“We” For “V”ictory!

It is said that “Success has many fathers and failure is orphan”, but the philosophy of my boss is something different. For him it is, “Success has many fathers but failure has even grandfathers”. It is so correct, when we work in teams, faults and failures must never be put in the bucket of any single person. As it is rightly said, “Deal with the cause and not the effect”; I believe every problem can throw open a new improvement area in the way we work, if it is analyzed correctly. It is obvious to think that there would be a problem of accountability when you say “WE” instead of “You/I”. But I am not denying that people should not be responsible towards realizing their shortcomings. What I have learnt is that the improvement can be seen at an individual level but the responsibility of ensuring that it gets done and giving the required support to achieve it lies with the entire team. The readiness to see mistakes as opportunities must get into everyone’s belief systems. Only then a sense of cooperation will stem up amongst the team members and they will help each other and the team at large, to progress.

This “WE” principle works wonders to foster team work and it must be adapted in a right sense by the teams; more than facing the challenges collectively it also about celebrating the victories together. There is a general feeling of insecurity observed in people when credibility is not imparted at an individual level. However, practicing the “WE” principle does not mean to not recognize the good work done by the people. Instead a team which works with a sense of belongingness believes in creating a hero in each member. Every individual effort is considered as a contribution and every big and small contribution is accounted and appreciated in the team. Everyone dedicatedly works towards a unified goal and the accomplishments always gets tagged to the team. The “WE” principle means to be matured enough to handle crisis and also to foster right attitude of work and cooperation among people.
 I can never forget how comfortable I felt when my team corrected one of my statements in a review meeting and said “Please don’t say I went wrong, say instead we went wrong”. I was filled with respect and the same feeling made me believe that - "Yes, We for Victory”!

May be that feeling is what it is called to be “team work”…

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