EMOT - Employee's Moment of Truth

It has been eight months down in my first job and it’s already a ride to cherish!! Well.. Don’t worry i won‘t be talking about the worldly orgasmic feeling of nothing-to-everything ecstasy by patronizing myself into doing things the “different way“!!For all it’s worth, I can only talk about the way i can see things happening and how i fucked up. In B-School, we used to talk a lot about our regret of not being the Ivy League colleges, not being among the best graders and used to fret about placements. Frankly, nothing matters other than the passion to know more, learn more and communicate more. At max, the Ivy league blokes can have a few years' head start and the rest is as vague as it can get.I have heard many pompously claiming that the MBA graduates are overpaid for knowing about of excel and making fancy slides. They accuse about MBA graduates over exploiting their gift of gab to sneak their way up the hypocritical corporate ladder. The argument is easily framed critics‘ voice but to the utter dismay of the critics, it’s not as simple as that! But let’s come to that later. First, let’s talk about movies. I love the dialogue in the movie “Up in the Air“ where George Clooney asks a guy he is about to fire and the guy is super pissed, “Sir, do you know why kids love athletes?“. The guys blurts back, “Cuz they are sexy?“ Clooney says back,“ No that’s why grown ups love them. The kids love athletes because they follow their dreams!“ Irrespective of being in a Non-MBA or MBA job, the one thing essential to ask oneself is, “Am i spending at least one hour of my day following my passion?“ We aimlessly go on with our daily routines of work that we miss to see the “Bigger Picture“. Are we trying to be leader too or are we just managers living off our firefighting jobs? We talk a lot about formations in football, but have you notice the formation of a group of birds flying during migration? They fly in an arrow-shaped formation with the strongest among them at the tip of the arrow. And this bird is always in a lookout for a substitute because it is imperative of him to fall back at some stage of the flight to let some one else take over at the tip of the formation. Don’t you see a stark resemblance to our corporate cultures!Let’s go back to our dilemma about our overrated MBA babus. I came across a HR lingo in one of the reputed firm, EMOT. Don't fret, its Employee’s Moment of Truth! And this is where it is determined you are worth it as a MBA grad or how good a manager you are. Before you feel that i am “over exploiting“ my “gift of gab“, let me tell you what this is all about. A lot of times, we miss out on emphasizing winning the small battles in our blinded madness to win the big war. Have you welcomed  a subordinate or colleague when he came up with his kid’s study problems or some of his family’s issue or the fact that he missed attending his best friend’s wedding for a “important“ meeting? We mistake these things to be mere extravagance of time expense or a mindless discussion of fruitless consequence. But next time, try being sensitive in your response in these situations and notice the fluidity in which your work gets done with that very guy. We forget the fact that our partners work “with“ us and not “for“ us. Every conflict is because of some solid base and till that base of argument is addressed, the conflict will never come to a forceful halt. All conflict is as simple as you writing a 9 on a piece of paper, the guy on the other side seeing it as 6. Both are right on their own view but the problem can only be addressed if both parties agree to turn the tables! This is essentially what a good manager is supposed to identify and resolve.