Most of the talented and highly skilled people in corporate never like to see another person equally as talented and skilled as them.  They always perceive such people as threat or competition to their peaceful existence in corporate.   What normally most people do to deal such situation is either they try to prove that the

 

1. Other person is not that efficient like them
2. Try to develop some other newer skills and domain expertise
3. Try different means to prevent them from sensing what they are doing

 

All the above possibilities exhibited by the people are purely due to and for the purpose of own existence in the corporate.  Imagine if the boss/team head who is also equally efficient and capable in the domain expertise of the team members/subordinates, the subordinates will find it hard going as they cannot sell their ideas, stupidity or their superficial knowledge easily with their bosses.   It is true with bosses also.  

 

More often, people under such circumstances, only tend to develop newer skills and methods to mask the capability of the other.  By doing so, they easily escape the scrutiny by the other.  If such scrutiny happens, they believe that they may have to endure causality.  

 

If we look at nature, several animals also exhibit more or less the same behaviour trait like that of the corporate people. 

 

The hyena is a well known hunter and scavenger in wild.  It is very courageous, ferocious and also they have unmatchable jaw power.   Further they also live as pack.  

 

If a lone hyena happens to get a kill, immediately the animal used to take the kill to the nearest water hole and hides them.  The reason being, the smell of the kill can easily catch/invite the attention of other predators.  If the kill is hidden in water, the smell cannot reach the air as water would insulate them.  Hyena knows that like its own astute sense of smell, many other predatory animals in jungle like, wild dog, lion, leopard, cheetah, fox etc., also have very powerful sense of smell.  These animals like hyena, can easily detect the presence of the kill even from miles away. 

 

The hyena knows its competitors and their strength.  The animal never seems to have discounted the strength of its competitors.  Instead, it had learned a new technique – hides the kill in water.   Through the above innovative approach, hyena easily over power the capabilities of other predatory animals that have as powerful olfaction as hyena. 

 

Two important management principles the corporate man has to learn form the above.  The first one is that, the talented people never like to see another talented person who is equal to them.  This is true not just in corporate alone but in jungle as well.  Unfortunately, people in corporate only feels jealous and sad under such situations than be highly innovative like hyena.  This trait hyena exhibit only when the animal is alone.   When the animal is alone, naturally the animal cannot defend its kill easily.  Under such circumstances, instead of being jealous or fearful, it becomes very intelligent.   The message is that be like smart hyena in your corporate.