Editor’s note: This excerpt from ‘The Winning Sixer’, as the book itself, is a conversation between author WV Raman and journalist Ramesh ...
Editor’s note: This excerpt from ‘The Winning Sixer’, as the book itself, is a conversation between author WV Raman and journalist Ramesh Kannan.
Faith works wonders
‘I am reminded of the lecture I gave a few months ago, about World Cup cricket. I think I will take that theme to elaborate on team building, because the World Cups happened in different decades and make an interesting case study,’ I said.
Ramesh agreed that it was indeed a good idea.
I kicked off, ‘The greatest of team builders are visionaries, driven by enormous passion. They are not flyby- night operators. They start their team-building exercise only after they have sat down and assessed what they are working with and the outcomes sought. They question themselves: What is it that I am looking to achieve? What resources do I have to achieve the ultimate objective? What kind of talent is required to form a winning team? What should be the culture of the team? What if I don’t get the talent that I require? How do I assign roles to my team? Do I bank on their talent alone, or give weightage to other attributes? Once leaders make this initial assessment, they look for resources to fulfil their requirements....
