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Winners All!
Inter-school group-singing contest. Born To Swim
Master Renil Somanadhan (son of M.R. Somanadhan, Plant
10), Std. II (Marie Teacher). Renil won quite a few prizes in swimming from
three organisations: Back Stroke from the Rotary Club, Mulund; Back Stroke,
Free Style and Breast Stroke from the Swimmer’s Club, Belgaum and Back
Stroke from the Mumbai YMCA. Keep it up, Renil!
Debojit Chakraborty and Bhavna Rao bagged 2nd place at the Inter-school
Quiz Competition.
Kavya Bhat bagged the 2nd prize at the Inter-school Memory Competition. Congratulations! Middle School Scholarship holders (Std. IV)
High School Scholarship holders (Std. VII)
Do You Wish To Be A Good Manager? Have you ever seen an insect trapped in a jar? It first
begins to fly upwards, continuously coming up against the lid and falling
back. It then flies lower and lower so that it does not have to bang against
the lid or the sides, and then finally it comes to rest on the bottom, maybe
never to fly again. In any given situation, all of us do come up against such
lids. Take a moment to retrospect and see if you have come up against one of
these. There are two ways to overcome such situations. One is to
lift the lid yourself, another is to allow someone else to lift the lid for
you. Let me give you an example. In the Bible, we have the
lives of two great Kings of Israel recorded. One was King Saul and the other
King David. Well, both were anointed and appointed by God. While King Saul
had ‘lids’ like ‘fear, impatience, impulsiveness, pride, jealousy and
anger’, King David had ‘lids’ like ‘no family support, enemies who wanted to
kill him, a poor shepherds’ background, no experience and youthfulness’. King Saul allowed his ‘lids’ to limit and restrict him
from being an efficient Leader. He hid while his deputy had to face the
people. He was unable to encourage or influence his army. He did not have a
strategy or vision. He would not accept the fact that all was not well. He
was proud and reckless. Finally, he let his jealousy and anger get the
better of him, declaring war when he was not ready. On the other hand, King David was a ‘lid lifter’. 1. Though his father and brothers showed contempt for
him, he showed valour, confidence and faith in himself in battle. He
lifted the lid of inexperience for himself. ‘‘To grow the organisation,
grow the leader.’’ 2. David lifted the lid for others close to him. As soon as a Leader lifts his own lid, incredible
things begin to happen. David’s leadership lifted the lid of fear off the
whole army, they had a resounding victory. ‘‘A Leader encourages others with his words and
actions’’. 3. It takes commitment to back up words with actions. King David led his army from the front. ‘‘People don’t care how much you know until they know
how much you care and act accordingly’’. 4. David allowed Jonathan, "King Saul’s Heir
Apparent’’, to be his lid-lifter. Anyone would have expected Jonathan to
be David’s worst enemy. But David trusted him as a true friend and valued
his advise. Jonathan, in return, made a covenant with him to save his
life. David allowed others to lift his lid. ‘‘Lid-lifters give up
(sacrifice) so that others can go up’’. A few tips on good Leadership: (1) Every person has the potential to become a leader. (2) Every leader has lids. (3) Some lids can be lifted by the leader. (4) A few leaders let others lift lids in their lives. (5) Leaders must be aware of the facts of life. (This is the first part of a series of articles on
Leadership) Evangeline Ranjan,
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