One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief
broke into the house of a washer man.
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.
Now take a new look at the same story.
The washer man was like a typical top management
corporate guy.
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 research 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 the donkey 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 Appraisal the dog managed an "8".
The donkey was rated as "9".
The donkey had to live up to his already high
performance standards.
Soon he was overburdened with work and always under
pressure and now is looking for a switch....
Moral of the story-Remains the same- "One must not
engage in duties other than his own"
