THE GEESE

                                California anthropologist, Angeles Arrien, draws some very important corporate and business principles from the
                                 study of migrating geese. We have all seen them flying in their "V" formation. What can we learn about building
                                 team spirit, about facing up, and teaming up from a bunch of geese?

                                          1.   Each bird flaps his wings and creates an uplift for the birds behind. A bird has 71% more flying range
                                                in a "V" formation than he does by flying alone. The lesson is obvious. When we share a common
                                                purpose and direction, we can all get there quicker and with much less effort.                                                   

                                          2.  Whenever a goose gets out of formation, he immediately feels resistance in trying to go it alone, and   
                                                gets back into the formation with the others. Again, the lesson should be pretty obvious. If we had as
                                                much sense as a goose, we would stay in formation with those who are going the same way we are.
                                                It's much harder to get the job done when we are always flying alone.

                                          3.  When the lead goose gets tired, he rotates back into the formation and another goose flies the point.          
                                                The lesson? We all need each other, and everyone should share the harder jobs so we can all reach     
                                                our goal together. Also, the geese in the formation honk from behind to encourage those in front to  
                                                to keep up their speed. If you happen to be fortunate enough to see them flying over, you will hear
                                                them honking to one another. The lesson is, when we honk at those in the lead, we should make sure
                                                we are honking words of encouragement and not words of discouragement.

                                         4.    When one of the geese is sick or wounded and falls out of the formation to the ground, two others fall        
                                                out and follow the wounded goose, staying with it until it either revives or dies. What a lesson! If others        
                                                could see that we stood together like that, there would be more people on our team and sharing our vision.