Winning《赢》
Goodreads: 3.84/5
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本书作者杰克韦尔奇,在通用电气做了 21 年的 CEO,在书中讲了一些管理心得和人生智慧。
Jack Welch,1935 年出生,1981 年当上 CEO,时年 46 岁。
Note:本文是基于 Bookey 的书摘来写的。
使命可以确立公司的发展方向,指引公司不断前进实现目标。
公司最重要的两件事是:赚钱 + 成长,使命就是帮助公司实现这两个目标的。
An effective mission is to make the company maintain its profit, development direction and goal. It should be set up by clearly recognizing the company’s advantages and disadvantages. It will also guide the company when allocating and choosing personnel, capital, and other resources.
公司的发展和使命是紧密相关的,就好比一个人对自身存在的意义和价值的定义会决定个体在面临不同境遇和不同选择时的做法,公司也是一样,制定一个清晰的、有效的使命对每家公司来说都是至关重要的。
Mission Statement 也常常是一家公司创立之处需要去考虑的问题,我们的使命是什么,我们做的事情有何价值,我们为什么要做这些事情。
文化、信仰这类比较「虚」的东西确实挺玄妙的,信念和价值观对于一个人和一家公司来说同等重要,正因为人类是想象的聚合体,当一群人拥有同样的想象时,就拥有了集体的力量,可以去完成个体无法实现的事情。
假如公司制定的使命无法激起员工的想象力,那么这个使命就是无效且失败的;或者说,这样的公司注定无法成为一家伟大的公司。
In a word, an effective mission needs to strike a balance between possible and impossible goals. On the one hand, it needs to provide a clear sense of direction in order to benefit the business. On the other hand, it also needs to be ambitious to make its employees feel like they are part of a great business.
管理者需要凝聚员工,就必须认真思考并确定公司的使命。
使命确定之后,管理者需要让员工在方方面面都感受到这个东西的存在,通过不断地重复、强调和诠释来让大家 buy in 这个集体的想象。
接下来还要确定公司的价值观,好的价值观必须有明确的定义和描述,人们不需要动脑子去思考就可以按照价值观给出的配方去行动。
A good value should be specific and clearly describable. People should be able to use them without having to stretch their imagination. If values are vague, it will be confusing for employees to practice them.
我们需要确保使命和价值是内在一致的,价值为使命的实现提供方法论。
In addition to determining the mission and values, we also need to pay attention to keeping the mission and values consistent with each other. Values are the way to achieve the mission, and so they should be consistent and work together.
当使命和价值存在分歧的时候(也就是做的和说的不一致时),就会损害公司的长期利益。所以管理者需要确保这两者的一致性(可以理解为避免说一套做一套,要保持言行一致)。
Once the values and mission deviate from each other for a long time, the interest of the company is harmed. The company may even collapse. Therefore, as the manager of a company, you should make sure that the mission and values remain stuck together. Only by doing this, can a company avert crises.
An effective mission needs to strike a balance between possible and impossible goals; while values are the way to achieve the mission. Moreover, values should be concrete and clear. In addition, the most important is that despite the realities that occur in the business sector, a company values and the company’s mission should remain stuck together. They must not deviate from each other. Otherwise, the company will be trapped in crises.
看到企业文化构建这部分的时候,我转念一想,听起来有点像洗脑。
《乌合之众》说过,领袖最大的优点就在于通过一系列的手段来创造共同的想象,凝聚群体。
换个角度想,个体假如坚决反对被各种各样的来自外界和别人的想象所诱骗,是不是就能活得更好、更独立、更自由呢?
这个答案我不知道,但是不管你是否接受家庭、公司、社会、国家的想象,你作为一个活生生的人,总归对自己的生活会有些追求,也就是说,假如你不接受别人编织的想象,那么你就要自己去创造一个想象。
很多理想主义者都是从自己编织想象开始的吧,但是个体的力量总归是有局限的,当你把自己的想象兜售给其他人的时候,你也成了那个去「洗脑」别人的人。
当然,现实社会中,大部分人都是 follower,也就是群体的一份子,有时候也没必要太纠结自己是不是活在了别人的想象中,只要那个使命是你愿意接受的,就够了。
简而言之,要么成为 leader,要么选择 leader。
再直白点,要么给别人洗脑,要么选一个自己喜欢的方式被洗脑。
个人、企业、社会、国家都是类似的道理。
洗脑也不一定是坏事,因为人就是会被外界环境影响的,谁让我们是喜欢报团取暖的猴子呢。
关键是要不断审视自己的内心,问问自己,我的心术是否依然很正,这样的生活是否是我想要过的,我是否为这个世界创造了一点点正面的价值。
假如被洗成了一个浑身负能量的、对社会有危害的人可能就有点问题了。
扯远了,继续看书。
有了使命和价值观,咱们还得有人去执行这些事情才行啊~
那么,管理者要怎样去建立、领导、维持一个精英团队呢?
领导者和非领导者的最大区别是什么?作者给出了这样的答案:“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others”。
当你成为领导者之前,个人的成长就是成功;当你成为领导者之后,成功意味着帮助别人(也就是员工)成长。
领导者最重要的工作就是帮助他人成长并且帮助整个团队提升。
领导者需要从提升团队和提升自身领导力两个方面来努力。
具体怎么做呢?
The first rule is for leaders to make sure that people not only see the vision, but also live and breathe it.
The second rule is for leaders to relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach, and build self-confidence.
The third rule is for leaders to get into everyone’s skin, exuding positive energy, and optimism.
The fourth rule is for leaders to celebrate.
The first way for leaders to change themselves is to probe and push with a curiosity that borders on skepticism, making sure their questions are answered with action by their team.
The second way to change oneself is to have the courage to make unpopular decisions and gut calls. You have to know that a leader cannot always be a nice person if they want to develop the team.
The third way to change oneself is to inspire risk taking and learning by setting an example.
The fourth way for managers to change themselves is to establish trust with employees. Trust is the glue that unifies the team. To gain the trust of employees, the leader should perform with honesty, transparency, and credit.
公司的核心是人,招聘、管理、解雇不合适的员工都是为了保证团队的质量,让大家能够团结在一起干活。
如何招到精英呢?精英需要符合哪些标准呢?
两个常见的错误是:
正确的开除方式:
Strategy is the act of choosing a direction of development and allocating resources accordingly.
You have to give up something, choose a direction, and achieve it without hesitation.
策略就是先想清楚你想要做什么,然后分配资源来达成这个目的,也就是有所为有所不为,不能想着什么都要干,因为资源是有限的,你也不能满足所有的愿望。
制定策略的时候,先别想着怎么完成这件事。
When making strategies, it is not necessary to overthink the details. As long as the general direction is right, details can be adjusted when required.
Welch’s strategies are infallible. It consists of three steps: finding direction, finding people, finding the best experience, then executing and improving.
策略一旦制定了,就不应该变来变去,细节可以变但是方向不能调整。
What’s more important is that once the strategy is determined, it cannot be frequently changed. You can adjust it in detail, but the general direction usually does not change.
印象比较深的几个点:
应用到个人生活中: