VISIBILITY DEFICIENCY

ABSENCE OF CONSCIENCESanjay Kirimanjeshwar

VISIBILITYDEFICIENCY

September 28, 2015

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

PEOPLE TAKE MANY ROUTES TO GAIN VISIBILITY IN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. SOME ARE HONORABLE. SOME AREN’T.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

AS INDIVIDUALS COMPETE AND PUSH FOR VISIBILITY AT ANY COST, YOU WITNESS AN ABSENCE OF CONSCIENCE IN THEIR ACTIONS.

IT’S WORRISOME.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

AND, WHEN SUPERVISORS AND LEADERS TERM IT AS ESSENCE OF THE NEW WORLD, IT’S FAR MORE WORRISOME.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

LET ME NARRATE A STORY. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT.

I SAY IT, I TWEAK IT, BECAUSE IT RAISES AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

A QUESTION OF

VISIBILITYDEFICIENCY

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE LIVED A GREAT KING WHO WAS LOVED BY HIS SUBJECTS. HE HAD A SON WHO WAS

IN A HURRY TO TAKE OVER THE THRONE.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

“FATHER, I AM READY”, HE SAID.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

THE KING AGREED. BUT, ON ONE CONDITION.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

HE ASKED HIS SON TO LIVE IN THE FOREST FOR SIX MONTHS. UPON RETURN, THE SON WOULD HAVE TO

SATISFACTORILY ANSWER THE KING’S QUESTION.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

SIX MONTHS PASSED. THE SON RETURNED.THE KING ASKED, “WHAT DID YOU HEAR IN THE FOREST?”

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

THE SON REPLIED, “NOTHING AT ALL. IT’S A FOREST!”THE KING ASKED HIM TO SPEND A YEAR AWAY, THIS TIME.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

A YEAR PASSED. THE KING ASKED HIS SON AGAIN.“WHAT DID YOU HEAR IN THE FOREST?”

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

THE SON REPLIED, “I HEARD THE SOUNDS OF ANIMALS.”THE KING SENT HIM BACK TO THE FOREST.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

ANOTHER YEAR PASSED. THE KING ASKED HIS SON AGAIN.HE REPLIED, “I HEARD THE CLOUDS MOVE, THE SOUND OF RAIN,

AND THE COLD BREEZE.”

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

THE KING ASKED HIM TO SPEND YET ANOTHER YEAR AWAY.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

UPON RETURN, THE SON EXCITEDLY SAID, “I HEARD THE FLOWERS BLOOM AND ANIMALS SING WITH JOY.

SOUNDS I NEVER HEARD BEFORE.”

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

THE KING SMILED AND SAID, “NOW, YOU ARE READY, MY SON.”

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

THE KING CONTINUED, “WHEN YOU ARE A KING, YOU SIT FAR AWAY FROM YOUR PEOPLE. THEREFORE, YOU MUST DEVELOP THE SKILL TO

HEAR THEM, UNDERSTAND THEM, AND KNOW THEM.”

YOU NEED TO SEE BEYOND WHAT IS SHOWN TO YOU.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

IF YOU SIT HIGHER UP THINKING THAT THE ONUS IS ON THE PEOPLE TO MAKE THEMSELVES VISIBLE, YOU END UP ON YOUR PART WITH

VISIBILITY DEFICIENCY

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Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

VISIBILITY DEFICIENCY = YOUR INABILITY TO SEE BEYOND WHAT IS SHOWN

NOTE

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

VISIBILITY DEFICIENCY ISN’T THE INABILITY OF OTHERS TO MAKE THEMSELVES VISIBLE

NOTE

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

TODAY, MANAGERS AND EXECUTIVES ARE NOT RUNNING TO THE FOREST TO LEARN LIFE’S IMPORTANT LESSONS.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

THEIR TRAINING GROUND IS THEIR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

AND, WHEN THEY SUFFER FROM VISIBILITY DEFICIENCY, THEIR SUBORDINATES TAKE A VARIETY OF ROUTES TO BE VISIBLE.

OFTEN WITH AN ABSENCE OF CONSCIENCE.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

ACTIONS RESULTING FROM ABSENCE OF CONSCIENCE

STEALING CREDITSDENYING OPPORTUNITY TO OTHERS

DILUTING OTHER’S JOB CONTENTPOSITION ONESELF AS THE “BE ALL. END ALL”

NOT ACKNOWLEDGING OTHER’S CONTRIBUTIONSELF BEFORE OTHERS

GROWING BY PUSHING OTHERS DOWNNOT ALLOWING OTHERS TO GROW

MISUSING EXECUTIVE RELATIONSHIPSMANIPULATING GODFATHERS

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Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

5 IDEAS TO ARREST VISIBILITY DEFICIENCY

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

ALWAYS ASK, “WHO ELSE?”1 THIS WILL HELP YOU FIND OUT WHO ELSE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITY, IN ITS SUCCESS, AND UNDERSTAND THEIR CONTRIBUTION.

WHEN YOU DO THIS ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, YOU DRIVE HOME THE POINT THAT YOU WANT TO SEE BEYOND WHAT IS SHOWN TO YOU.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

MANDATE YOUR DIRECT REPORTS TO DEMONSTRATE GROWTH FOR EVERYONE IN THE TEAM.

2THIS WAY, YOU SIGNAL TO THE ENTIRE CHAIN THAT EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO GROWTH, RECOGNITION, AND REWARDS. NOT JUST FOR THOSE VISIBLE.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

PROMOTE PEOPLE ON MERIT.NOT ON THE BASIS OF VISIBILITY AND INFLUENCE.3WHEN YOU DO THIS, YOU MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT YOU WILL SEPARATE WISDOM FROM NOISE.

ALSO, YOU WILL RESCUE MANY FROM ADOPTING NON-RIGHTEOUS PATH TO SUCCESS.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

TALK TO THOSE WHO SUPPOSED TO HAVE GOOFED UP.OFTEN, THEY ARE THE FALL GUYS.

4SUCCESS HAS MANY FATHERS. FAILURE HAS ONE.

GO INDEPTH SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE SITUATION. NO ONE WALKS INTO THE OFFICE TO DO A SHODDY JOB.

INVESTIGATE. DON’T CONCLUDE, JUST YET.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

BE WARY OF GODFATHERS IN THE SYSTEM.THEY CAN CLOUD YOUR JUDGMENT WITH THEIR CLOUT.

5WHEN GODFATHERS PUSH THEIR WARDS AHEAD WITHOUT CONSIDERATION FOR DESERVING ORPHANS,IT IS INFACT THEIR POWER STATEMENT.

DON’T HESITATE TO TAKE THEM ON. THEY ARE ALREADY ON SHAKY MORAL GROUNDS.

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

WHEN ORGANIZATIONS ENCOURAGE THEIR SUPERVISORY AND LEADERSHIP TALENT TO NOT USE EMPLOYEE VISIBILITY AS A LEVER FOR RECOGNITION,

THEY FOSTER A CULTURE OF AUTHENTICITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO BETTER HUMAN RELATIONS.

IF YOU MISSED READING THE EARLIER ISSUES OF ABSENCE OF CONSICENCE, VIEW IT ON SLIDE SHARE.

KEEP CALM AND SPEAK THE TRUTH

THE RESISTANCE TO LET GO

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

Absence of Conscience | Visibility Deficiency | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar is a career marketing professional based in Bangalore, India. Sanjay believes that the absence of conscience among individuals make people and organizations hollow, and causes erosion of righteousness in corporate life. It is important for everyone to introspect their actions and be good to each other.

Sanjay can be reached at sanjay.kirimanjeshwar@gmail.com. The views expressed in this presentation are his personal.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

When I first saw the slide show version of Marty Neumeier’s Brand Gap many years ago, I was awestruck by its simplicity and the conversational style of presentation.

It taught me how to build slides.