The Corporate Story : The Ant

My Job is to 'MANAGE' only

Old people saying: if someone already look down to others around him, that means he thought that he is at the peak and thus, he would never be moving forward again.

Many years ago, I have met a fresh graduate with his qualification of Degree in  Construction Management. He join this company as a Project Engineer. As he is so fresh, he did not even know what is a 'Tower Crane' and definitely cannot do planning, presentations in a meeting or just as simple as a report. However, when he was asked to do report or site planning, he did not hesitate and look for admin or even trainee in the office to do for him. But in real, he did not understanding drawings, contract document that specified the scope of work or any job you can name. When we advice him to learn, his answer was, " I studied management, so I just manage only and don't need to do all this...." This guy, did not last 3 months in this company.

Many years later, here come a new manager in QS department, no one knew his working background or anything. After one month here, we realized that he too, cannot do pricing, did not know how to filter and check the work done by his sub-ordinate etc etc but one thing sure, he is very proud of himself, and he tells people that he WILL NOT do any paperwork as he is a MANAGER and his job is to manage only. So, every time there is a dateline, he will put his arms at his waist and ask, " sudah siap?? pukul berapa siap??" Any calculation for claim, he will throw back to site engineer and ask them to do as he said that this is not his JOB....... DDUUHHHH!!!

The Corporate Story : The Goat and The Horse

There was a farmer who collected horses; he only needed one more breed to complete his collection. One day, he found out that his neighbor had the particular horse breed he needed. So, he constantly bothered his neighbour until he sold it to him.
 
A month later, the horse became ill and he called the veterinarian, who said, “Well, your horse has a virus. He must take this medicine for three days. I'll come back on the 3rd day and if he's not better, we're going to have to put him down.”

Nearby, the goat listened closely to their conversation.

The next day, they gave him the medicine and left. The goat approached the horse and said, “Be strong, my friend. Get up or else they're going to put you to sleep!”

On the second day, they gave him the medicine and left. The goat came back and said, “Come on buddy, get up or else you're going to die! Come on, I'll help you get up. Let's go! One, two, three...”

On the third day, they came to give him the medicine and the vet said, “Unfortunately, we're going to have to put him down tomorrow. Otherwise, the virus might spread and infect the other horses.”

After they left, the goat approached the horse and said, “Listen pal, it's now or never! Get up, come on! Have courage! Come on! Get up! Get up! That's it, slowly! Great! Come on, one, two, three... Good, good. Now faster, come on.... Fantastic! Run, run more! Yes! Yay! Yes! You did it, you're a champion!!!”

All of a sudden, the owner came back, saw the horse running in the field and began shouting, “It's a miracle! My horse is cured. This deserves a party. Let's slaughter the goat!”

Points for reflection
This often happens in the workplace. Nobody truly knows which employee actually deserves the merit of success or who's actually contributing the necessary support to make things happen.
LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT RECOGNITION IS A SKILL!

If anyone ever tells you that your work is unprofessional, remember: amateurs built the Ark and professionals built the Titanic.

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