I believe that creating success depends on the people around me. I believe that the people together define the destination of this organization. We cannot define results before we have the right team.
I show interest not only in what people Have or what they Do, but also in whom the person Is. I want to understand the person’s background, experience, inspirations, ideas, drive, and concerns. I want good listeners around me that have much more top offer than their own ego.
- Patience with building relationships
I understand that it requires time to build relationships that are based on mutual trust, openness and respect. I know that merely ‘using’ people to establish results will only lead to incidental success, not lasting success. I want the leaders of this organization not to sit and wait but actively invest in building lasting relationships and they should be persistent because they know it is crucial.
- Independent thinking without ego
Strong and deep relationships do not prevent them from staying independent thinkers. Leaders of this organization should never just follow an opinion, decision, or action without checking the reasoning and the facts behind it. I will not ‘follow the group because others do’, and do not hesitate to give different opinion. I do not do this out of suspicion or driven by ego, but out of continuous curiosity and development of the organization. I want to go for the best and inspire the World Sansei Organization members to have the same curiosity and independent thinking, however always understanding the organization mission statement and its rules of conduct.
- Always asking for feedback from others
Although being an independent thinker I am always open for feedback and different viewpoints. I actively ask for second opinions and alternatives and I trigger others to have the same attitude. I believe the complementarities of the members are crucial for the organizational success. I embrace contradictory opinions as the necessary fuel for sharpening judgments and decisions.
- Taking decisions when necessary
I detect clearly the moments when decision taking is required. I can stimulate people for in-depth discussions and exchange of ideas and opinions, but I know exactly when the time has come to take decisions. On those moments I will not hesitate to take a decision.
- Not wanting to please others, but building mutual respect
I do things or take decisions that lead to the desired destination. If these actions or decisions do please others, even better. But I am willing to take unpleasant decisions if it serves the common purpose of this organization. I understand that this will eventually lead to mutual respect. Trying to please others but undermining the higher purpose, will not lead to respect.
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World Sansei, NO PLACE FOR EGO |
| Many a times you may have had occasion to witness fallout among members over some issue or the other. The result is that it sunders the organization into fragmented individuals and the organization then becomes history. I will never allow this to happen. To anyone who is witnessing the event as an outsider, it becomes straightaway evident that whatever the cause of the rift among members it is bad for the future of the organization. However, to individual members, because they are so involved in the nitty gritty of organizational performance, the same is not apparent. Each one of them feels that it is their own view of things that is right and that of others is not of any importance. If only individuals know what it is to be part of an organization, they would not indulge in mudslinging on their own colleagues or be jealous of them. Being a part of World Sansei means to realize that the organization can always achieve something that is greater than the entire individual efforts taken together. A organization like ours means unity in the face of adversity and difficult circumstances. It means an honor to be a member of this organization as then you leave your identity completely behind in the striving for glory as an organization. Sometimes what happens is that a talented individual who may have played a major role in the organizations development, starts thinking of himself as being something superior to not only his colleagues but also to the entire organization as a cohesive entity. The member gets so much involved in his own performance, that the organizations overall objective gets superseded in his mind with his own importance. It is as if his individual ego wants to assert his importance as lording over all his colleagues. Such a mindset is straightaway detrimental to an organizations future performance, because instead of the organizational overall goal, what gains supremacy and wants to get highlighted is individual praise. When an individual wants to hog all the limelight what angers the other members is that their combined effort is being completely negated. This detracts from the combined positive effort of all organizational members success. because, they are then engaged more in in-fighting amongst themselves. The organization has lost even before taking its position because of an essentially negative mindset. An organization takes time to build and time to create understanding between all members. If a member has any ego problems, it is better for the Organizational Founder to replace him or her with another who knows organizational unity any day is greater than individual ego. Therefore, when you are part of this organization, it is better that you do not allow your individual ego to assert itself. |
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