Kallappa

Friday, May 13, 2005

Summer Ordeal

My problem is that i dont know what the problem is. This is the first time in my llife that i realised how bad i was in my communication skills. This was the skill that always prided in as my best skill. But i was proved wrong. My shortcomings have been laid bare here, showing how unprofessional i am. May be that this is the first time that i am working in a professional setup, the first job, it is telling on me. For the first time i understood the meaning of the work "Work Pressure" and why people crack under it.
Although i am here on sales job, i have learn so many things about Human resourse. The term why people are so important in a any organizations. Why if we sitting in corporate offices design policies will bomb.
What can we do today in 1 Re. Nothing? If that is the belief, which i too shared before coming here; we are sadly mistaken. My entire business depends on that 1Re. Forget business the survival is at stake. Once afer this we undersdtand the value of that rupee.
You start understanding the value of foot soldiers in your army for the war here in the battleground of rural india is not won by we(managers-ASM's) but the salesman in their 20's, who are not even half educated as us. The real power lies in them.
India is a funny market, and it really a tough nut to crack specially the rural heartland.

We must agree here that in india, it is always the last mile connectivity that is the challenge. Be it the Telephone networks or the recent Cable Logjam. The same hold true for the Big FMCG companies too.
I guess i am too free flowing in my thoughts right now and will do good for all u guys who bother to read my post by coming to an end to this ordeal that i have put you people.
Kallappa