Last summer we found a flock of domestic looking ducks on a freshly dug pond at our local community woodland. They were tame but starving hungry, so we think they were somebody's cute lockdown project "set free" once no longer cute. Anyway, we brought them back here and they have been happily quacking and laying eggs ever since.
They seem to be a mixture of silver appleyard and Welsh harlequin, but there's one sweet wee thing we called "Tiny Duck", because she's about half the size of the rest.
Anyway, yesterday we made a covered pen for them in the field, for #flockdown, and then tried to herd the ducks into it.
Tiny Duck wasn't too sure of this, and when driven, suddenly let out an almighty quaaaaak, before taking off vertically. She then flew off past our neighbour's barn. "Wow, I didn't know she could do that!" exclaimed the Moleacatcher.
Then, just as we were debating how the hell to get her back, I spotted something flop down in the field 100m behind us. That's right - Tiny Duck had done a complete circuit of the neighbour's barn, our house, the trees by the road, and was now back in our field. She was collapsed on the grass, utterly exhausted, so I walked over, picked her up and put her in the pen.
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Anyway, she's happily back with the others now, but isn't #flockdown a bummer?
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The truth is that Tiny Duck was always able to fly - she just hadn't ever spread her wings and tried, so she didn't know she could. For over a year, she stayed behind a 3 foot high fence, always longing for the fields beyond, but never trying. What's stopping you from flying like Tiny Duck?
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This is true of many people's professional careers. They believe they cannot fly, until given appropriate motivation by management. Are you getting the best out of your team? If not, try chasing them into a small, scary looking pen. You may well find that many of them can fly after all.
Of course, following this, many managers find that alternative strategies are required to sustain this new, higher plane of productivity. At What the Duck, we recommend the Shotgun Motivational Technique (SMT). Click here to register for our next webinar.
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