Indian Perspective of Team Building

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Indian Perspective of Team Building Under Two Domains


Working Relationship between Peers

The relationship that exists between peers is a factor having great relevance to the climate and culture in an Organization. Basic mental dispositions based on emotions manifest themselves in behaviour patterns and actions which result in strong, weak, mutually supportive or disintegrative relationships.

We will focus our attention on four ideal mental dispositions as enunciated by ancient Indian philosophers. These are discussed in the following paragraphs.


Friendliness (Maitri).

This term refers to being friendly to all 70 and the ability to share the joy of others, just as in any normal case between a mother and her child. This type of disposition rules out any conditionality in sharing of this emotion.


In a team, for instance, if there is an achievement by one member, all members should be able to spontaneously share the joy and even celebrate it. Normal experience however, tends to be restrictive in this disposition. One tends to find in another's achievement a lost opportunity for oneself rather than free and uninhibited joy.


Compassion (Kamna).

This refers to evolvement of a disposition that inherently develops a sense of sympathy and compassion for the unhappy. We are normally calm and apathetic to the suffering of others. Some of us even derive pleasure in seeing a less popular colleague in distress. It is not uncommon for people to outwardly sympathize with a colleague who has been ticked off by the boss and inwardly rejoice that he has been taught a lesson.


The disposition to be developed would elevate one's regard for a colleague from this low level and bring it to a state of detachment from personal interests and desires. Such a disposition would result in true comradeship based on trust faith and mutual interdependence.


Delight in the Virtuous (Mudita).

We normally tend to run down colleagues. Ibis happens because we tend to operate from a lower level of consciousness wherein we cope with our own inadequacies through a projection on our colleagues. The disposition recommended here is one in which we should actually give or take healthy encouragement from each other.


Forbearance of the Wicked (Upeksha).

This disposition has two different facets. On one hand we have situations where we need to disassociate with the wicked and not be in conscious collusion. On the other hand, it implies the need to oppose injustice with a clear conscience and moral courage. One must support the person being wronged.

Though paradoxical, this calls for one to stay aloof on the one hand and also support the person being wronged. It needs to be emphasized here that there is need for a strong intrinsic conviction in one's values and beliefs to make this disposition sustaining.
 
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