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Spiral Up - New Prologue
Alone we can do so little; together we can do
so much - Helen Keller
Jack Marshall sat in his office overwhelmed by
the challenge ahead. Jack had been with GY Bradley
Associates for over 15 years and had served successfully
in sales and leadership positions all over the world. He’d
chosen GY Bradley Associates because of its strong
leadership culture. The leaders energized the business
environment with clear visions that empower people to
bring their best intentions, knowledge, and experience to
the table.
Now back at the Chicago headquarters office for only
a couple of months in a senior leadership role with the
New Ventures Group, Jack had just gotten the go-ahead
to develop one of three prototype products the Board of
Directors believed had great promise.
To put together the proposal for the Board, Jack
had recruited several trusted leaders to be members of
the development team. They put together a plan and
strategy to roll out the new product within four months of
the Board’s approval and also provided a budget for the
first six months.
With the Board’s approval, Jack was confident that
his vision of the project would be the inspiration for
everyone he invited to work on the team. In fact, with
Jack’s reputation for inspired leadership, as word got out
about the project, people began volunteering to be on
Jack’s team.
This was the biggest challenge and opportunity for
Jack’s career. And he had a tight timeframe to make
it happen. He had three months to get the product
production-ready, including a beta-test for customer
acceptance. The fourth month would be spent getting
the product into the delivery system.
Jack leaned back in his chair and sighed. He knew
that he needed a seasoned leader to help him make this
project a success. Someone who could keep the team
focused and working together while he stayed involved in
some of his other work. His mind went immediately to a
trusted colleague with whom he had developed a special
relationship while assigned to training in India.
Satyagraha Ahimsa, or known to most as “Satya”,
was born in Dandi, India. Satya earned a business
degree in the US and worked for several companies
before coming to GY Bradley Associates. During his
time in at the Chicago headquarters, Satya was in an
automobile accident that left him nearly blind. At the
urging of his family, he participated in rehabilitation
activities designed to help him continue to work with his
new sight limitations.
It was during rehabilitation that he was united with
Gita. Gita is a pure white Labrador Retriever endowed
with sacred blue eyes. Initially, she was trained to be
a guide dog, but never quite measured up to those
requirements. She had, however, acquired enough of
the guide dog characteristics to be of assistance to
someone like Satya whose eyesight improved ever so
slightly after the accident. In a short amount of time,
Satya and Gita became inseparable. As Satya said
often, “Gita helps me to observe what I do not see
clearly.”
After the accident and rehabilitation, Satya returned
to work. Even with his limited sight, Satya was highly
regarded for his ability to inspire people to work together
as a team. He was known in the company to have
supernatural wisdom around team development and
performance.
After several more years at the Chicago headquarters,
Satya was asked to take on a special executive
assignment in India because of his extensive knowledge
of the Indian culture. Satya welcomed the assignment
as it meant he could spend more time with his family in
India.
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