David packard's road to HP

In Silicon Valley, due to the high profits and high risks peculiar to high-tech companies, today's glory is likely to be tomorrow's yellow flower. The unsalable new products will lead to the bankruptcy of large companies. People here can't see tomorrow The concept of "money-driven" is pursued by many companies. There are frequent incidents of intrigue and mutual poaching, and Silicon Valley has suddenly become an arena for high-tech personnel.

But packard adopted a completely different management style, including providing employees with the best possible welfare plan and full trust in employees. This method is called "the management method of Hewlett-Packard Company" or "the HP Way".

Because packard realized that the most important thing for an enterprise is not technology, but talent, and the quality of employees' work directly affects the company's reputation. Therefore, HP provides employees with almost perfect job security. No employee has been fired since the 1950s. 1974 When the American economic crisis reached its climax, everyone in Silicon Valley was in danger, and a large number of scientific and technological personnel were unemployed. At HP, everything is the same. In sharp contrast with other companies.

There is a joke in Hewlett-Packard Company that the only way to be fired by the company is to kill your own boss. Sometimes, other companies in Silicon Valley will adopt some practices of Hewlett-Packard Company, but only superficially, without really learning the essence of HP management methods: absolute trust and respect for each employee. Just some bread is as small as watching a movie. When the great crisis comes, it will disappear.

The "HP Way" has five core values, just like five conjoined twin brothers, no one can live without anyone. Everyone at HP knows five core values by heart: (1) Trust and respect individuals and respect employees; (2) Pursuing the highest achievement and the best; (3) Do things with great integrity, do not deceive users, do not deceive employees, and do immoral things; (4) The success of the company depends on the strength of everyone, not the strength of one person; (5) Believe in continuous innovation and be flexible.

It is in such a big environment that Packard led HP to develop steadily, without major mistakes, scandals and mass layoffs, but there were no particularly exciting moments. In Silicon Valley, a science and technology zone full of vitality, adventure and gambling, it is very rare to have such an evergreen tree based on the spirit of fairness and honesty!

HP culture has locked in the vast majority of HP's 6.5438+0.2 million employees. Anyone who has dealt with HP will feel that HP's style is different from other companies, more easygoing and more elegant. Once many companies grow and develop, the presidents begin to get many special treatments, such as owning their own private jets, but none of HP's successive presidents have. When Hewlett-Packard President Pratt went to Qingdao from Beijing, he and the reporters took the same ordinary plane. You will never see this phenomenon in other big companies.

1995, packard published his masterpiece "the way of HP", which set an example for entrepreneurs all over the world. 1On March 26th, 996, the great industrialist died, but he left too much spiritual wealth. It is this spirit that keeps HP's story going.