Today, I had an amazing experience. I never had thought that I would be able to view and observe team work and leadership together at such close quarters. What happened was:
I had to come to Majestic (The bus station of Bangalore) and catch the bus. There are three buses from Majestic to Infy. One of the normal buses (Regn # 2598) had not come. Instead of that, another bus, whose driver was not familiar with Infy routes and Infy pick up methods, was assigned.
I climbed a bus (Regn # 3376) as I had heard that this bus driver drives fast and safe. The buses started, ours first and the new one second. B4 we left, an instruction was given to the new one to follow our bus, stop wherever our bus stopped, pick up ppl whomever our bus sent to it and continue following our bus to the Infy campus.
At each stop where we had to pick up our colleagues, our bus stopped, asked the employees who were standing there in the pick up point to board the bus coming behind. Our bus driver did not bother about the time delay or the prospective traffic jams which might occur in the Hosur Road, further delaying us to reach the office. Our bus driver did not even bother about what the other employees in our bus might say for these actions of his. We followed the same pattern till the time that we crossed Koramangala and came across another Infosys Bus. On seeing the other Infosys bus, our driver started driving well and did not stop anywhere else. Guess, he assumed that all the employees would be picked up by the other Infosys Buses.
Anyway, I just adored his spirit of team work and leadership. It is very rare that you see two BMTC Bus Drivers helping each other. Actually, you might always have seen them abusing each other, competing with each other as to who’s going to reach earlier, stopping their buses in a way that the other bus will not be able to move, stealing passengers from the other buses (i.e., stopping early or stopping across or just jumping a few stops), jumping lanes, going very close to the other buses so that the other buses stop just for the sake of avoiding an accident. Today morning’s incident was really an eye opener for the Team Spirit and the leadership abilities of the driver.
I dunno if such team work or leadership can be seen in an organization. No matter what the circumstances is, no matter what problems you are going to face in future, will you go beyond your limits and help anyone else, be it your competitor or just your colleague? Even if you do so, will this be remembered and will your colleague be thankful? Even if your colleague is thankful, will you be benefited in any way from your exemplary display of teamwork and dedication? I don’t think so. I don’t think many will do the first task of going beyond their limits to help. Some might do so but I don’t think that the task would be recollected by others. Some might recollect that help only while approaching you for future help. I am sure that your exemplary actions will not be recognized in any way by your organization.
I had to come to Majestic (The bus station of Bangalore) and catch the bus. There are three buses from Majestic to Infy. One of the normal buses (Regn # 2598) had not come. Instead of that, another bus, whose driver was not familiar with Infy routes and Infy pick up methods, was assigned.
I climbed a bus (Regn # 3376) as I had heard that this bus driver drives fast and safe. The buses started, ours first and the new one second. B4 we left, an instruction was given to the new one to follow our bus, stop wherever our bus stopped, pick up ppl whomever our bus sent to it and continue following our bus to the Infy campus.
At each stop where we had to pick up our colleagues, our bus stopped, asked the employees who were standing there in the pick up point to board the bus coming behind. Our bus driver did not bother about the time delay or the prospective traffic jams which might occur in the Hosur Road, further delaying us to reach the office. Our bus driver did not even bother about what the other employees in our bus might say for these actions of his. We followed the same pattern till the time that we crossed Koramangala and came across another Infosys Bus. On seeing the other Infosys bus, our driver started driving well and did not stop anywhere else. Guess, he assumed that all the employees would be picked up by the other Infosys Buses.
Anyway, I just adored his spirit of team work and leadership. It is very rare that you see two BMTC Bus Drivers helping each other. Actually, you might always have seen them abusing each other, competing with each other as to who’s going to reach earlier, stopping their buses in a way that the other bus will not be able to move, stealing passengers from the other buses (i.e., stopping early or stopping across or just jumping a few stops), jumping lanes, going very close to the other buses so that the other buses stop just for the sake of avoiding an accident. Today morning’s incident was really an eye opener for the Team Spirit and the leadership abilities of the driver.
I dunno if such team work or leadership can be seen in an organization. No matter what the circumstances is, no matter what problems you are going to face in future, will you go beyond your limits and help anyone else, be it your competitor or just your colleague? Even if you do so, will this be remembered and will your colleague be thankful? Even if your colleague is thankful, will you be benefited in any way from your exemplary display of teamwork and dedication? I don’t think so. I don’t think many will do the first task of going beyond their limits to help. Some might do so but I don’t think that the task would be recollected by others. Some might recollect that help only while approaching you for future help. I am sure that your exemplary actions will not be recognized in any way by your organization.
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Nice to know someone who reads my blog.How did you come across it?I'll link you soon! Btw, I probably won't be joining Infy. Got an offer from a startup called NetD.
1. Two buses, one right behind the other.
2. You were riding in the front one.
3. The other bus had a new driver who didn't know how the whole pick up business works.
4. So your bus driver was supposed to guide him and all.
It gets complicated from this point onwards. Your bus driver would stop at each pick up point, and direct the waiting passengers to the other bus ? Why ? Was your bus full ?
And why did stop doing that when he saw another Infy bus ? Did he expect the other bus driver to guide the rookie like he was doing ?