The Performance Syndrome

The recent ouster of Saurabh Ganguly from IPL 4 has left me thinking: Is good performance enough to retain your job? Dada’s performance has been praiseworthy throughout and this time nobody even bid for me. What went wrong?

If you notice closely, after Shah Rukh Khan, Saurabh has been the most prominent face of the team. He had become popular to the extent that: individual could supersede the institution. The cheers at the matches were more for Dada than to the team. Eventually Dada became a threat to KKR and he was dispended. It’s pure business!

Could Dada have done anything to retain his job? May be!

1. I’m sure Saurabh must have enjoyed every success. Every time he hit a ton, it must have reinforced the feeling that he was indispensible. He was wrong.

2. There must have been multiple signals of his ouster. He was not enough intelligent catch and interpret them.

3. He could have made effort to make sure the image of institution is not threatened, which he did not.

My final words, performance makes you myopic. If you are performing well, it’s easy to get blinded to the other factors.

So, keep your glasses on for a wider vision and don’t forget to refresh your sensors to catch the imminent threats. You may still be dumped, but it will not be a surprise for you.