The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen: lessons in HRM!

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: The fable of the Baron reminds me (as a training manager) of ideas on teamwork and project management in todays society. The Baron operates very much like the goal directed commercial consultant. : He boasts with his exaggerated personal succes stories (as 3 as 3 can be); its fake (NLP avant la lettre) but he is so convined that he comes to believe his own lies ('I am renowned for telling the truth, nothing but the truth'; an 18th century Clinton!). And of course salesmen and consultants can only convince potential customers if they believe in themselves! : His rolodex is full with names of influential (royal) referals; customers who -at least in his eyes - adore his services and personality.Just like the good consultant he creates his own project with his customers. In our case he has caused the siege of an unnamed city (Vienna?) by the Turks in the 18th century. : . Just like consultants don't hesitate to visit competitors in the market, the Baron did projects for the Sultan (Saddam Hussein's predecessor; an sadistic 8; he plays an organ that makes sound by his torturing of slaves; he beheads enemies and he suffers from 8-ish DENIAL as well as 8-ish lack of verbal ability and lustfulness -women and wine-) as well as for the Western royalty. This born networker thrives on challenging assignments (when he fails he will be beheaded); just like the sales person does (see: the Glengary Glenn Ross movie). : He is very showy/glamourous; wears a beautiful uniform (Ferrari red), makes bets (again just like sales people do to become alive) and he allways works with a 'project team' that consists of 'team members' that each have their own highly developed talent/personal competence. But strong talents also create strong side effects; they are eccentric beings. The team has a very tolerant atmosphere, so their talents are not frustrated by group pressure to 'conform'. I think this contains a lesson for todays companies in which eccentricity is not often allowed. Recruitment policy often results in employees that are more of the same ('they should fit into our culture'). : In evolution mono-cultures were vulnerable and not succesful...The baron is very 3-ish in his pragmatic use of effective tools; he repeatedly uses snuff tabacco with great succes (just like the other fantastic 3-hero Popeye succesful with the 'tool' spinach). The ultimate 3-behaviour of the Baron is pulling himself out of the water by pulling his own hairs; this symbolizes the American dream 'from rags to riches'. : The Baron repeatedly pushes the team members to work harder; despite of their old age ('keep pumping! etc.). : The slavish and panicky team member Berthold (Monty Pyton's Eric Idle) is the fastest man in the world ( a 6, he stayed loyal to the Barron when he left Berthold alone on the moon (egoistic 3-ish betrayal); after 10 seconds of 6-ish rebellion when they meet again. : The Baron is very calculating: he seeks his old team members not because he wants to see his friends again but because he has taken up a new challenge for which he needs his 'human resources' again ('my dear friends'). NEVER is a typical 6-ish, rebellious word; Berhold says after their time in the fish; 'I'll NEVER eat fish again'. : (PERHAPS is the fobic equivalent of the NEVER-word). : Another team member Adolphus a 1, he is the sniper and critical on the (6?) gnome Gustavus ('you must...') : The Death is of course also outsmarted by the 3-baron. The Death must be a counterfobic 6, he is shocked when he is discovered by the clever girl Sally. She is a 3, is confident and goal directed ('can we go now, the city is on siege!, she utilizes the Baron for freeing the city from the Turks') She is also very opportunistic ('If he dies now I will never hear the end of the story...'). : The actor Mr. Salt who plays the Baron in the theater is a 6; he panicks and begs the city council for the continuation of the theater. He is also 6-ish because of his blaming, and his worst scenario thinking when Sally has disappeared. : Robin Williams is Roger, the King of the Moon; a 3 when his head is disconnected from his body (I am onmipotent, I have no time for orgasms, have so much to do, am so busy) and a gluttonous, sexually over-active 7 (remember Peg Bundy?) when connected with his body. : : The Queen of the moon seems to be a 1 ('You are stinking, horrible man!' and: 'Roger is allways so difficult, stop it!). : : The God Vulcan, is an harrassed and not too clever 8, he is the boss of the cyclops, is using foul language and selling nuclear arms. He is betrayed by his adulterous wife; the beautiful 2 : Venus ('Helloooo.....' and 'You're sooo sweet...another diamond!' >> resembles the seductive behaviour of Miss Piggy)Uma Thurman (I used the still button on my video with the shell act). : In the end the bluff of the Baron works: just like in our western society images ARE reality... : I like to get your comments on the enneatypes of the other team members. :

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