Our Services: HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS ASSESSMENT Upcoming Events Training Meeting Let Us Connect Softskillsng Softskillsng Softskillsng [email protected] 01-8040475 softskills.ng Softskillsng Softskillsng Softskills Ltd, 31, Lucina Joseph Street, Surulere Lagos, Nigeria. AESOPS FABLES: THE ROOSTER AND THE FOX` A fox heard a rooster crowing, he found it perched in a tree out of reach and asked it to come down for a chat. The rooster was suspicious and replied, “I dare not because there are many animals that like to have me for breakfast.” “You mean you haven’t heard the news,” the fox said excitedly. “All the animals have agreed to live together in peace. Nobody will hurt you now.” The rooster wanted to believe the fox but was skeptical that such a starling development could take place without his knowledge. He craned his neck looking at the horizon and said, “It seems we are about to have company.” “A pack of hounds is coming this way.” “Please excuse me,” the fox said anxiously, “but I need to tend to something in my den.” The rooster replied, “Please don’t go! I was just about to come down to talk to you and the dogs about this remarkable peace plan.” “It might just be possible,” the fox said as she scampered away, “that the hounds haven’t yet heard of the peace plan.” AESOPS MORAL: The worst liars often get tangled in their own lies. BUSINESS MORAL: Trust your instincts, don’t believe everything that you hear As a manager and business professional you will likely come across a variety of information some of them accurate and others not, conflicting information will often be found in the mix. It becomes your responsibility therefore to choose or decide upon what to believe and whether or not to act on what you have heard. Our natural instincts play a very important role in this process because they are a product of our subconscious mind taking into account everything we have heard, noticed and come across and deciphering it to come to conclusion. In business, therefore it is just as important to listen to your inner voice as it is to take practical steps to verify the authenticity of the information you have heard. According to Dr. Oren Harari, a bestselling business author, “the effective leader looks hard at the evidence that’s being presented by the people under his or her command, and ruins a gut check.” Some questions you should ask yourself in the process of verifying information include: 1. Do I believe what I’m hearing? Do I trust my source? 2. By what means did I get the information? 3. How do I usually get information at work? 4. From whom do I usually get information? 5. Have my sources ever been wrong? Read More 1. Aesop and the CEO: Powerful Business Insights from Aesops Ancient Fables by David Noonan, ©Thomas Nelson Inc. © softskills Ltd. 2013
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