Once, a dog lost his way deep into the jungle. He almost fainted to see a lion coming straight to him at a very near distant.

“I will be dead today” , thought he.

There were some bones lying over there. He turned his back towards lion and started pretending as if he is eating those bones. When lion was very close to him he cried out loudly “Wow, what a fun eating a lion, by chance if I can get another one, it will be a treat “.

Lion thought “What a dangerous dog!!!! He kills lions and eats it. Let me run away from here and save my life “.

Now, there was a Monkey hiding on the tree there watching the entire show. He thought ” It’s a good chance to tell the truth to the lion. Lion will become my friend and I will not have to run saving my life from him “. He just ran away to inform the entire episode to Lion. The dog had seen him going and quickly understood the ploy. Both lion and monkey were coming back to the dog and the lion was furious.

When lion was very close to him he again cried out loudly ” It has been half an hour and yet that stupid monkey can’t fetch another lion??!!!! “.

Moral of the Story: “It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.”

]]> http://www.jaydip.info/management-story-presence-mind/feed/ 11 http://www.jaydip.info/management-story-lion-and-fox/ http://www.jaydip.info/management-story-lion-and-fox/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:55:58 +0000 Jaydip http://www.jaydip.info/?p=81

It’s a fine sunny day in the forest and a lion is sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk.

Fox: “Do you know the time, because my watch is broken”

Lion: “Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you”

Fox: “Hmm… But it’s a very complicated mechanism, and your big claws will only destroy it even more”
Lion: “Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed”

Fox: “That’s ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy lions with great claws cannot fix complicated watches”

Lion: “Sure they do, give it to me and it will be fixed”

The lion disappears into his cave, and after a while he comes back with the watch which is running perfectly. The fox is impressed, and the lion continues to lie lazily in the sun, looking very pleased with himself. Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the lazy lion in the sun.

Wolf: “Can I come and watch TV tonight with you, because mine is broken”

Lion: “Oh, I can easily fix your TV for you”
Wolf: “You don’t expect me to believe such rubbish, do you? There is no way that a lazy lion with big claws can fix a complicated TV”

Lion: “No problem. Do you want to try it?”
The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed TV. The wolf goes away happily and amazed.
Scene :

Inside the lion’s cave. In one corner are half a dozen small and intelligent looking rabbits who are busily doing very complicated work with very detailed instruments. In the other corner lies a huge lion looking very pleased with himself.

Moral :

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY A MANAGER IS FAMOUS; LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.

Management Lesson
In the context of the working world :

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SOMEONE UNDESERVED IS PROMOTED; LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.