A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She reduced
altitude and spotted a man below. She descended a bit more and
shouted, "Excuse me Sir, can you help me? I don't know where I am, I
had promised someone, I should be there."
The man below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering
approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41
degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer", said the lady balloonist.
"I am", replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well", answered the lady in the balloon, "everything you told me is
technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your
information, and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been
much help to me at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip even
more."
The engineer below responded, "You must be in Top Management."
"I am", replied the lady balloonist, "but, how did you know?"
"Well", said the Engineer, "You don't know where you are, or where
you're going. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep,
and you expect people beneath you, to solve your problems."
From India, Gurgaon
1altitude and spotted a man below. She descended a bit more and
shouted, "Excuse me Sir, can you help me? I don't know where I am, I
had promised someone, I should be there."
The man below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering
approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41
degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer", said the lady balloonist.
"I am", replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well", answered the lady in the balloon, "everything you told me is
technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your
information, and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been
much help to me at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip even
more."
The engineer below responded, "You must be in Top Management."
"I am", replied the lady balloonist, "but, how did you know?"
"Well", said the Engineer, "You don't know where you are, or where
you're going. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep,
and you expect people beneath you, to solve your problems."
From India, Gurgaon
hi amit, very true.. This is exactly how the management actually is .. This has already been posted by few other people..
From India, Madras
From India, Madras
This kind of conversation had just happened in our company.
The top management won't trust problems occoured in the real word, even more, he won't trust peple who have done it. How can we solve it or narrow the gap between Top management and line managers?
From China, Ningbo
The top management won't trust problems occoured in the real word, even more, he won't trust peple who have done it. How can we solve it or narrow the gap between Top management and line managers?
From China, Ningbo
Dear all, I fully agree with you all.....Very True!!! Top management behaves with the middle and junior level people like the way presented in the story... Thanks for sharing.. Regards, Jagriti
From India, Bangalore
From India, Bangalore
Dear all, I fully agree with you all.....Very True!!! Top management behaves with the middle and junior level people like the way presented in the story... Thanks for sharing.. Regards, Jagriti
From India, Bangalore
From India, Bangalore
Really true fact you reveled by posting this story
Basically the management is simple as streight line thread tied at both its both ends. But some people make it difficuilt and tries to make it simple throught out their life
Warm Regards
naresh
From India, Pune
Basically the management is simple as streight line thread tied at both its both ends. But some people make it difficuilt and tries to make it simple throught out their life
Warm Regards
naresh
From India, Pune
The quote was precise to the Top management exactly where the peoples do lots of meeting and decide nothing and also a big barrier to the peoples who does it Thank u... Regards, R.Ramkishore
From India, Bangalore
From India, Bangalore
I do’nt know what to say but I must say this is our mgnt. Extreamly true Regrds Subhas
From India, Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
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