Does the ‘Least Small’ mean the ‘Most Tall’?
By: Trevor Stewart, President – Stoakley-Stewart Consultants
Once upon a time, in a very busy widget manufacturing plant far, far away, toiled a General Manager who was quite certain that he could make the most widgets in all the land if only the staff could easily see the Plant Manager at all times to ask for guidance and direction. The General Manager, very excited to improve production, decided to hire the tallest Panda Bear possible as Plant Manager.
The GM advertised far and wide his need for a very tall Plant Manager and received many resumes from many Panda Bears, all claiming to be remarkably tall. Very excited about the response and anxious to get the best Plant Manager on the payroll as quickly as possible, the GM eagerly set to work. He spent many hours poring over the mountain of resumes; flabbergasted at the number of applicants that weren’t even bears, never mind pandas. Finally, after painstaking perusal, the GM invited the applicants with the greatest potential to interview with him at the plant.
My oh my, what an interesting collection of Panda Bears appeared on that fine day; Panda Bears of all shapes, hues, sizes, and, of course, heights. This eager group of Panda Bears ranged from 4 to 5 feet tall, but for one exceptional Panda Bear that stood out amongst the group at 5½ feet tall. Surely this bear should be the new Plant Manager, a true giant among Panda Bears. The GM, figuring that the ‘least small is equivalent to the most tall’, hired the 5½ foot tall Panda Bear happily concluding his quest.
Months went by with the new 5½ foot tall Panda Bear managing the plant, but the quantity produced did not increase, not even by a widget. Despairing, because surely this giant amongst Panda Bears should have been the solution, the GM hired a Recruiter to try to find a taller Panda Bear, an apparently impossible quest.
The next week, the GM was in awe as one after another Recruiter-selected Panda Bear, each towering well over 6 feet, came to the plant for their interviews. When the GM asked why these Panda Bears didn’t respond to his ad, the Recruiter replied, “Tall, hardworking, employed Panda Bears aren’t looking for a job, so we have to actively seek them out, capture their attention and present them with new opportunities”. The GM hired the tallest Panda Bear, standing 7’2” with a hue of blue, and they all lived productively ever after.
At Stoakley-Stewart, we know that the ‘Least Small’ is NOT Equivalent to the ‘Most Tall’. How tall are YOUR pandas? We will find you the ‘Tallest Pandas’…all you have to do is ask!
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