Animal Planet's top billing television show "Meerkat Manor" has fixated viewers in over 160 countries with this real-life tale which reflects the synergic character of Meerkats...
Natural impulses command a flight or fight reaction in the wilds of Africa. Corporates can learn from the Meerkat’s strategy and amazing ability to outsmart dastardly defiant adversaries. Never more apt than in the information age where competion has intensified and the corporate battlefield become more perilous, survival is a familiar feeling in business.
For an hour, Estienne de Beer presents a fixating and exceptionally inspiring visual of these mammals’ masterminds in "Meerkat Motivation for the Marketplace". See how your business can profit from their unprecedented example. With the odds against them daily, Meerkats forge their careers in a 3 square mile sandy environment surrounded by minacious maws and claws; bureaucracy; professional jealousy and competition – making corporate hostile takeovers or business challenges insubstantial compared to the day-by-day expeditions of the skilful Meerkat.
"Meerkat Motivation for the Marketplace" will inspire your next conference or teambuilding event to follow the Meerkat’s way and strive for higher heights – examples of remarkable valour, working together in a cooperative effort, and a tried and tested ability to lead.
The most renowned of the "Shy 5" animals, the Meerkat’s triumphant victory is because of 5 explicit behavioural patterns, which just happen to be the same "Shy 5" behavioural patterns that are evident or lacking in the workplace:
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Good Old Fashioned Hard Work – Meerkats spend every day digging – they shift 50 times there own weight in a morning.
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Rigorous Personal Development – Meerkats function in a learning organization, continually coaching and mentoring one another as they pass on what they know through mutual teaching and training.
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Unshakeable Courage – Meerkats rally to repel inimical opponents far bigger than themselves.
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Relentless Teamwork – Meerkats bring new meaning to teamwork by meting out tasks and being masters of cooperation. For the sake of staying alive, they forever validate and reinforce their relationships with each other.
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Leading from the Front – Meerkats shine in a system based on ability where leadership is by the most seasoned and skilled in the group. The rest of the members are always hot on the heels of their leader. Irrefutably, Meerkats have mastered the art of working together as a winning team.
