Corporate Lesson: The Washerman, Dog and Donkey ( COOL STORY

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Good story with old version…

There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog.

One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the
house, the washer man was fast asleep but the donkey and the dog
were awake.

The dog decided not to bark since the master did not take good care
of him and wanted to teach him a lesson.

The donkey got worried and said to the dog that if he doesn't bark,
the donkey will have to do something himself. The dog did not change
his mind and the donkey started braying loudly.

Hearing the donkey bray, the thief ran away, the master woke up and
started beating the donkey for braying in the middle of the night for no
reason.

Moral of the story " One must not engage in duties other than his own"
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Now take a new look at the same story…

The washer man was a well educated man from a premier management
institute.

He had the fundas of looking at the bigger picture and thinking out of
the box. He was convinced that there must be some reason for the
donkey to bray in the night.

He walked outside a little and did some fact finding, applied a bottom
up approach, figured out from the ground realities that there was a
thief who broke in and the donkey only wanted to alert him about it.

Looking at the donkey's extra initiative and going beyond the call of the
duty, he rewarded him with lot of hay and other perks and became his
favorite pet.

The dog's life didn't change much, except that now the donkey was
more motivated in doing the dogs duties as well. In the annual appraisal
the dog managed a " meets requirement" Soon the dog realized that the
donkey is taking care of his duties and he can enjoy his life sleeping and
lazing around.

The donkey was rated as "star performer". The donkey had to live up to
his already high performance standards. Soon he was over burdened
with work and always under pressure and now is looking for a job
rotation…

If you have worked in a corporate environment, I am sure you have
guessed the characters of the new story.