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#10062 Wings Over The Mountains of Life



Boat Race
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The Americans and the Japanese decided to engage in a
competitive boat race. Both teams practiced hard and long to
reach their peak performance. On the big day they felt ready.

The Japanese won by a mile.

Afterward, the American team was discouraged by the loss.
Morale sagged. Corporate management decided that the reason for
the crushing defeat had to be found, so a consulting firm was
hired to investigate the problem and recommend corrective
action.

The consultant's finding: The Japanese team had eight people
rowing and one person steering; the American team had one
person rowing and eight people steering.

After a year of study and millions spent analyzing the problem,
the consultants concluded that too many people were steering
and not enough were rowing on the American team. So as race day
neared again the following year, the American team's management
structure was completely reorganized. The new structure: four
steering managers, three area steering managers, and a new
performance review system for the person rowing the boat to
provide work incentive.

The next year, the Japanese won by two miles. Humiliated, the
American corporation laid off the rower for poor performance
and gave the managers a bonus for discovering the problem.



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