Way it works in Corporates - Lagori

Way it works in Corporate is more of Indian ancient rural game called “lagori”.
1. Make two teams of equal number on each team. Get hold of a rubber ball (For maximum pain factor) or make one using cloths rolled around a stone.

2. Have a toss (coin or yes-no on a hand with stone) and decide between the playing and defending teams.

3. Arrange a pile of flat stones in the form of a pyramid.This will be normally done by the defending team to ensure that structure is resistant to casual hits by a ball.

4. One of the players from the playing team will take an aim at the structure from a predefined distance. He has 3 chances to hit it. If he can't, another person from the same team will try his hand. If no one can hit the pile, then the team is said to be out and has to defend .

5. Once the pile is disturbed by the ball, the playing team has to redo the pile while dodging the ball thrown at them by the defending team. This is not easy because of a keeper(!!) standing near the pile, defending it .

6.If the ball hits any of the playing team, then they would be out and the defending team gets the chance to play.

7.If the playing team manages to reconstruct the pile without getting hit, then they score and will get another chance as the playing team.At the end of the day, Lagori was a game of simple rules, hurt backs (courtesy of considerate defenders) and awesome fun.

As you can make out you are out if you don’t make the pyramid fall………..in the end you are you are out if you don’t fix the pyramid back into its shape.

This is pure game……. What can make you a winner at the start of the game will not make you a winner at the end of the game. You need move on with new strategies. I am not making this comparison with cynicism rather with positive note of ……. Playing with moving target and changing success factors is the way corporate works. That is what ensures maximizing revenue and optimizing operation cost.

After all………leadership is about…… bringing stability when things are unstable and creating instability when things stable…………RIGHT?