GOOD EARTH
Thursday, 26 October 2017
CHOITHRAM
SCHOOL, INDORE (INDIA)
STUDENT
MOTIVATION
‘Thoughts differ, so do ideas as well as their
implementation!’
During the brainstorming session amongst the
business team members to discuss what motivated us to participate in the school
business, there was a consensus amongst everyone that the
School Enterprise Challenge was a wonderful opportunity to groom ourselves and
develop various skills that will practically help us in life.’
Students unanimously believe that it is their
selfless contribution and reaching out to the people of lower strata that keeps
them motivated. In this context HR Manager Anshika Bhargava says ‘We are
working for the cause of the children of ‘lesser God’ and seeing their smiling
faces is so blissful!’
According to Finance Manager Aastha Vijaywargiya,‘It
is all about self-satisfaction which keeps me motivated.Whenever I see a
customer going back happily, smiling with our products I feel more motivated.
Positive reviews are what make me do more for the enterprise.’
Kavya Shah of grade 11 feels it is a pleasure
to interact with the parents who buy our products keeping their faith in us
alive.
The General Manager of our team, Chelsea
Sawlani feels motivated to participate in an international contest and says, ‘SEC
has enabled us to transcend boundaries and realize the essence of the ‘world
being a family’.’
Charul Lunia of grade 11 says, ‘Having a great
sense of saving the environment and doing something for the planet motivates
me.’
Nikita Soni of grade 11 says ‘The biggest
motivation for me has been to see the children from an orphanage learning art
work from us. That was the time I realized how important it is to give back to
the society.’
At the personal front, being a part of the school
business has motivated me to pursue online business of handicrafts after
college.
Anshika
Bhargava, HR Manager voicing her opinion about student motivation
Purva
Bhardwaj, Production Manager writing the opinions elucidated by the team members
about student motivation
‘What we are, what we achieve and what we believe in is due
to our teamwork and togethernesss!’
We as team firmly believe that supporting each
other as well as sharing ideas with each other, makes us maintain a friendly
atmosphere and motivates a healthy environment in the team.Respecting each
other’s’ ideas and giving opportunity to each other helps everyone to blossom.
We
respect the views of all team members
Running any organization is all about solving
problems about the business which is majorly done through co-operation between
all the managers and their respective team members. In our team managers act as the role
models for the juniors, appreciating their efforts and there is no dominance by
them on their subordinates. In the process the juniors feel inspired and motivated
to attain the post of a manager, in the subsequent year.
Our team is a small family which enables us to
broaden our work areas, no one is confined to one particular task. We switch
our roles after every four months, thereby getting to know the functioning of
the enterprise well as well as working with new team members. And believe it or
not, all of us have been a part of the Fundraising Event at some time or the
other!
Participating
in the Fundraising Events is what keeps us moving and our biggest motivation!
Our team is always open for reviews and
feedbacks, positive feedback makes us happy and encourages us to achieve more while
negative feedback inspires us to work hard and make efforts to remove the
pitfalls.
Our greatest motivation as a team was when one
of our customers (Mr. Praveen Singh Mandloi), a parent
who has a big farmland placed an order of 500 kg of compost in the month of
April 2017. It was such a happy moment for all of us that we are motivated even
now thinking about that order.
Jayanthi Bhutdha,
Sales & Marketing Manager conversing with Mr. Praveen Singh Mandoli
Lastly, support from the school, teachers and
family motivates all of us to actively participate in the enterprise.
‘To fight the ups and downs, we are a family’
As a business team we had a low morale when few
of our parents, our major customer group,questioned us about the utilization of
the profits. They wanted to know how we were using the profits for a noble
cause. Even though we mentioned all the details, one of them did not seem to be
satisfied. After a brainstorming session, we realized we needed to act fast and
sooner the better. We decided to have an Orientation Session for the parents of
each class on the day of the annual result apprising them about our enterprise
and how we use the profits through a power point presentation, a video and a talk.
We felt satisfied when some of the parents told us that it was wonderful to
know about the achievements of the school, our Lead teacher and the way we were
using the profits!!That
was our biggest motivation!
Purva Bhardwaj
Production Manager
Grade 12 F
Grade 12 F