A Journey with Passion to Win, Not Just a Job ??

The viral buzz around 90-hour workweeks is making rounds, but let’s pause and reflect… It’s not the working hours that matter; it’s the common goal and mission we share as a team in any corporate environment. Its the quality of our interaction and the value taken ??

this is a thought provoking matter to see , is this issue of manpower spending more time or the culture of organization , the senior leadership need to see from team building perspective. So its not about the CTC but more about the sense of belongingness and learning drive. the HR departments to be renamed as Human Responsiveness or Human Relations instead of Human recruitment or Human Resources department.

Do team members have that desired bonding, intimacy, and trust? ?? When working hours become a focus, it’s often a sign of isolation, favoritism, or bias. But when we truly work together, it’s all about the goal — nothing else.

??? Flashback to 25 years ago in the Tractor Industry… Some of us recall a time when work wasn’t counted in hours but in passion. Every team was a family on a mission, where every task was a shared responsibility. The sales executive was a one-man army, capable of handling any situation. Failures, if any, were never seen as blame but as opportunities to sharpen skills, with the boss and team stepping in shoulder to shoulder to support.

? No ticking clocks. No thermal punches or attendance approval Just pure dedication, sincerity, and integrity.

There were no reminders from HR apps ??, but a word of wisdom from peers — “Be careful next time” — when you were late or had to leave early. Flexibility was a team-driven ethos, where tasks were seamlessly shared to support one another. ??

??♂? Sometimes, the boss would spot us in the morning with towels on our heads, having worked through the night in the office itself to finish reports or create presentations. We never thought of working 50/60/70 or 90 hours but completing the task.

The food? ?? It didn’t come from Swiggy or Zomato; it came straight from the boss’s home. A boss who didn’t believe in “boss giri.” On just an hour’s notice, he’d call home: “These folks are working with me and won’t be able to go out for food. Can you send enough for six people?” And delicious homemade food would arrive. It was never about using authority or offering incentives, but about the commitment to our shared mission. ??

?? No mobile phones. No individual laptops. No fancy tools. Just raw grit to make things happen — dealer stock checks, PFS, tracking customer advances, lead generation, activity plans, and field visits, meeting old tractor buyers to liquidate dealer money , banker to check the credibility of buyer OR govt offices to get the tractor registered in RTO . We resolved customer complaints ourselves instead of passing them to the service team. ??? taking parts order , evening diffener with workshop staff to make them feel important for the mission .

Many days, we’d travel by public transport or ride motorcycles with dealers, sleep under trees after lunch with farmers, and conduct live product sessions while installing tractors at farmer villages. Some time folding the trouser taking off shoes and getting in to the paddy fields ?? ??

Dinner? Sometimes that, too, was a team effort — not at a resort or hotel with booze, but in someone’s home. ?? Two people would go early to prepare, and the others would arrive later to help cook. Sometimes, the boss would join us and even cook for us. We’d all sit on the ground — no designations, no formalities, just bonding and sharing time together.

Thanks to MSS concepts guided by Ashok Sharma Sir,— the backbone of today’s multi-million-dollar software industry, CRM, and CX systems — we used simple tools like CR, HR, VFS, CFS, PWCC, and NPCC to monitor individual salesperson productivity and provide data-driven insights to dealers for the upcoming season. And we did it all without Excel or fancy apps. The teamwork was everything. ??

Did we ever check our working hours? ??

To the unbeatable Indian Tractor Sales team of 1996-2006 — we didn’t count hours; we made history. ??

A heartfelt thank you to all mentors, superiors, and teammates , dealers and DSP i disturbed before 6 am some days ... for those unforgettable days and learning transformation.

Rajeev Rellan RAMESH RATHORE Manish Mathur Saurabh Datta Anurag Chaturvedi Satish Pathak Ashok Jaiswar Charan Jeet Gaba Chandrashekhar Kulkarni Saurabh Vatsa Baljinder Singh Rana Lalit Jain Kamal Mahtta Saurabh Vatsa Binwant Singh Puri Lalit Jain Mohit Jindal Satish Pathak Kamal Mahtta and many other colleagues/ seniors which i could not connect on the platform

present day new , young achievers should join the corporates not for CTC but for the culture and willingness to sharpen your skills to stay ahead in your knowledge and application orientation. Stretch - Synergize and be ready to offer solutions to any problem, stop counting hours. use that as investment to build your knowledge.

Inviting views for more understanding pl.