ZAKOLA MIX

Prathamesh Pathak’s ‘Zakola Mix’ dil se reveals how different temperaments working for a common goal can be instrumental in achieving great tasks...

What makes a team cheerful, victorious, friendly, united, happy and caring? I think it’s the understanding they have amongst themselves. No two people on planet earth are alike. Therefore I think that when we create something that we desire we can rarely do it alone. If we do SWOT analysis of each and everyone in the team, we will come across different answers but if we are able to gather all the strengths together, wipe out the weaknesses with understanding we can create a great team. Same is the case with team BLUE PLANET.

Lot of good things has happened in the last six months. We renewed the contracts of almost all of our clients, lost one member but got another and got two new additional clients. Our clients are happy, so the bottom-line is “Sab kuch zakkkassss chalrella hain”!!! But what is the reason? The answer lies in the “ZAKOLA MIX”. I know you all must be wondering what is “Zakola Mix”. It’s just a term created and used by me to describe a mixture of all tastes, colours, emotions and IQs.

All five of us are different and forcing a decision on someone never happens. If an occasion arises, we are open enough to discuss it on the table. Umesh Sir being the TL and Media king, is not an authoritarian, Shikha is friendly and hard working, Vrushali, a quick learner and flexible, Anil, always there to help and then there is me, the administrator of all this!!! The point is, characteristics are different, likings are dissimilar, views are different but one thing is common, the passion in each of us to give more than the client demands and expects.

We have a TL who has great experience of PR, Client Servicing and Market Research, but one thing which is missing is the bossing! He is not a BOSS who will leave an impression on his teammates as a dictator. He knows that if he can’t keep his folks comfortable then he is not a good TL and team members will leave. He has a friendly relation with each but controls the reins while work is on. Team members should respect the knowledge and not be fearful of the position.

We face many a crises at Events or even generally. But the best thing about our team is that everyone is well aware and informed about the accounts and activities happening. So instead of one or two, all the five brains are working for one client and this leads to great ideas and alternatives to tackle the crises.

To end my boring write up about the most interesting team I would take help of “Shahariyaar’s” 2 lines…

Jubani daave bahot log karte rehte hain,

junoon ke kaam ko karke dikhana hota hain,

hava ka jor hi kafi bahana hota hain,

agar charag kisiko jalana hota hain!