Here is a real life corporate world situation
I heard about from one of our workshop participants.
A leadership
team had 15 zonal heads. They were peers reporting to the management
committee. The company decided to restructure and selected 4 of them as
Regional Heads. This means other 11 zonal heads will need to report to one of
their counter-part peers.
Shyam was
one of these 11 zonal heads. As the restructuring was announced, he had two
choices.
- Fret, fume and resign OR
- Accept and stay positive.
Shyam trusted
the management’s judgement in choosing the 4 people to be promoted. With all his
heart he chose option 2. He spontaneously went up and embraced Kartik, one of
the four people promoted. He congratulated Kartik and said “I am really happy
to have you as a supervisor.”
Shyam and Kartik
shared a very good rapport thereon. Shyam continued giving his best at work.
He worked at enabling success for his boss as well as his team. Shyam’s
rapport with Kartik was also noticed by the company leadership. Kartik gave
lot of positive feedback on Shyam and his team.
Six months
later Kartik was moved to another role, and shortly thereafter Shyam got
promoted to Regional Head role in a different region. Shyam’s team was elated
on his promotion, but was also in tears as they would no more be working
directly with such a contributing boss.
This story
reconfirmed our belief that rejoicing in other’s success leads to enriched
connection and progress.
Warm regards,
Rohan