ABSENCE OF CONSCIENCE
Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
I NEED A
PROMOTION
January 28, 2017
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
LIKE ANY OTHER KID OF MY GENERATION IN INDIA, I GREW UP READING
HINDU MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES. COMICS, ESPECIALLY.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
TO GROW IN STATURE
TO AMASS DIVINE WEAPONS
TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE
TO FULFILL ONE’S WISHES
KINGS AND DEMONS ALIKE UNDERTOOK
PENANCE
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
THEY CHANTED PRAYERS INVOKING THEIR FAVORITE GODS…
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
…IN THE MOST PUNISHING ENVIRONMENT.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
IN THE DENSE FOREST. IN THE COLD MOUNTAINS.
UNDER THE SUN. UNDER THE NIGHT SKY.
WITHOUT FOOD. WITHOUT WATER.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
THE RED ANTS BUILT AN ANTHILL ON THEM.
POSIONOUS SNAKES HISSED AND CRAWLED.
BUT, THOSE IN PENANCE STOOD IN PENANCE.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
AT TIMES, THEIR PENANCE WAS SO SEVERE THAT THEIR
CHANTS REVERBERATED AND SHOOK THE THREE WORLDS.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
UNTIL THE GODS REVEALED THEMSELVES
AND GRANTED WISHES OF THOSE IN PENANCE.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
TWOCONCEPTS REMAIN ETCHED IN MY MIND.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
I CARRIED THEM THROUGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND THEN TO WORKPLACE.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
GREAT OUTCOMES CAN’T BE ACHIEVED
WITHOUT UNWAVERING FOCUS,
DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE.
#1
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
EVENTUALLY, PEOPLE HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO RECOGNIZE
SINCERE, AND MERITORIOUS HARDWORK.
#2
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
BOTH THESE IDEAS ARE ROOTED IN ONE PRINCIPLE…
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
EARN YOUR STRIPES.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
THEN, THERE ARE OTHERS WHO UNDERSTOOD THE NARRATIVE DIFFERENTLY.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
IF YOU PLEASE YOUR GODS,
YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
THERE ARE OTHERS WHO FURTHER IMPROVISED.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
WHY WAIT? WHY PLEASE?
JUST ASK!
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
IN EVERY ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE
WITH THESE THREE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
PROGRESS
BY MERIT
PROGRESS
BY PLEASING
PROGRESS
BY DEMANDING
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
UNLIKE MERIT, PROGESSING THROUGH PLEASING OR DEMANDING
CAN BE ORCHESTRATED THROUGH CONNECTIONS, INFLUENCE, AND FAVORS.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
HOW ORGANIZATIONS AND ITS LEADERS REACT TO SUCH ORCHESTRATION
ESSENTIALLY SHAPES THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
IF THEY FUEL IT, THEN MERIT NEEDS TO CHOOSE ITS FUTURE.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
PROGRESS
BY MERIT
PROGRESS
BY PLEASING
CAN THOSE BELIEVING IN PURELY MERIT
START PLEASING THEIR BOSSES?
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
PROGRESS
BY MERIT
PROGRESS
BY DEMANDING
OR CAN THEY ASK FOR DUE RECOGNITION?
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
IN BOTH CASES, ONE HAS TO ABANDON CORE BELIEFS, RIGIDITY,
AND BE ‘FLEXIBLE’ TO ADAPT TO A CULTURE THAT’S PREVALENT.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
MOST PEOPLE STRUGGLE IN THIS TRANSITION.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
BECAUSE, FOR THEM, THE HOW IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE WHAT
WHEN IT COMES TO ACHIEVEMENT AND PROGRESS.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
PROGRESS
BY MERIT
SO, THEY DRIFT TO A NEW ORGANIZATION.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
WHY DO ORGANIZATIONS FUEL SUCH DEPARTURES?
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
PROGRESS
BY DEMANDING
TROUBLESOME. IRRITANTS. CRY BABIES.
YIELDTO THEM AND THEY ARE OFF YOUR BACK.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
THE PEACE COULD BE ONLY FOR THE MOMENT. BUT, STILL.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
PROGRESS
BY PLEASING
NON-THREATENING. LOW ESTEEM. CALCULATIVE.
GROWTHEM AND YOU HAVE YOUR OBSEQUIOUS ARMY.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
OFTEN, THE NOISE FROM THOSE WHO PLEASE AND DEMAND GAIN SO MUCH
AIRTIME THAT SOLIDITY OF MERIT FAILS TO CUT THROUGH THE CLUTTER.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
WITH MORE INSTANCES, YOUR TEAM AND YOUR ORGANIZATION
WILL RISK BECOMING HOLLOW AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS MAY DRY UP.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
WANT TO
STOP
?
?
??
? ?
? ?
?
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
SHARE THE NEXT SLIDE WITH YOUR TEAM.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
PROGRESS THROUGH
MERIT
PROGRESS THROUGH
PLEASING
PROGRESS THROUGH
DEMANDING
GOAL I NEED A PROMOTION I NEED A PROMOTION I NEED A PROMOTION
HOW DO I
PERCIEVE YOU?
DESERVING AGENDA-DRIVEN
LOYALTY
CRY BABY
HOW YOU THINK
OF YOURSELF?
DESERVING DESERVING DESERVING
HOW DO OTHERS
THINK OF YOU?
INSPIRING SYCOPHANT PUSHY
WHO SHOULD BE PROMOTED?
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
MOST PEOPLE, DEEP WITHIN KNOW WHERE THEY STAND.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
SELF-REALIZATION AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ONE IS EXPOSED
ARE TWO POWERFUL TRIGGERS FOR CHANGE.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
HELP THEM CULTIVATE CONSCIENCE AND GUIDE THEM
TO ALWAYS ACT WITH ONE.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
YOU MAY NOT BE. BUT, FOR MANY, YOU ARE THEIR GOD.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
SO, ASK THEM.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
WOUD YOU LIKE TO EARN YOUR STRIPES?
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar
IF YOU MISSED READINGTHE EARLIER ISSUES OF
ABSENCE OF CONSCIENCE, VIEW IT ON SLIDE SHARE.
THE SEAT AT THE HIGH TABLE
WHEN YOU POINT A FINGER AT THE OTHER
EMPLOYEE FAREWELL
MANOEUVRINGAT THE EDGE OF FLAMES
INSIDE THE BELL CURVE
LEADERSHIP AND CONSCIENCE
VISIBILITY DEFICIENCY
THE RESISTANCE TO LET GO
KEEP CALM AND SPEAK THE TRUTH
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar is a career marketing professional based in
Bangalore, India. Sanjay believes that the absence of conscience
among individuals make people and organizations hollow, and
causes erosion of righteousness in corporate life. It is important for
everyone to introspect their actions andbe good to eachother.
Sanjay can be reached at sanjay.kirimanjeshwar@gmail.com.
The views expressed in this presentation are his personal.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
When I first saw the slide show version of Marty Neumeier’s Brand
Gap many years ago, I was awestruck by its simplicity and the
conversational style of presentation.
It taught me how to build slides.
Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar

I Need A Promotion

  • 1.
    ABSENCE OF CONSCIENCE SanjayKirimanjeshwar I NEED A PROMOTION January 28, 2017
  • 2.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar LIKE ANY OTHER KID OF MY GENERATION IN INDIA, I GREW UP READING HINDU MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES. COMICS, ESPECIALLY.
  • 3.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar TO GROW IN STATURE TO AMASS DIVINE WEAPONS TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE TO FULFILL ONE’S WISHES KINGS AND DEMONS ALIKE UNDERTOOK PENANCE
  • 4.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar THEY CHANTED PRAYERS INVOKING THEIR FAVORITE GODS…
  • 5.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar …IN THE MOST PUNISHING ENVIRONMENT.
  • 6.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar IN THE DENSE FOREST. IN THE COLD MOUNTAINS. UNDER THE SUN. UNDER THE NIGHT SKY. WITHOUT FOOD. WITHOUT WATER.
  • 7.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar THE RED ANTS BUILT AN ANTHILL ON THEM. POSIONOUS SNAKES HISSED AND CRAWLED. BUT, THOSE IN PENANCE STOOD IN PENANCE.
  • 8.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar AT TIMES, THEIR PENANCE WAS SO SEVERE THAT THEIR CHANTS REVERBERATED AND SHOOK THE THREE WORLDS.
  • 9.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar UNTIL THE GODS REVEALED THEMSELVES AND GRANTED WISHES OF THOSE IN PENANCE.
  • 10.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar TWOCONCEPTS REMAIN ETCHED IN MY MIND.
  • 11.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar I CARRIED THEM THROUGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND THEN TO WORKPLACE.
  • 12.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar GREAT OUTCOMES CAN’T BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT UNWAVERING FOCUS, DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE. #1
  • 13.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar EVENTUALLY, PEOPLE HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO RECOGNIZE SINCERE, AND MERITORIOUS HARDWORK. #2
  • 14.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar BOTH THESE IDEAS ARE ROOTED IN ONE PRINCIPLE…
  • 15.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar EARN YOUR STRIPES.
  • 16.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar THEN, THERE ARE OTHERS WHO UNDERSTOOD THE NARRATIVE DIFFERENTLY.
  • 17.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar IF YOU PLEASE YOUR GODS, YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT.
  • 18.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar THERE ARE OTHERS WHO FURTHER IMPROVISED.
  • 19.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar WHY WAIT? WHY PLEASE? JUST ASK!
  • 20.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar IN EVERY ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE WITH THESE THREE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT.
  • 21.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar PROGRESS BY MERIT PROGRESS BY PLEASING PROGRESS BY DEMANDING
  • 22.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar UNLIKE MERIT, PROGESSING THROUGH PLEASING OR DEMANDING CAN BE ORCHESTRATED THROUGH CONNECTIONS, INFLUENCE, AND FAVORS.
  • 23.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar HOW ORGANIZATIONS AND ITS LEADERS REACT TO SUCH ORCHESTRATION ESSENTIALLY SHAPES THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE.
  • 24.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar IF THEY FUEL IT, THEN MERIT NEEDS TO CHOOSE ITS FUTURE.
  • 25.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar PROGRESS BY MERIT PROGRESS BY PLEASING CAN THOSE BELIEVING IN PURELY MERIT START PLEASING THEIR BOSSES?
  • 26.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar PROGRESS BY MERIT PROGRESS BY DEMANDING OR CAN THEY ASK FOR DUE RECOGNITION?
  • 27.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar IN BOTH CASES, ONE HAS TO ABANDON CORE BELIEFS, RIGIDITY, AND BE ‘FLEXIBLE’ TO ADAPT TO A CULTURE THAT’S PREVALENT.
  • 28.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar MOST PEOPLE STRUGGLE IN THIS TRANSITION.
  • 29.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar BECAUSE, FOR THEM, THE HOW IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE WHAT WHEN IT COMES TO ACHIEVEMENT AND PROGRESS.
  • 30.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar PROGRESS BY MERIT SO, THEY DRIFT TO A NEW ORGANIZATION.
  • 31.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar WHY DO ORGANIZATIONS FUEL SUCH DEPARTURES?
  • 32.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar PROGRESS BY DEMANDING TROUBLESOME. IRRITANTS. CRY BABIES. YIELDTO THEM AND THEY ARE OFF YOUR BACK.
  • 33.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar THE PEACE COULD BE ONLY FOR THE MOMENT. BUT, STILL.
  • 34.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar PROGRESS BY PLEASING NON-THREATENING. LOW ESTEEM. CALCULATIVE. GROWTHEM AND YOU HAVE YOUR OBSEQUIOUS ARMY.
  • 35.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar OFTEN, THE NOISE FROM THOSE WHO PLEASE AND DEMAND GAIN SO MUCH AIRTIME THAT SOLIDITY OF MERIT FAILS TO CUT THROUGH THE CLUTTER.
  • 36.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar WITH MORE INSTANCES, YOUR TEAM AND YOUR ORGANIZATION WILL RISK BECOMING HOLLOW AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS MAY DRY UP.
  • 37.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar WANT TO STOP ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ?
  • 38.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar SHARE THE NEXT SLIDE WITH YOUR TEAM.
  • 39.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar PROGRESS THROUGH MERIT PROGRESS THROUGH PLEASING PROGRESS THROUGH DEMANDING GOAL I NEED A PROMOTION I NEED A PROMOTION I NEED A PROMOTION HOW DO I PERCIEVE YOU? DESERVING AGENDA-DRIVEN LOYALTY CRY BABY HOW YOU THINK OF YOURSELF? DESERVING DESERVING DESERVING HOW DO OTHERS THINK OF YOU? INSPIRING SYCOPHANT PUSHY WHO SHOULD BE PROMOTED?
  • 40.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar MOST PEOPLE, DEEP WITHIN KNOW WHERE THEY STAND.
  • 41.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar SELF-REALIZATION AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ONE IS EXPOSED ARE TWO POWERFUL TRIGGERS FOR CHANGE.
  • 42.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar HELP THEM CULTIVATE CONSCIENCE AND GUIDE THEM TO ALWAYS ACT WITH ONE.
  • 43.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar YOU MAY NOT BE. BUT, FOR MANY, YOU ARE THEIR GOD.
  • 44.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar SO, ASK THEM.
  • 45.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar WOUD YOU LIKE TO EARN YOUR STRIPES?
  • 46.
    Absence of Conscience| I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar IF YOU MISSED READINGTHE EARLIER ISSUES OF ABSENCE OF CONSCIENCE, VIEW IT ON SLIDE SHARE. THE SEAT AT THE HIGH TABLE WHEN YOU POINT A FINGER AT THE OTHER EMPLOYEE FAREWELL MANOEUVRINGAT THE EDGE OF FLAMES INSIDE THE BELL CURVE LEADERSHIP AND CONSCIENCE VISIBILITY DEFICIENCY THE RESISTANCE TO LET GO KEEP CALM AND SPEAK THE TRUTH
  • 47.
    ABOUT THE AUTHOR SanjayKirimanjeshwar is a career marketing professional based in Bangalore, India. Sanjay believes that the absence of conscience among individuals make people and organizations hollow, and causes erosion of righteousness in corporate life. It is important for everyone to introspect their actions andbe good to eachother. Sanjay can be reached at sanjay.kirimanjeshwar@gmail.com. The views expressed in this presentation are his personal. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS When I first saw the slide show version of Marty Neumeier’s Brand Gap many years ago, I was awestruck by its simplicity and the conversational style of presentation. It taught me how to build slides. Absence of Conscience | I Need A Promotion | Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar