Dr. Baldev Arora (Fictional Name) was a famous cardiac surgeon at a prestigious institute. Like his skills, his temper was also of the highest order.
He was a perfectionist and not used to tolerating any mistake in others. Even a tiny mistake in front of him would earn a verbal blasting from him. During operation, even a fraction of delay between his giving an order and its execution would earn the erring person a severe tongue-lashing.
At the end of a surgery, Dr. Baldev used to pour two different types of antibiotics in the wound before applying stitches in the skin. It was his belief that this helps in preventing wound infection in his patients.
There are surgeons who are satisfied by pouring only a single antibiotic and many researchers who say this is not at all helpful. The assisting nurse was supposed to take the antibiotics from the floor nurse at the start of the operation and keep them ready to give to Dr. Baldev when demanded.
One day when the surgery was near its completion, Dr. Baldev asked the assistant nurse to give the antibiotics to pour in the wound. The Nurse looked stunned for a moment, but the next moment she handed Dr. Baldev a syringe saying here it the antibiotic you requested. Dr. Baldev poured the antibiotic into the wound and applied the stitches.
When he had left the Operation Theatre, the assistant professor who was watching everything said to the nurse, “I was watching the whole time but I could not remember you taking the second antibiotics from the floor nurse at the start of the operation.”
The nurse replied, “You are right. I did forget to take the second antibiotic at the start of the operation. So I filled a syringe with sterile water lying on the instrument table and gave it as antibiotic to Dr. Baldev. If I had said that I had forgotten to take the antibiotic then I would have received a severe verbal blasting from him for something which has not been proved to be useful.”
If you are strict then your subordinates may take extra care in the work out of fear, but there may be an occasional instance when they may hide facts from you to avoid your wrath. A moderated approach may be more fruitful overall.
(Based on true incident)
— ND
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