A short time ago I was invited to be a judge at a HR management fest at a college. There was one very interesting event that I was a part of. It was called the " Best manager Award". This was how it went. There were many different colleges taking part in this event and each college would nominate a participant to represent them. This person would usually not be afraid to come up on stage make presentations and most off all be able to work and take pressure. Now why was this going to be an important part of the interview.

well it went a little like this. We were three judges sitting on the stage being observed by a crowd of over three hundred students. Now each participant was given something to do. Like one guy was asked to run three rounds around the entire campus as soon as he finished huffing and puffing he was asked to sit on the stage where the three judges would verbally butcher him.

There was no set questions and we the judges would ask them just about anything. I asked one of the guys if he was innovative. Now to be a good manager one has to be able to multi task and so i asked him if he were a beggar how would he make sure he was the best beggar around?. Now I asked this question for several reasons.

1. Can this future Manager really think out of the box
2. After being physically exhausted one expects to be asked questions related to a topic
3. This is something your not prepared for

we noticed that with the answer we got from this guy he would probably not have got a fist full of money but a fist in the eye.

Anyways it went well and I noticed that the ones who did not react but who took their time and answered objectively did real fine.

Fast forward to the managers of today.

The same pressures constantly churning out weird situations. Family, health, work pressure, financial worries and what not.

Is there a way out - to be a performer? To be able to be that Best Manager at all times. If you’re looking for an answer I don't have one. I do however have a suggestion. The answers many times come when we are doing something unrelated to work. Maybe when working on a hobby, enjoying a game of football, a morning walk. we need to be able to rise above situations and look at everything objectively.

David Swinden writes for http://www.DoorsRecruiting.com.

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