Then I thought for a moment and came to the conclusion that I was doing it right and maybe next time he will be able to get it. I did the same for the second time. Now it was his turn to do the job and make the third person in the queue to understand that word. He raised the Ball in the air he jumped and then in the third act he simply sat. The third person didn’t get anything he asked him to do it again. He repeated his actions. By the time it reached the fourth guy the meaning of all three actions were totally turned up. I was trying to show how we play Volleyball however, the last person was cleaning the ground with a broom and in his last action, he was having tobacco.
If I talk about my learning from this exercise it has given me a lot of insights into how people behave and how we communicate with people. When I talked to the fourth person in the group and enquired about how come he was eating tobacco he said since I belong to the state of Bihar and it is very common I Bihar to have tobacco maybe I was trying to say something with Tobacco.
So, when we converse with people, we talk to him with a lot of preconceived notions based on his region/religion/caste/gender etc. However, In order to be successful one need to come out of that zone where people start judging other people without having a real conversation. Also, I was under the impression that since I have played Volleyball and I know a lot of things about it others will also be well equipped with the same amount of knowledge. However, this is never the case in the real life. There is always a probability that two different people even from the same background will take same picture/action in two different ways.
Then the third biggest learning was how the message gets distorted if you don’t communicate it effectively. By the time fourth people turn came up he was not even sure what he was doing but he did it just because he was supposed to do it. In the real life, we should always try to get our message through in most concise and subtle way as possible. Even then if we don’t get it through the way we wanted it, there is always a room for improvement and we should be bold enough to accept our mistake and then we should try to rectify those things in us.
This was one of the memorable moment of my classroom experience. This game was fun and easy but at the same time, it taught us a lot of things which will be useful for us once we enter into the corporate life.
Which ABG company I would like to work for and why?
Given the opportunity, I would like to work for Aditya Birla Retail Limited. I would be able to match my experience and Knowledge in a much better way, which I have gained over while working in a defense PSU. I have all the necessary traits that a Manager should have like the ability to work in a team, positive attitude, respect for elders and co-workers etc. I also have experience in stores design and operation as I am associated with one of leading B2B FMCG firm in Sri Lanka which will be useful if posted in the same vertical.
This article was written by Vivek Kumar Rai - Class of 2019
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