for some time and relax before
continuing the race.
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He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep.
The tortoise plodding on overtook him andsoon finished the race, emerging as theundisputed champ.
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The hare woke up and realized that he'd lost
the race. The moral of the story is that slowand steady wins the race.
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This is the version of the story that we've all
grown up with.
But then recently, someone told me a
more interesting version of this story. It
continues.
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The hare was disappointed at losing the race
and he did some Defect Prevention (Root
Cause Analysis). He realized that he'd lost
the race only because he had been
overconfident, careless and lax.
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If he had not taken things for granted, there'sno way the tortoise could have beaten him.
So he challenged the tortoise to another race.The tortoise agreed.
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This time, the hare went all out and ran
without stopping from start to finish. Hewon by several miles.
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The moral of the story
Fast and consistent will always beat the
slow and steady.
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If you have two people in your organisation,one slow, methodical and reliable, and the
other fast and still reliable at what he does,the fast and reliable chap will consistentlyclimb the organisational ladder faster than
the slow, methodical chap.
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It's good to be slow and steady; but it's
better to be fast and reliable.
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But the story doesn't end here. The tortoise
did some thinking this time, and realisedthat there's no way he can beat the hare in arace the way it was currently formatted.
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He thought for a while, and then challenged
the hare to another race, but on a slightly
different route.
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The hare agreed. They started off. In
keeping with his self-made commitment tobe consistently fast, the hare took off and
ran at top speed until he came to a broad
river.
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The finishing line was a couple of
kilometers on the other side of the river.
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The hare sat there wondering what to do. In
the meantime the tortoise trundled along,got into the river, swam to the opposite bank,
continued walking and finished the race.
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The moral of the story?
First identify your core competency and
then change the playing field to suit your
core competency.
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In an organisation, if you are a good speaker,
make sure you create opportunities to givepresentations that enable the senior
management to notice you.
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If your strength is analysis, make sure you
do some sort of research, make a report andsend it upstairs. Working to your strengths
will not only get you noticed but will also
create opportunities for growth andadvancement.
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The story still hasn't ended.
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The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had
become pretty good friends and they didsome thinking together. Both realised that
the last race could have been run much
better.
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So they decided to do the last race again, butto run as a team this time.
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They started off, and this time the harecarried the tortoise till the riverbank. There,
the tortoise took over and swam across withthe hare on his back.
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On the opposite bank, the hare again carried
the tortoise and they reached the finishing
line together. They both felt a greater senseof satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.
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The moral of the story?It's good to be individually brilliant and to
have strong core competencies; but unless
you're able to work in a team and harnesseach other's core competencies, you'll
always perform below par because there
will always be situations at which you'll dopoorly and someone else does well.
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Teamwork is mainly about situational
leadership, letting the person with the
relevant core competency for a situationtake leadership.
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There are more lessons to be learnt from thisstory.
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Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise
gave up after failures. The hare decided towork harder and put in more effort after his
failure.
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The tortoise changed his strategy because he
was already working as hard as he could. Inlife, when faced with failure, sometimes it isappropriate to work harder and put in moreeffort.
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Sometimes it is appropriate to change
strategy and try something different. And
sometimes it is appropriate to do both.
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The hare and the tortoise also learnt another
vital lesson. When we stop competing
against a rival and instead start competingagainst the situation, we perform far better.
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When Roberto Goizueta took over as CEO
of Coca-Cola in the 1980s, he was facedwith intense competition from Pepsi thatwas eating into Coke's growth.
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His executives were Pepsi-focussed and
intent on increasing market share 0.1 percent a time.
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Goizueta decided to stop competing against
Pepsi and instead compete against thesituation of 0.1 per cent growth.
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He asked his executives what was the
average fluid intake of an American per day?
The answer was 14 ounces. What wasCoke's share of that? Two ounces. Goizueta
said Coke needed a larger share of that
market.
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The competition wasn't Pepsi. It was the
water, tea, coffee, milk and fruit juices that
went into the remaining 12 ounces. Thepublic should reach for a Coke whenever
they felt like drinking something.
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To this end, Coke put up vending machines
at every street corner. Sales took a quantumjump and Pepsi has never quite caught up
since.
I lli P M f I d P d i i
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To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoise teaches usmany things.
Important lessons are:
that fast and consistent will always beat slow andsteady;
work to your competencies;
pooling resources and working as a team will alwaysbeat individual performers;
never give up when faced with failure;and finally, compete against the situation. Not against a
rival.
I t lli t P M t f I d P d ti it
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BE STRATEGIC!BE STRATEGIC!