That is one too many rowing.
The correct ratio is explained below
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Once upon a time the Government and the Opposition decided to have a competition boat race on the river Thames.
Both teams practised long and hard to reach their peak performance.
On the big day, they were as ready as they could be.
The Opposition won by a mile!
Afterwards the Government team became very discouraged by the loss and morale sagged.
Senior management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found and a project team was set up to investigate the problem and recommend appropriate action.
THE CONCLUSION:
The problem was the Opposition had eight people rowing, and one person steering.
The Government had one person rowing and eight people steering.
Senior management immediately hired a consultancy company to do a study on the team structure. Millions of dollars and several months later the consultancy company concluded that:
"Too many people were steering and not enough rowing."
To prevent losing to the Opposition again next year, the team structure was changed to:
- Four Steering Managers, and
- Three Senior Steering Managers, and
- One Executive Steering Manager, and
- One rower
A new quality performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give more incentive to work harder and become a key performer.
THE NEXT YEAR THE OPPOSITION WON BY TWO MILES!
The Government laid off the rower for poor performance, sold all the paddles and cancelled all the capital investment for new equipment.
They halted the development of a new canoe, awarded high performance awards to the Consultants and distributed the money saved to Senior Management.