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The LAGAAN of Performance
Managerial lessons from India




       Ali Anani
LAGAAN is not only a great
movie; it is also a lesson for
 organizational performance
The story: A small town in India
suffers not only from a drought
but the whims of British control.
People of the town were asked to
pay double tax. A young man of
the town protests he is given a
challenge – if his town can win a
cricket match against the
British, there will be no tax to pay.
But if the town loses, it will have
to pay triple the tax.
Would people accept?
The big challenge
make people eventually accept
the challenge
The people won the challenge
How?
The first managerial lesson
The known equation that
Performance = Ability X Desirability
Is not quite adequate
There is missing the gluing factor, which is
The Grand Purpose to direct people
to the same goal
Now,
Performance = Ability X
Desirability x Purpose

The greater the purpose is, the
greater the performance is
Influencing factors on the peoples’
success are:

Ability
Desirability
Purpose
Graphically, these may be
depicted as follows:
Desirability



               Purpose
And, in a fractal form
Ability of Crowds                    Desirability of crowds
  Ability of Teams                     Desirability of Teams
  Ability of                             Desirability of
  Individuals                            Individuals
     Ability
                        Performance          Desirability
     of Leader
                                             of Leader



                     Purpose of Crowds

                     Purpose of Teams
                       Purpose of
                       Individuals
                          Purpose of
                          Leader
Performance has many other
definitions as well
http://www.dsperformancegroup.com/pdf/equation_theory.pdf
http://eppic.biz/2012/10/12/my-performance-equation-yours-may-differ/
The performance equation
Employee performance is a function of three critical factors:
Clear expectations
Ability
Willingness
These three factors must be present for an employee to achieve the expected
results. This reality is expressed in the performance equation shown here.




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The Second
Managerial Lesson
Work is a three
ring circus:
Ability,
Desirability, and
Purpose.
-- Ali Anani
Differentiate between short-lived pleasure and long-
term risk by playing
the equation circus right
The proof is by using a
bold metaphor
Sleeping with a wife
or a night girl


Night is not right here
Sleeping with a night girl
Lack of desirability stems from
Lack of trust
Risk involved
No purpose
Money-based
Short-lived pleasure
against long-term risk
And feeling regretful
afterwards
After sex
Risk

                    Desirability




       Before sex

Risk                Desirability
Have a lasting purpose to have a
lasting performance.
If not performance shall end up
like melting icicles; if once it
melts that is the end of it
People will perform if they are glued
towards a great and honest purpose

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