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4islove 07
Past Gang Head: Chng Jia Hui
Current Gang Head: Celine Chee (No retirement for you!)
Outstanding achievement: We are a class!

Monday, May 01, 2006

5:04 PM

Mmm, looks like CS concert was a great success...PLTC was a success too, although not so great.

Well, decided to post this in class blog because everyone can learn something from this. It was a final lecture by Mrs Tan about the formation of geese, which she said she got it from our dear principal. I didn't jot down notes, but a quick search from the internet found all the relevant points. Of course, it can be crap to you, but I learnt domething from it

Have you ever seen a flock of geese flying in a large V formation?

The reason that geese always fly in a V formation is that as each goose flaps its wings it creates “uplift” for the goose that is following behind. By flying in a V formation the whole flock adds about 71% greater flying range than if each goose flew separately and alone.

Lesson 1: The learning for organisations is to develop a clear common vision and mission that everyone understands and is fully behind. This enables everyone to move forward in the same direction with similar objectives and it makes the development of the organization a lot quicker and easier because everyone is moving forward together.

If a goose falls out of the formation it immediately feels the resistance and drag of flying alone. The goose will quickly move back into the formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.

Lesson 2: we must be willing to accept help from others and give our help when others need it.

Taking on the role of lead goose is tough as it is this goose that gets no benefit of “uplift”. This lead role is not assigned to the strongest or toughest goose; they ensure that there is a regular change of leadership. When the lead goose gets tired it moves back into the formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the others and another goose takes the lead. The geese recognise their interdependence and they take it in turns to share the hard tasks and the leadership.

Lesson 3: It is important for teams to remember that they are interdependent on each others skills, capabilities, and unique arrangements of talent and resources. Sharing the leadership and hard tasks will enable a team to achieve so much more.

Have you heard the loud honk of the goose? The geese flying in formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.

Lesson 4: There is always room for more encouragement. Encouraging your teammates will enable them to feel your support and do so much more, than working alone.

Finally when a goose gets sick or is wounded it is never left alone. Two geese will drop out of the formation and follow it down to protect it. They will stay with it until it is ready to fly again or dies. They will then fly off with a V formation and catch up with the flock.

Lesson 5: It is important in organisations for people to stand by each other in good times and even more so in difficult times. That way over an extended period of time everyone will succeed.

Lesson 5 is the most important 1 to me. We should never let someone die alone.