I Need A Promotion

ABSENCE OF CONSCIENCESanjay Kirimanjeshwar

I NEED APROMOTION

January 28, 2017

Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

LIKE ANY OTHER KID OF MY GENERATION IN INDIA, I GREW UP READING HINDU MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES. COMICS, ESPECIALLY.


TO GROW IN STATURE TO AMASS DIVINE WEAPONS

TO SEEK KNOWLEDGETO FULFILL ONE’S WISHES

KINGS AND DEMONS ALIKE UNDERTOOK

PENANCE


THEY CHANTED PRAYERS INVOKING THEIR FAVORITE GODS…


…IN THE MOST PUNISHING ENVIRONMENT.


IN THE DENSE FOREST. IN THE COLD MOUNTAINS.UNDER THE SUN. UNDER THE NIGHT SKY.

WITHOUT FOOD. WITHOUT WATER.


THE RED ANTS BUILT AN ANTHILL ON THEM.POSIONOUS SNAKES HISSED AND CRAWLED.

BUT, THOSE IN PENANCE STOOD IN PENANCE.


AT TIMES, THEIR PENANCE WAS SO SEVERE THAT THEIR CHANTS REVERBERATED AND SHOOK THE THREE WORLDS.


UNTIL THE GODS REVEALED THEMSELVES AND GRANTED WISHES OF THOSE IN PENANCE.


TWO CONCEPTS REMAIN ETCHED IN MY MIND.


I CARRIED THEM THROUGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND THEN TO WORKPLACE.


GREAT OUTCOMES CAN’T BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT UNWAVERING FOCUS,

DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE.

#1


EVENTUALLY, PEOPLE HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO RECOGNIZESINCERE, AND MERITORIOUS HARDWORK.

#2


BOTH THESE IDEAS ARE ROOTED IN ONE PRINCIPLE…


EARN YOUR STRIPES.


THEN, THERE ARE OTHERS WHO UNDERSTOOD THE NARRATIVE DIFFERENTLY.


IF YOU PLEASE YOUR GODS, YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT.


THERE ARE OTHERS WHO FURTHER IMPROVISED.


WHY WAIT? WHY PLEASE?

JUST ASK!


IN EVERY ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE WITH THESE THREE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT.


PROGRESS BY MERIT

PROGRESS BY PLEASING

PROGRESS BY DEMANDING


UNLIKE MERIT, PROGESSING THROUGH PLEASING OR DEMANDING CAN BE ORCHESTRATED THROUGH CONNECTIONS, INFLUENCE, AND FAVORS.


HOW ORGANIZATIONS AND ITS LEADERS REACT TO SUCH ORCHESTRATION ESSENTIALLY SHAPES THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE.


IF THEY FUEL IT, THEN MERIT NEEDS TO CHOOSE ITS FUTURE.


PROGRESS BY MERIT


CAN THOSE BELIEVING IN PURELY MERIT START PLEASING THEIR BOSSES?


PROGRESS BY MERIT


OR CAN THEY ASK FOR DUE RECOGNITION?


IN BOTH CASES, ONE HAS TO ABANDON CORE BELIEFS, RIGIDITY, AND BE ‘FLEXIBLE’ TO ADAPT TO A CULTURE THAT’S PREVALENT.


MOST PEOPLE STRUGGLE IN THIS TRANSITION.


BECAUSE, FOR THEM, THE HOW IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE WHAT WHEN IT COMES TO ACHIEVEMENT AND PROGRESS.


PROGRESS BY MERIT

SO, THEY DRIFT TO A NEW ORGANIZATION.


WHY DO ORGANIZATIONS FUEL SUCH DEPARTURES?



TROUBLESOME. IRRITANTS. CRY BABIES.

YIELDTO THEM AND THEY ARE OFF YOUR BACK.


THE PEACE COULD BE ONLY FOR THE MOMENT. BUT, STILL.



NON-THREATENING. LOW ESTEEM. CALCULATIVE.

GROWTHEM AND YOU HAVE YOUR OBSEQUIOUS ARMY.


OFTEN, THE NOISE FROM THOSE WHO PLEASE AND DEMAND GAIN SO MUCH AIRTIME THAT SOLIDITY OF MERIT FAILS TO CUT THROUGH THE CLUTTER.


WITH MORE INSTANCES, YOUR TEAM AND YOUR ORGANIZATION WILL RISK BECOMING HOLLOW AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS MAY DRY UP.


WANT TO

STOP?

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SHARE THE NEXT SLIDE WITH YOUR TEAM.


PROGRESS THROUGH

MERITPROGRESS THROUGH

PLEASINGPROGRESS THROUGH

DEMANDING

GOAL I NEED A PROMOTION I NEED A PROMOTION I NEED A PROMOTION

HOW DO I PERCIEVE YOU?

DESERVING AGENDA-DRIVENLOYALTY

CRY BABY

HOW YOU THINK OF YOURSELF?

DESERVING DESERVING DESERVING

HOW DO OTHERSTHINK OF YOU?

INSPIRING SYCOPHANT PUSHY

WHO SHOULD BE PROMOTED?


MOST PEOPLE, DEEP WITHIN KNOW WHERE THEY STAND.


SELF-REALIZATION AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ONE IS EXPOSED ARE TWO POWERFUL TRIGGERS FOR CHANGE.


HELP THEM CULTIVATE CONSCIENCE AND GUIDE THEM TO ALWAYS ACT WITH ONE.


YOU MAY NOT BE. BUT, FOR MANY, YOU ARE THEIR GOD.


SO, ASK THEM.


WOUD YOU LIKE TO EARN YOUR STRIPES?


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

THE SEAT AT THE HIGH TABLE

WHEN YOU POINT A FINGER AT THE OTHER

EMPLOYEE FAREWELL

MANOEUVRING AT THE EDGE OF FLAMES

INSIDE THE BELL CURVE

LEADERSHIP AND CONSCIENCE

VISIBILITY DEFICIENCY

THE RESISTANCE TO LET GO

KEEP CALM AND SPEAK THE TRUTH

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar is a career marketing professional based inBangalore, India. Sanjay believes that the absence of conscienceamong individuals make people and organizations hollow, andcauses erosion of righteousness in corporate life. It is important foreveryone to introspect their actions and be good to each other.

Sanjay can be reached at [email protected] views expressed in this presentation are his personal.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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

It taught me how to build slides.


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I Need A Promotion