Now you must have understood what we were trying to achieve.The first thing that went through my head was who would be strong enough to carry a third person across the valley.All the muscle in the class got up and opted to carry out the exercise.But the motive of this exercise was not to actually cross the valley but 'how' we end up crossing it. What was needed to carry out this task was a full flegded plan. The execution of the plan was also going to be more important. If a plan is laid out, the task at hand how much ever difficult it is will start to look smaller and easier,and this is applicable everywhere, more importantly in our day-to-day life as managers.
The second requirement which had to be fulfilled was to have synchronization among the team members, carrying out the task. Without any sync amongst the team members, the task would've gone haywire.If we wanted a smooth flow of the group from one side to the other that sync was very necessary.In fact ,linking this to a managers life ,that sync is necessary even there.If there is no match/sync amongst the team members there would be a lot of chaos,and the task would be ruined. Team work is what is required in any group, any task.
The third criteria that was needed was that every member should be able to perform all the different functions of the task. As we can see in the cartoon above, all the members either hung on to the log, or carried the log or carried the third member in different phases of the task.So the member should have been ready to do all these tasks effeciently.One mistake and the whole system could fall down. This is what is also required from us as aspiring managers too.Today the competition, the market is so cut-throat, that unless you have all these skills as a whole,its very difficult to become an A-grade manager.
As a whole we might not have actually crossed a valley,but we learnt a lot by just imagining how to do it.The way of imparting this knowledge might be unorthodox but absolutely 100% effective.We know what is required of us as aspiring managers now.It is WE who have to imbibe these lessons in us and apply them in our future to become successful managers.In fact i might not be wrong in saying this...but i just realised that we are the future 'Valley-Crossers'.
