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Lessons in Teamwork from Fables

The document retells the classic fable of the Tortoise and the Hare through multiple races between the two characters. Over the course of the races, the Hare learns important lessons about relying on strengths rather than weaknesses, adapting strategy to one's abilities, and the power of teamwork over individual competition. The moral is that to be truly successful, one must identify one's strengths, learn from failures, adapt approaches, and work together toward a common goal by combining individual talents.

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Lessons in Teamwork from Fables

The document retells the classic fable of the Tortoise and the Hare through multiple races between the two characters. Over the course of the races, the Hare learns important lessons about relying on strengths rather than weaknesses, adapting strategy to one's abilities, and the power of teamwork over individual competition. The moral is that to be truly successful, one must identify one's strengths, learn from failures, adapt approaches, and work together toward a common goal by combining individual talents.

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Good old lessons in teamwork from an age-old fable

The Tortoise And The Hare

Thats not true. The fastest runner is me!

Im the fastest runner.

Poor guy! Even if I take a nap, he could not catch up with me.

The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race. This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with.

The story continues

Why did I lose the race?

Ok.

Can we have another race?

The moral of the story? Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady. It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable.

But the story doesn't end here

How can I can win the hare?

Can we have another race? This time well go through a different route.

Sure!

Goal

What should I do?

The moral of the story?


First identify your core competency and then change the playing field to suit your core competency. Working to your strengths will not only get you noticed, but will also create opportunities for growth and advancement.

The story still hasn't ended

Great! I think we could do it much better, if we two help each other.

Hi, buddy. How about doing our last race again?

The moral of the story? It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies; but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else does well. Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.

In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more effort. Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something different. And sometimes it is appropriate to do both. The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vital lesson. When we stop competing against a rival and instead start competing against the situation, we perform far better.

To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoise teaches us many things: Never give up when faced with failure Fast and consistent will always beat slow and steady Work to your competencies Compete against the situation, not against a rival. Pooling resources and working as a team will always beat individual performers

Lets go and build stronger teams!

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