A while, ago, one Saturday, afternoon, caught in a quagmire of doubt, regarding the movie to watch, over the weekend, Chandrashekar, the chap at the DVD rental, pushed 'Appaloosa' towards me. I viewed the said tape, with a little suspicion, because it smelt, of a slam bang western flick, a genre I've long grown out of. Since he insisted, I lugged it home & settled down to watch, over a cold 'Budweiser'. The beer, hops & all, grew warm as the movie captivated & how? The heroine ( Renee Zellweger), if she can be called that, is brilliant. A lone lady,she drifts into this one horse town ( Where two friends- Ed Harris & Viggo Mortensen- are hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a cattle rancher) & it is not clear if she is a widow, whore or wanderer. Allison, as she is called attaches ( after getting a lay of the land ) herself to the alpha male ( Virgil Cole/Harris) in town. Soon enough she makes a play for her boyfriends, friend ( Hitch/Viggo ), because she perceives him to be younger & a sounder bet.Viggo, will not have any of it & rather brusquely brushes the lady aside.............. Later, when Allison is abducted by a group of desperado's, she attaches herself to the gang leader...................& when rescued hitches up with Virgil again. What a lady, the quintessential, High Mach & High Self Monitor!!!!!!!!!!!!! on a veritable merry go round.( http://capnagaraj.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-pain.html ) The movie ends with the job done & two good friends parting ways, because as Viggo, knows, he does not stand a chance with Allison around and her super maneuvering skills.A mans logic! As he rides into the sunset he says, Virgil & Allison, need time to work things out...... As for Allison, her punchline is -Feelings get you killed! And she proves it by surviving every crisis that comes her way, in a cold, hard world, by reading the situation well and adapting. Who did better here? The HSM- Allison Cole or the LSM- Viggo? Your guess is as good as mine!.
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HSM for sure is better...but what balance is required in terms of feelings while working for an organization, still confuses me. At one hand HR's should be empathic and on the other hand they should not be emotional as said by the lady that feelings get you killed..HR's are handling a double-edged sword of operational excellence and people management. And to handle it we need to balance our emotional quotient.
well, its of course allison cole who has done a great job by being really diplomatic and achieve her mission. she has rightly said feelings get you killed and proved us that its better to trust your work or mission you are on rather than trusting people!!!!! she used the right managerial tactics of getting her work done and also being empathetic. also there is not even a single instance where she has taken an emotional decession!!Bravo!!!
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