I’d like to take credit for the name, but it goes to a colleague in
India. “A gurukul (pronounced
guru-cool) is a type of school in India.” The process involves the master
interacting with the students in a long term natural setting.
The situation that brought this to my attention were
courses I was asked to teach the management teams of two international
companies on “Delivering Results” and “Business Excellence.” I did not feel I met the qualifications of a “guru”
in terms of knowledge, experience or age.
Thinking about it afterward, if I didn’t meet the criteria, then who
did? I spent my gurukul time sharing the
experiences I’ve learned from over the last 30 years of aircraft building and
preparing organizations for Malcolm Baldrige evaluations. When you compare my experience to that of a student’s
(new supervisor in a new industry), I guess I’m the one that should be
teaching. Seems to me all great leaders should be gurukuls to others.
Do you know you are a guru in something? Are you acting like it and sharing everything
you know with teammates?
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