Swimmer and Runner (Lion and dolphin) have two distinctive strengths however, comparing each other, one can say about other as lesser effective (in some circumstances). How must we keep balance betwee

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Muhammad Yasir Arslan Technical Lead-Project Manager| MWH UK Limited, Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

I have been working with many people having different school of thoughts and knowledge background. In some situations, individuals think themselves correct at their positions due to different institutional growth and/or ex-employers’ work environment. Difficult to understand which one is closer to perfection and will be proven correct at later stage. Does the judging criteria is relevant experience, educational strength or position/rank in the organization?
It often happens when I can feel two arguments equally weigh comparing to each other in certain situation while opposite direction due to runner and swimmer theory of people minds and actions.
How to equate team members while selecting one option and negating other’s without disappointing each other's feelings

Posted: Jul 24, 2016 1:48 PM (Updated by author: Jul 25, 2016 12:26 PM)

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Anupam India

Great question. This is common across all industry.

Cultivate trust and respect in team, prefer collaborative approach, acknowledge and give recognition to small efforts made, coach and lead by example.

Strictly avoid comparison, give positive feedback only (negative feedback could be discouraging and fatal sometimes), work on teams weaknesses & look for improvement opportunities.

Posted: Jul 27, 2016 7:09 AM

Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina

Simple: you have to apply System Theory (Bertalanfy, Bunge, Ackoff, Prahalad, etc). And you can mix it with Charles Darwin: adapt to survive.

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Jul 27, 2016 9:20 AM

Anupam

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Hello Sergio, could you please elaborate a bit.

Posted: Jul 27, 2016 8:55 AM

Anupam India

Jul 27, 2016 8:55 AM

Replying to Sergio Luis Conte

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Simple: you have to apply System Theory (Bertalanfy, Bunge, Ackoff, Prahalad, etc). And you can mix it with Charles Darwin: adapt to survive.

Hello Sergio, could you please elaborate a bit.

Posted: Jul 27, 2016 9:20 AM

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Swimmer and Runner (Lion and dolphin) have two distinctive strengths however, comparing each other, one can say about other as lesser effective (in some circumstances). How must we keep balance betwee

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