Enterprise games are not respected, do not be clever.
Editor’s note: This article is from the micro-channel public number “experience the Workshop” (ID: ClecChina) , Author: Shen Dongjun. Original title “Shen Dongjun 丨Do not bow into the game, don’t be a manager”
The historian Xu Zhuoyun once said that taking the roads that humans have traveled all over the world can be counted as the roads I have traveled.
Only in this way can countless choices be made, so when we are looking for a way, we will definitely not only have this way or these three ways.
The same is true for management.
On the road of management, there are countless management scholars and entrepreneurs who travel far, you can use them as one of the roads you have traveled, and in practice, there are countless possible choices. .
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A person who can’t get into the game can’t succeed in the task of enterprise management.
Being bowed into the game means thinking empathically. How do you resolve it smoothly when you face a contradiction or two embarrassing paths? People who can think differently and solve problems are what companies need.
In April 2020, I “dissuaded” a theater leader, although this manager was involved in the company’s brand upgrade and corporate culture change, and is one of the core members of the company’s change.
He graduated from a 985 prestigious university and worked for the world’s top 500 companies before entering the company. Compared with other managers at the same level, he has many advantages, rich experience in the workplace, management knowledge should be known, and is a graduate of a famous university of science and engineering, a strong rational thinking ability, the company’s new initiatives and new policies can be understood , Can always make a difference.
I not only selected him as the core member of the company’s transformation, but also invited him to participate in all important meetings. I also arranged for him to participate in some external high-end training with very limited places. Understand that everyone can understand, he is one of the “reds around the boss”. However, his performance is very unsatisfactory, and the talent inventory is at the bottom.
WHY? I put a big question mark, why is it that such a good partner can’t achieve results?
1,Appreciate the spirit of being responsible
Zeng Guofan once said: “It’s always useless to scream and talk outside the world. You have to bow into the game and hold the (chest) responsible, but there is hope for success.”
Luo Zhenyu told such a story at the 2020 New Year’s Eve speech:
On a narrow ridge, two farmers with heavy loads met.
No one wants to let anyone, because the road is too narrow. If anyone gives it first, they have to get up from the ridge, stand in the paddy field, and get some mud.
Tiange stood beside him and saw a lot of people. Some said: “The young man should let the old man.” Some said: “The heavy burden should make the burden lighter.” .
Things seem to be deadlocked.
After a while, another person came. He said nothing, pushed away the melon-eating crowd, walked barefoot into the ridge, and said to the elder: “Come and come, I come down to the field, you hand me the burden, I will pick it for you, you This sideways, isn’t it over?”
Look, this seems to solve a seemingly unsolvable matter. Sometimes, as long as the status changes a little, from a bystander to a person in it, things will get better.
Zeng Guofan, a famous Qing dynasty, called this kind of person “a person who bowed into the game”, and we called this kind of person “a person who does things.” “People doing things” are not solving imaginary problems, but responding to real world challenges.
Recently, Bill Gates, the richest man in the United States and the richest man, addressed the 2020 graduates, saying a few words that resonated strongly with me:
“As a member of the Earth’s common life circle, your actions will have global influence. No matter what your professional goals are, no matter where you are at home, and how you define yourself, you will have a size Various ways to make this world a better place.
However, don’t doubt that you have room to play, either for now or in the future. After all, the world you are in has proven time and time again—the world rebuilt after the devastation of war, defeated smallpox, fed a growing population, and brought more than 1 billion people out of extreme poverty.
The progress is not accidental or out of luck. It is a group of people who promised to exchange their lives and careers. They are willing to contribute to a common mission and push us forward, but you are no different from them. “
The inspiring words of Bill Gates, the keywords are “your action” and “make a promise”, these are the two important characteristics of “the person doing things”, Lai Shen psychic does not need to akimbo A person who speaks beautiful words can’t do that as a manager. You have to use solid actions and superior karmaAchievement proves himself.
If you want to live a relaxed and comfortable life, please do not be a corporate manager.
2, Don’t cleverly mix up the family
Customer-centric, this is a game of genius; leadership-centric, this is the habit of minions; self-centered, is a stupid move.
Most people, subconsciously, think that leadership is to release tasks, and then supervise others to complete.
If it is so simple, almost everyone is a leader, are you saying it is possible?
In addition to discussing the vision, mission, and values with good employees, good leaders use action to call their subordinates and colleagues. When you are working hard, you are with them, and when you encounter problems, you try to go together solve. Cheers for the progress of subordinates, but also to find solutions to their difficulties.
Returning to the “dismissed” executive mentioned earlier, he does have many external conditions for a good leader, but what he lacks is “to get into the game and be responsible” the spirit of.
When I asked some managers about the store and department issues, I generally heard two types of answers: one is how we are solving the problem, they are putting themselves into the “bureau”, they are actively jumping into the paddy field The “cursors” in
The other is that his answer is basically to ask his subordinates. His job is to “arrange”, as if nothing has happened to him.
Of course I like the “cursor”. I have two opinions about how to get into the game:
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Bent into the game, the first to enter the subordinate game
As a superior, you can’t just be the person who arranges the work tasks. You have to discuss with the employees the way to achieve the goal.
If you simply transfer the company’s tasks to your subordinates, you will not be able to assume the responsibilities you deserve in your position and you will not be respected by your subordinates and customers.
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Bent into the game, the second is to enter the customer’s office
In every position and department of the company, there are customers within the enterprise. Everyone’s job is not centered on the higher level leaders, but on the customer as the center to empower the customers. Empower customersTo think from the standpoint of the client, to carry out work from the standpoint of the client, to “bow” into the “bureau” of the client.
Most managers with poor performance and satisfaction do not “bow” or “enter”. The problem with the executive who was “dismissed” is here. Why is such a clever person so blind?
Actually, managers like him are everywhere. They are in state-owned enterprises, foreign enterprises, and private enterprises. They are a group of “smart clans.” However, I don’t want Lai Shen’s psychic to have such people, so through performance appraisal and talent inventory, these people will be exposed.
We have listed “achievement of employees” as the company’s vision. This kind of “head of battle” who does not enter the game not only fails to achieve employees, but also delays everyone’s future. Seriously, this kind of person is a contempt of company values.
Jack Welch’s hiring method is that if the performance does not meet the standards, and the values do not match the company, it is very simple, immediately invite him to leave. It is the same reason we “disapprove” this “person in charge of the theater”.
3. Bowing is a kind of leadership
In the previous column, I wrote an article “Establish an “A-Gump Award” and earnestly applaud the “fool””, mentioning that “the best employees are neither the smartest nor the most flexible. Nor are they the most experienced,” their success relies on the “compound interest principle” that accumulates small advances.
Pay attention to the winners of the first “Forrest Gump Award”. They all have good qualities of “bowing down” and “entering into the game”, and they are more responsible.
While observing those who are often at the bottom of performance and satisfaction, they may not have a bad professional level, and they have done a lot on the surface of their work. What they lack is the quality of life and responsibility. Precious spirit.
What’s more valuable for the inbound players is not only to go deep into their own business or the business of their subordinates, but also to actively exert their influence on matters that are not within their own responsibilities, and provide suggestions and methods to solve organizational problems .
No matter what position he is in, he can always act as the “master of the organization”. This overall view and sense of responsibility is actually a kind of leadershipEvery manager exerts this kind of leadership, and of course the organization has strong leadership and combat effectiveness.
“Being involved in the game and being responsible” is a requirement for managers’ “action”. The real action is to go deep into the business scenario, work with customers and subordinates, solve problems together, overcome difficulties together, face challenges together, and take responsibility together. If you lose, you will save each other, and if you win, you will celebrate with toast.
As a manager, you must not forget the thought and practice of the core question of “what role do you play in the development of the enterprise”? You have forgotten it, it seems that the figure is relaxed, the corpse is vegetarian, is that not a delay?
I once put forward a concept called “arbor-type employees”. They have their own vision and mission, look at problems, have a pattern, have responsibility for doing things, and are willing to learn, so they grow quickly and slowly become the backbone of the company .
The arbor-type employees are not born, but came out through the horse race in actual work, not from the horse. From the perspective of employees themselves, they can only be tempered by “bowing into the game”, and they are neither stumped by difficulties nor tempted by short-term interests.
On the other hand, the person in charge of the war zone who was “dismissed”, unfortunately, as a manager, he could not even reach the standard of “arbor-type employees”.
As a manager, if you don’t exercise your leadership, you waste power and time, and seriously affect the morale of the team. Naturally, the results are bad performance, and the team will naturally fail your score. Unfortunately, the company you are working in, Lai Shen psychic, regards “achievement of employees” as the company’s vision, so you naturally have no reason to stay.
Partners in management positions, please cherish the leadership in your hands, “Come into the game, be very responsible”, and take your little friends to charge. In the game of the enterprise, if you do not advance, you will retreat.
Unclear, the only thing waiting for you is “dismissal”.
Author:Shen Dongjun, entrepreneur in the leading workshop, chairman and CEO of Lai Shen Tongling; postdoctoral fellow at Nanjing University Business School, doctor of business administration at Macau University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology EMBA