Exchange jokes

Ren: Can Chairman Mao shoot? Who has ever seen Chairman Mao shoot? If he tries to shoot, I'm afraid he'll hit his toe. But Chairman Mao will mobilize the masses and know how to use cadres.

As the old saying goes, the foundation of politics lies in selecting the wise. It is also a truth for entrepreneurs to manage teams and run enterprises. Whether we can truly know people and be good at their duties is not only a test of the moral cultivation and leadership ability of an enterprise leader, but also directly related to the success or failure of an enterprise.

What did Ren Zheng Fei say and do?

Speaking of Ren's knowledge and responsibility, we have to mention a name, Li Yinan. High flyers, from the junior class of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, came to Huawei and was promoted at a legendary speed, creating a telecom myth.

He was promoted to engineer two days after joining the company, and then to senior engineer two weeks later. Half a year later, due to his outstanding performance, he was appointed as the deputy general manager of the central R&D department, the core technology department of Huawei. Two years later, with the C&C08 switch and other projects, Li Yinan was appointed as the president of Huawei's central R&D department and chief engineer of the company. He was 25 years old that year.

Although the technical genius finally parted ways with Huawei for some reasons, his ability is beyond doubt, and Ren's exceptional promotion is understandable. Now, recalling all the years, Li Yinan still admits that "in the eyes of any boss, there is no such thing as seniority and age. As long as you have talent, as long as Huawei needs this talent, you can sit in a position that others can't dream of. "

In a giant enterprise like Huawei, regardless of the qualifications and background of employees, it is actually very difficult to rely solely on ability improvement. After all, the company has tens of thousands of employees, and the boss can't see everyone's performance. Ren also knows this, so he once said in a conversation with Yu Chengdong:

"After all, the best talent is a minority. Huawei can't have one in every position, but it doesn't need a generalist. As long as employees have a skill, as long as they are independent, even if I can't see it, you middle and high-level people will always see it. You saw it, and said, those amateurs, you dare not use it, polish it, and I will use it. "

He has been in business for more than 20 years, and he has never been stingy in employing people. From Li Yinan, a talented teenager, to Sun Yafang, the queen of Huawei, who is in power, all talents have blossomed under his command. We should explore ways to master people and advocate the principle of "making good use of people first".

Leaders' team management wisdom

Welch, the former president of General Electric Company, is known as "the greatest CEO of the 20th century". Welch believes that choosing the "best person" is the most important duty of a leader. During his tenure, he spent more than 50% of his time on personnel. At that time, Welch was able to name at least 1.000 senior managers among GE's 1.7 million employees and know their main responsibilities.

Welch's principle, commonly known as "Welch's principle" in management science, aims to guide managers to choose the best person for the most suitable position. In a team, it is impossible to have the best all-rounder in all positions. Therefore, it is particularly important to select the most suitable person for this position from many members.

This is similar to Ren's "knowing people and being good at their duties", and they all advocate putting the most suitable people in the most suitable positions, which is exactly the skill that every excellent leader should master.

When China entered the WTO negotiations, as the chief negotiator of the WTO negotiations, Long Yongtu unexpectedly chose a young man who was considered unreliable when choosing an assistant secretary.

In the eyes of others, this young man is not suitable for being a secretary at all, because the work of a secretary is extremely complicated. When choosing a secretary, priority should be given to those who are diligent, cautious and considerate to the leader. However, this young man always does things carelessly. In terms of itinerary and negotiation plan, he is sometimes not as clear as Long Yongtu, and he often has jokes about wrong dates. And he doesn't know how to take care of people. Every time he goes abroad with Long Yongtu, Long Yongtu will go to his room to inform him.

However, Long Yongtu knew what kind of person he was. Why did he insist on choosing him?

It turns out that this young man is careless, but he is also a full-fledged WTO expert. He is well versed in many issues of the WTO. Moreover, he has another advantage, that is, he has a very good temper. No matter what he says, he won't take it to heart. He can keep an objective perspective. These two points are very necessary for Long Yongtu, who has a big temper and needs an expert think tank.

This little-known secretary played a great role in the WTO negotiations. However, after the negotiations were successful, Long Yongtu arranged other jobs for him, for the simple reason that there was no need for WTO negotiations. This young man is really unfit to continue as a secretary. He still has to do what he is good at.

This case positively verified the importance of Welch principle, and of course confirmed the correctness of the concept of appointing people. From this perspective, it is very important for an enterprise leader who is committed to building a first-class team to master the expertise of talents and know how to put different people in places where they can shine.

Reflections on leadership

Mencius said, "Honor the virtuous and enable them. When Jie Jun came to power, all the people in the world were happy and willing to stand in their courts. " . The same is true of enterprise management. Managers don't have to work hard to do things themselves. As long as they can use people and make good use of their subordinates, they will be happy to do things well and managers will naturally succeed.