Valley Crossing...How it should be done..management style !!!!

Hello people,

Every manager knows the power of Teamwork. In fact the very existence of a manager can be attributed to the phenomenon of 'Teams'. If human beings had long decided to do every task individually, the world would have been a totally different place. The Valley Crossing exercise purely focused on learning this phenomenon called 'Teamwork'.

Three wise men Crossing the valley  - Detailed task process :

Persons	First Person	Second Person	Third person
Step
1	Safe	Safe	Safe
2	Half Risky,
3	Full Risky,
4	Half Risky,	Half Risky,
5		Full Risky,
6		Half Risky,	Half Risky,
7			Full Risky,
8			Half Risky,
9	Safe	Safe	Safe

Safe - Both the legs of the person have full support
Half Risky – One leg in the air and the other leg has support
Full risky - Both the legs are in the air without any support
Half risky – One leg is in the air and the other leg has support
Safe - Both the legs have full support

Observations:

·        Each team member is fully safe once and half safe twice i.e. the risk is distributed.

·        All of them will have to safeguard each other when they get into a risky situation i.e. the work is equitably distributed.

·        All of them have to ensure instantaneous communication and cooperation to finish the task.

THE LEARNINGS:

 TEAM WORK-   The essence of Team Work lies in understanding the strengths and weaknesses of every team member and utilizing them to achieve optimum efficiency

 EFFECTIVE STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION-  Strategy and planning are futile without effective implementation

 TRAINING- Proper training is essential to achieve the desired level of results

 GOAL- There should be a well defined goal and every team member should have absolute clarity about it

TRUST-  Mutual trust and belief are the foundation of a good team

LEADERSHIP- Leadership and team work aren’t two separate entities. Collective leadership from the team delivers optimum results

 ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY- Every team member is accountable and responsible for the job at hand

INNOVATION- There has to be openness in terms of new ideas and suggestion