A lesson from the ICC World Cup match between Australia Vs Afghanistan.
Glenn Maxwell played a match of the year. His unbeaten double century led Australia to defeat Afghanistan by 3 wickets in the ongoing ICC World Cup match at Mumbai'sgg Wankhede Stadium. He scored 201 from just 128 balls. Undoubtedly his contribution should be recognized and rewarded. How about the inning played by Pat Cummins? He scored only 12 runs from 68 balls and protected his wicket until the winning run. Cummins's inning was as good as the inning of Glenn Maxwell. Cummins has played equally well and has paved the way for Maxwell to score runs and win the match.
In our organizations we have employees performing exceptionally well and their performance is measured based on the numbers. Other employees in our organizations are working hard to lay the platform for others to perform or make the team members shine. For example, there can be employees who have achieved 150% of their target. To achieve this, employees of the Product Development unit would have put lots of effort into developing the right product, employees of the marketing division would have put lots of effort in choosing the right campaign, employees of the operations unit would have worked hard in continuously improve the internal processes, staff of HR would have put efforts in having the right people at right place. However, their efforts cannot be evaluated based on numbers. We should have an effective mechanism to recognize their efforts, which links to the performance of other employees.
Cummins clearly understood the role that he must play and led Australia to defeat Afghanistan. If Cummins got out early, Australia would have been in deep trouble. Hence organizations should protect the employees who put efforts into laying a platform for others to perform and should not let them get out early. If they get out early, it can hurt the performance of the organization.
