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by Robert Bach
- Team 8
Book-review exercise for the course Individual Dynamics and Leadership for Trimester-I, MBA, under the guidance of Dr.Veena Vohra.
Seagulls
Never stall, never falter To stall in the air for them is disgrace and it is dishonour. Eating is what mattered.
Personality Analysis
Ambition
Success
Selfactualizati on
And then he realises Short Wings. All I need to do is fold my wings and fly on just my tips alone.
Risk Taker: 5000 feet dive is something which requires a lot of courage
Jonathans FLOCK
Availibility Bias...
They are weighed down by the anchoring propagated by their beliefs that they could not account for the changes in their environment and hence, turn a blind eye to what young Jonathan had to say.
Functional Fixedness
The concept of flying is contained only towards gathering food and not towards exploring or experimenting with flight as a means towards self-actualization or realization, thereby limiting the functionality.
Safety Needs: All seagulls felt safe when they were flying at
modest speeds rather higher ones. On the contrary, Jonathan felt that flying high and reaching new horizons will make him feel secure.
He broke his outcast image by making himself acceptable to his native group. He takes pride in imparting his knowledge to future generations. He set the standards for the future progeny of seagulls.
Extraversion
Emotional Stability
Learning
John has intrinsic desire to learn Willingness Operant Conditioning to Learn: Pushes 3 incidences himself to the limits to Relating to real life become a
better flier.
Takes control :
Jon, Keep working on love ...were the
last words of his mentor
His way of love was to demonstrate and give back to his flock what he had achieved.
But his belief in his own abilities always takes over those situations.
Proactive Personality: Identifies the opportunities and took initiative to change others
Feidler Model
When back on earth Jonathan acts as a peopleoriented leader. helps the physically challenged seagull. AND. each seagull mould their skill according to their strengths and weaknesses.
Summary
1) Declared Outcast: Continued to practice: Sent to heaven:
Summary (contd.)
3) Chiang goes away to a different
world:
4) Jonathan teaches his own flock and make them self sufficient. 5) Jonathan instils freedom and LET GO his subordinates.
The appearance of two angel seagulls is an indication that his time to leave the present world has arrived. This representation can be interpreted as a reflection of the Buddhist concept of moving from the Hinayana, an inferior vehicle to the Mahayana, a great vehicle which uplifts the seeker into a higher level of consciousness.
Risk taker
Seeker of wisdom Self aware
Socially responsible
Mentor Authentic LEADER