Leadership Skills for the Global Corporate Series - Lion needed the Mouse - By Seema Anand

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10 Jul 2021

Leadership Skills for the Global Corporate Series - Lion needed the Mouse - By Seema Anand Remixed - Myth and Management series Storyteller Researcher Seema Anand Seema Anand is an expert on Narrative Practices working with the uses and the implications of Oralness specialising in Story telling Seema specialises in global mythologies - comparing and retelling stories through different cultural nuances to give everyone ownership of the tales info seema anand gmail com Film Maker Creative Head Bineeta Mitra Videographer Shozeb Haider Management Consultant Smita Tharoor Blog a http 3A 2F 2Fwww tharoorassociates com 2F 3Fq 3Dblog a Copyright Bineeta Mitra and Seema Anand Production The learning This story falls into Preventing and Solving Problems Competency Forward Thinking The ability to anticipate the implications and consequences of situations and take appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies Anticipates possible problems and develops contingency plans in advance Notices trends in the industry or marketplace and develops plans to prepare for opportunities or problems Anticipates the consequences of situations and plans accordingly Anticipates how individuals and groups will react to situations and information and plans accordingly Strategic Thinking The ability to analyse the organisation s competitive position by considering market and industry trends existing and potential customers internal and external and strengths and weaknesses as compared to competitors Understands the organisation s strengths and weaknesses as compared to competitors Understands industry and market trends affecting the organisation s competitiveness Has an in-depth understanding of competitive products and services within the marketplace Develops and proposes a long-term 3-5 year strategy for the organisation based on an analysis of the industry and marketplace and the organisation s current and potential capabilities as compared to competitors This is a very famous story from the Mahabharata The last time we told this story at a corporate event one senior bank manager told us that the mouse was very wrong in what he did He said that God has said we must help others selflessly in other words without any thought for ourselves The fact that the mouse thought of himself first meant that he was not a good soul Most people will agree that the mouse was very intelligent but when they hear the argument of selflessness they begin to doubt their own initial judgement Please don t Selflessness does not mean sacrificing yourself to someone else s cause You are responsible for looking after yourself I think the mouse was extremely sensible He rescued the lion he did not refuse to help another person who reached out to him And he made sure that he did not become a victim himself and therefore a burden on somebody else Learn to understand how much you can do for someone else without feeling victimised or that you are being taken advantage of And then go out and do it wholeheartedly