About The Mission Rise
Expedition
Take stock and transform your life with Mission Rise. Together, we will travel on a year-long expedition to imbibe Mahindra’s Rise values in our professional and personal journeys - equipped with the best tools, the right companions and the right motivation to embrace change!
We may not climb real mountains in our day-to-day lives, but isn’t the journey of life pretty much like climbing a mountain? The highs and lows, the struggles and successes... this is the essence of our existence. One big difference, though - while you’ll always find a Mountaineering 101, life doesn’t come with a manual. We must seek our inspiration from other sources – so why don’t we look at a few life lessons hidden in the wild, untouched mountains.
Here’s a preliminary list of lessons we can take to scale the mountain that we call LIFE:
THE JOURNEY IS THE GREATER LESSON
“It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life’s next peak.”
- Andy Andrews
GETTING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE TO GROW
“Most of us exist for most of the time in worlds which are humanly arranged, themed and controlled. One forgets that there are environments which do not respond to the flick of a switch or the twist of a dial... Mountains correct this amnesia. They pose profound questions about our durability and the importance of our schemes. They induce, I suppose, a modesty in us.”
- Robert Macfarlane
DON’T GO SOLO ON AN EXPEDITION
“A trek of this scale requires a lot of people to help and support. We were a group of 7 people but we had a staff of about 7 or more people which included Sherpas, guides, and porters. Likewise, in a company, you can't be running a one-man show, you need people across departments with varied skill sets and experiences who share your vision for the company and help collectively achieve the same.”
- Vishal Gondal
CHOOSE YOUR OWN PACE TOWARDS PROGRESS
“You will enjoy the hike and your life so much more if you embrace who you are and where you are. There's no need to go faster than you're comfortable going. There's no need to belittle your accomplishments and measure them up against others.”
- Liz Weber
REACHING THE TOP GIVES YOU PERSPECTIVE
“New frameworks are like climbing a mountain – the larger view encompasses rather than rejects the narrower view”
- Albert Einstein
Ama Dablam
Nandadevi
Annapurna
Dhaulagiri
Kanchenjunga
K2
Mount Everest
How do you get
Started?
Choose your Attributes
Start by updating your profile and subscribing to 1 or more Rise Attributes to work on. Rate yourself on each of the 16 Rise attributes and set where you want to be at the end of 2017.
Publish your Rise moments and move up!
Rise is about setting new limits for ourselves. Each step taken is a moment in itself. Be it hitting a new sales record or quitting smoking, everything starts with little steps.
Capture these moments - big and little to earn feet up the mountain.
Tag people along the way
Add people involved in your achievements by tagging them as you add your moment.
Follow people to learn more
Managers, leaders, colleagues and peers can be great role models as we embark on this journey. The app gives the opportunity to follow any participant and learn from their moments.
Recognize Others
Hit the “Edit” tab in Add a Moment to recognize the achievement of a colleague!
About
Rise
Is Rise our Brand? Is Rise our culture? Is it a call to Action?
It is all three!
Each Rise pillar sends out a strong message to us to be the best that we can be!.
Accepting No Limits – “Challenge Conventional Thinking”
Alternative Thinking – “Innovatively use all our resources”
Driving Positive Change – “Make the world a better place for our Stakeholders & Communities”
The Rise
ATTRIBUTES
Each Rise pillar has a set of attributes to go with it.
Embracing these attributes through small steps everyday can be a powerful exercise to try out… Are you ready?
Boldness is really about going out of the way to accept and champion new and risky ideas. It’s the courage to try new things and give new ideas a chance. When you’re bold, you avoid conformity and voice opinions confidently and fearlessly even if your opinions challenge the status quo.
If you’re driven, you’re an initiator! You have the passion to progress forward and take charge when required to complete and see things to fruition. Be it a critical engineering project, a magazine issue or even a series of wedding celebrations, when you’re driven, you have the power to put things together.
Being methodical implies a systematic approach to getting things done. You are usually consistent and structured and are known to complete tasks on time.
When you’re Resilient, you tend to recover quickly from failures and adversity and dust yourself proudly, prepared to take on the next challenge. Resilience indicates a great sense of self-worth and viewing of failures as lessons to achieve future victories.
Resilience is a great attribute to have during a crisis - your thoughts and courage inspire and give strength to the entire group.
Learning is a lifelong experience. When you embrace the Learning attribute, you examine various sources, be it study, instructions or experience to make measured changes in behaviour.
When you’re analytical, you are very logical and use this to look at and solve problems and everyday work issues.
Creativity involves thinking of new ideas and approaches on a regular basis. You value solitude, trust your intuition and are open to new experiences and learning.
Focus entails calmness and mindfulness of your surroundings. In the greatest of chaos, focus ensures that you are not easily distracted – you have the ability to concentrate on the matter at hand and remain objective.
Frugality implies a sense of value for available resources. A frugal you is prudent and knows how to optimally utilise organisational resources (including human) to the greatest benefit.
Being empowering, you will inspire others to be the best they can be, often going beyond their own and others’ expectations. You support people by helping them take ownership of their work and life, discover their potential and encourage them to think for themselves. An empowering leader also often inspires people by being a great role model!
Being energetic is an important part of coping with today’s modern life and its issues. When you’re energetic, you tend to thrive on physical and mental activity and build enough stamina to take on different roles and expectations in various spheres of your life.
Inclusivity attracts a diverse set of people to you - both professionally and personally. When you’re inclusive, you respect the views and perspectives of different people and are open to different points of view. You will make others feel comfortable and encourage them to express themselves freely.
Sensitivity implies the quality of empathy, consideration of others’ needs and feelings and awareness of contexts, issues, dynamics and preferences of individuals and even groups.
Being trusting is a rare attribute today but one that helps you connect better with people. When you’re trusting, you have faith in the potential and reliability of others. Rather than viewing people sceptically, you’re open to what they have to offer. Trusting leaders tend not to fret over the performance of their team members and do not like to micromanage the smallest things their teams do. A great quality to have when you’re building a team!
Inspiring trust and confidence in people around you is a part of your bread and butter as a professional. An enduring quaity that has stood strong through centuries, trustworthiness is usually associated with consistentency in performance. It is characterised by fairness, honesty and credibility. People will rely on you for their opinions and lean on you in various situations to deliver the right results or do the right thing.
An attribute that is valued in every sphere, listening is unique and different from just ‘hearing’. When you’re listening, you are using all your senses, and not just hearing, to understand the views as well as feelings of other people. During a conversation, you will ask all the right questions and will be sensitive to the body language, expressions and responses of people before making an inference.
Bold
Driven
Methodical
Resilient
Learning
Analytical
Creative
Focused
Frugal
Empowering
Energetic
Inclusive
Sensitive
Trusting
Trustworthy
Listening
Click on the icons to know more about the Attributes.
We will first scale the beautiful Ama Dablam - literally translated as "Mother's Charm Box". Known for its dramatic beauty and challenging ascent.
Nandadevi is our next stop - the second highest and most revered peak in India. Apart from the spectacular views, it has a unique national park which stands out with its sylvan environment and rich biosphere.
Next, brace yourself for Annapurna, named after the Goddess of the Harvest. the rocks that make up Annapurna’s summit—limestone formed at the bottom of a warm ocean—are a reminder of the powerful tectonic forces that pushed up the world’s highest mountains.
Our next stop is Dhaulagiri - the seventh tallest mountain in the world and home to hundreds of species of rare plants and animals, including the snow leopard and blue or Tibetan sheep.
We then come to Kanchenjunga, meaning ‘Five Treasures of the Snow’. The third highest mountain in the world and the highest in India. It is worshipped in festivals and dances and honoured in traditions.
We're getting closer to the end of our expedition with K2 - the world’s second highest peak, second only to Mount Everest. Prone to frequent and severe storms and coupled with high elevations and treacherous climbing conditions, it is one of the world’s most difficult mountains to climb. A perfect prelude to our last stop!
Our last stop, the most critical part of our journey - Everest. The dream of every mountain climber, we're looking at the highest peak in the world which was formed even before the Himalayan range - 450 million years ago! Watch out for the Himalayan jumping spiders, wind that goes at 200miles/hour and get ready to get out of breath..Literally!
Tools in
your Mission
Our Attribute Scale, tailored like a sound equalizer helps you rate yourself on each Rise attribute giving you the right direction to begin your journey.
Starting 2017, we have 4 quarters, 12 months, 365 days, 8760 hours, 525600 minutes, 31536000 seconds to embrace change. The ticking clock will remind you to make full use of each second to succeed!
Our Sherpa will regularly send you the right information and tools so you are well-equipped to take on each challenge during the expedition. Watch out for his updates.
Just achieved a RISE moment? Post it on the Rise App! Once you’ve decided how big your moment is, reward yourself with 100/200/300/400/500 feet up the mountain. This is your journey and you decide how many feet to move up!
Post it publicly for an extra 500 feet bonus!
Have you observed a colleague deliver a RISE moment recently? Recognise him/her by sharing the moment on the Rise feed and decide how to reward him/her with 100/200/300/400/500 feet up the mountain.
Check your progress at each stage of your expedition and don’t forget to see where everyone else is – be it your CEO or your team mate, everyone’s progress is marked on the mountain!
As you move up, you get to scale a new summit. Feet you need to move up to scale each mountain:
| PEAK | FEET TO MOVE UP |
|---|---|
| Ama Dablam | 22,467 ft. |
| Nandadevi | 26,504 ft. |
| Annapurna | 25,645 ft. |
| Dhaulagiri | 26,810 ft. |
| Kanchenjunga | 28,169 ft. |
| K2 | 28,251 ft. |
| Mt. Everest | 29,029 ft. |
Testimonials
Is Rise our Brand? Is Rise our culture? Is it a call to Action? It is all three!.
Driving Positive Change – “In the lives of our Stakeholders & Communities”
We strive to make the world and people’s lives better - not only in the CSR work we do but in our actual business dealings as well.
Here from the Mahindra Group’s Chairman, Mr. Anand Mahindra on Rise at Mahindra (Anand’s Video on Rise).
“Today is another perfect day to defy the world’s naysayers” It is the small things that make an organisation at Mahindra Partners – the people, the workplace, the culture.. and Rise.