Carrying out the spirit of "six harmonies and six respects" in enterprise management

According to classic records, more than 2,000 years ago, there were as many as 1250 followers around the Buddha. How can such a huge monk group be unified to make it harmonious and pure, and give full play to the collective strength of the abbot to enlighten all beings? "Six Harmony and Respect" is one of the attractive methods.

The fifth volume of Zuyuan lists "six": body and life, mouth and nothing, heart and colleagues, abstinence and fellow practitioners, seeing and understanding, benefit and equality. That is to say, Kubote and Sanskrit practitioners in the monks' group must be friendly and respect each other. Chapter XII of Mahayana Righteousness lists six things: the same body, the same mouth, the same heart, the same precept, the same walk, and the same view, which is called "Liuhe Zun".

The spirit of "Liuhe Zun" can be applied not only to the management of monks, but also to all levels of life and society, including enterprise management.

Understanding is the basis of enterprise management.

"Look" is an opinion, insight or opinion. Understand, is to maintain a high degree of unity in ideas. This "understanding" is like a company must have a purpose, a goal and a clear direction. With the direction, we can operate and develop correctly. We have the goal of being a man, and enterprises should also have the goal of being an enterprise. The conclusion of this goal is based on the opinions of all people, and it is a unanimous and consistent direction. Only in this way can goals and objectives be cohesive and creative. Otherwise, the organization of the enterprise will be loose. Therefore, enterprise management must have an internal culture, which is the fundamental purpose of the whole company, so as to formulate a five-year, fifteen-year, or even a hundred-year plan. Therefore, the essence of an enterprise is not only the pursuit of profit, not only the pursuit of tangible value, but also the intangible value, such as cohesion and creativity. Therefore, in any company, group or enterprise, "seeing and understanding" must be the first prerequisite.

Each employee has different backgrounds, different conditions and different values. The value of this society or life is diverse, and everyone embodies it differently. Some people think that making money is a value, while others think that dedication is a value. This is a fact that already exists. But in this "difference", we can also "seek common ground while reserving differences", that is, the goals and objectives of enterprise development are consistent with the long-term interests of employees' own development. Only when the enterprise is well developed can it survive, have more room for development, provide better products and services for the society, and have the opportunity to cultivate body and mind and enhance the realm of life. In a sense, we can regard the enterprise as a good platform for self-cultivation. As master Huineng, the sixth ancestor, said, "Buddhism is in the world, and we can't live without it." If we cultivate ourselves in the enterprise with such a mentality, we will certainly benefit physically and mentally and improve our morality.

"Abstinence and fellow practitioners" is helpful to establish a good enterprise management system.

The precepts formulated by the Buddha are the norms and codes of conduct that all monks must abide by. In enterprise management, "teaching by example" is also a system. To achieve a goal or an effect, it must be managed through a system.

At that time, the Buddha formulated commandments for the problems in the monk group. Only by strictly observing the precepts can monks live in harmony; Before the Buddha's nirvana, he told the monks to "take precepts as teachers", which shows the importance of precepts. It is the key to maintain the long-term existence of the monk group and the fundamental guarantee for the existence of Buddhism for more than 2,000 years.

In practice, the meaning of "quit" is actually not to quit others, but to quit yourself. Therefore, when "words and deeds" are used in the system, it means that the system maker must set an example for employees. How can people in the company not be wary of themselves? The manager goes to work at 6: 30, and other employees will naturally admire him when they see him at 7: 00, so no one is late and no one dares to leave early. Therefore, the purpose of formulating the company system is that people who want to be executives must first keep up with themselves and then lead other employees and influence them. This is the embodiment of harmonious corporate culture.

Therefore, if the spirit of Buddhist precepts is regarded as the institutional basis of a company or group, we should have a deeper understanding of its spirit: "precept" has the "mutual precept" of Hinayana, that is, the rules and regulations that restrict and regulate the external behavior of monks; There is also Mahayana's "heart ring", which is a higher level and a ring to adjust the monks' hearts. If a monk can achieve the "heart precept", he can undertake the mission of cosmic life and naturally abide by the precepts. This is probably what Confucius said, that is, "at the age of 70, do what you want from your heart, and don't overstep the bounds."

In enterprise management, there is also a content corresponding to the Buddhist "mutual warning" level, that is, employees should abide by enterprise rules and regulations in their behavior. This is very important: if the general manager of a company or group can abide by the decision-making procedures of the enterprise, many decision-making mistakes will be avoided; Production line employees strictly abide by the operation process, which will avoid safety accidents and product quality problems; If the financial personnel abide by the financial system, the enterprise economy will not suffer losses and so on.

The level of "prudence" in enterprise management is a higher level. For example, in the face of the temptation of high profits in the market, the general manager can make decisions according to the company's own situation and strength, instead of blindly "greedy" the seemingly easy-to-get benefits, thus avoiding decision-making mistakes and avoiding the company's heavy losses. South Korea's past economic crisis was caused by the excessive pursuit of diversification by large enterprises, which exceeded the limit of their own operating ability; From the internal cause, it is caused by excessive greed; At present, the economic crisis in Europe and America is also caused by excessive greed. It can be seen that "heart warning" is so important! It can transform people's inner worries and habits such as greed, stupidity and slowness into "pure heart", so that enterprise managers can make correct decisions and employees at all levels can truly abide by enterprise regulations from the heart; In this case, enterprise management will go up a storey still higher, and enterprise development will go a long way. Of course, looking back, we can say that the achievement of "mental caution" is also the result of "mutual caution" in long-term observation behavior. This must go through a long period of tempering, or inner experience.

"Equality of interests" is a reasonable interest distribution mechanism.

Most people in the world are busy running around day and night for different interests. The "equality of interests" in an enterprise is to distribute the interests to every member of a group or organization equally, so that everyone can benefit and get benefits. But how can we achieve real equality? In real life, you are taller than me, which is unequal; You stand and I sit, unequal; You say I listen, this is unequal; You are rich and I am poor, which is unequal; It doesn't mean that you have me or not; How can there be equality in the world? We just seek relative equality in inequality; The way of enterprise management is actually the same; No matter the executives or ordinary employees, they should treat each other as equals and respect each other. The so-called "not suffering from widowhood but suffering from inequality". For example, the uniforms of employees are the same, the welfare conditions are the same, and even the opportunities for promotion and demotion are the same.

Of course, what we call "average" is not just the average distribution of material benefits, because average is not necessarily equal or fair. Fairness means that the material benefits of employees should be in direct proportion to the amount of labor they pay, otherwise it will be unfair and only superficial. Therefore, fairness means getting more for more work. When we say that Buddhism stresses equality, we mean the equality of all beings in the Buddhist sense; However, due to the different levels of practice and diligence of all beings, there will be phenomenal inequality-as we all know, bodhisattvas have different levels of practice; Therefore, enterprises should also have a set of measures to encourage advanced technology, with the purpose of stimulating the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of employees, so that enterprises can continue to operate and develop.

However, we should also see that due to various complicated reasons or conditions, some employees have made great efforts, but they have not received good material benefits in return; This requires enterprises to constantly improve management measures, create a fairer environment, make continuous progress in a fairer direction, and stimulate the enthusiasm of every employee as much as possible. This is the real "equality of interests". Only when interests are equal can people feel at ease and become the potential of enterprise development. This shows that equality of interests is really important. After reassuring the group members, they will naturally form a sense of belonging, reach a spirit of service with concerted efforts, and open up a better road for the future development of the enterprise.

"Cohabitation" is a harmonious employee relationship.

At the level of enterprise management, employees must have the same or similar behaviors and habits in an enterprise. For example, employees wearing uniforms or similar clothes can show the unity of enterprise regulations; Polite and friendly behaviors among employees, such as smiling and greeting each other kindly; When some employees have difficulties, other employees are willing to help and take care of them; Employees have uniform polite language, manners and attitudes towards customers.

Therefore, from the source, Buddhism's "unity of body and residence" is manifested on the basis of the common "seeing"-"seeing and being clear", and it appears on the basis that monks pursue the same goal-practicing Buddhism. The same is true of enterprise management. Employees have the same values and life pursuits, so their explicit behaviors can be consistent. In an enterprise that pursues interests blindly, employees' behavior is bound to be greedy, destructive and resentful. In an enterprise that "lives on product quality", employees' behaviors must be: working hard and striving for perfection, operators can strictly abide by the rules and procedures of production operation, and managers can grasp quality problems without relaxation. In enterprises that are enthusiastic about social welfare undertakings, employees' behavior is bound to be helpful and generous.

Employees of an enterprise can abide by the norm of "living together", and employees will inevitably get along in harmony, and everyone will feel very happy. In this way, the production efficiency, management efficiency and market development efficiency of enterprises will naturally improve, and the development of enterprises will certainly flourish. It can be seen that "harmony" is also a kind of productive force, an invisible productive force, and its power is very great!

"Open your mouth and keep your mouth shut"-"Love Talk" is an effective way to motivate.

In the jungle statute, in order to avoid permanent disputes and disputes and ask the public to live together, it is necessary to keep your mouth clean. The origin and annotation of the concept of "speechless" is the "love image" in the "four images method" I once went to Wutai Mountain, where there was an abbot whose motto was "love words" from time to time. He said, "A good word warms three winters, and a bad word hurts people in June." . What is good advice? Kind words are kind words that benefit people. Such a kind word will make people feel warm for three winters. On the contrary, "bad words hurt people", even in June, it makes people feel cold. "Bad words" are words that hurt people.

"Love words" are very important. If management can love language and often show sincere care, encouragement and admiration to employees, they will feel real care and consideration. In this way, they will trust you, support you and admire you, and they will establish an interactive relationship, thus achieving a harmonious and cooperative atmosphere. Therefore, "love talk" is a very important part of management.

Language is actually a very profound art. In the management operation, the same speech, used in different occasions and at different times, will have a very different effect. For example, a manager or supervisor knows that an employee has problems at work or some shortcomings in life. If the manager can openly tell the employee's mistakes face to face, it will inevitably smell of criticism and make him feel uncomfortable. In the absence of employees, if managers can openly tell others about or praise his achievements at work or even his personal advantages, if he hears what the supervisor says behind his back, he will certainly admire the supervisor from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time, he will pay attention to improving or correcting his own shortcomings and strive to make achievements.

On the contrary, if the supervisor says the same thing in turn, saying nice things to the employee's face and accusing the employee behind his back, as the saying goes, "there is no windtight wall", how will the employee feel when he hears what the supervisor says behind his back?

Therefore, the same words, such as "good words", "love words" or "bad words" and "cold words", may have completely different effects depending on the occasion and mentality you say. It can be seen that the root of language lies in the heart, which can also reflect the fundamental purpose of Buddhism-cultivating the heart. If the speaker is aboveboard and selfless, even if it doesn't sound good on the surface, it is full of kindness and love. On the contrary, the speaker is narrow-minded and egoistic, so even love words can hurt people like a sharp knife. Of course, Buddhism still emphasizes the consistency of "body, mouth and heart", that is, what is in the heart is expressed in words and expressed in actions. However, the seemingly contradictory "words" and "intentions" or "words" and "deeds" can better reflect the spirit of Mahayana Buddhism based on compassion. Of course, this is a higher realm, which is more difficult for ordinary cultured people to achieve. This can also be called management art when used in management.

"Harmony without difference" emphasizes paying attention to the various needs of employees.

"Harmony without difference" means that practitioners can know the needs of others and meet them, thus making others feel happy; At the same time, we also know that everyone has the nature of eventually becoming a Buddha, so we can respect others, so monks can live in harmony.

In an enterprise, from top managers to ordinary employees, everyone's talent, background and personality are different, so everyone's needs are different. The same person has different needs at different stages of his life. Wise managers can observe the different needs of subordinates and employees, so that they can be realized and satisfied. In this way, everyone can get along harmoniously and happily. The Buddhist scriptures say, "First, you want to take the bait, and then you attract Buddha's wisdom", that is, you must first meet the survival needs of all people, and then gradually guide people to do good until life is finally freed.

In enterprises, young employees who have just joined the company have the most urgent need to make a living. Therefore, we should pay attention to cultivating their labor skills so that they can master them as soon as possible, and pay attention to increasing their treatment with the improvement of their work skills. Employees who have worked in the enterprise for a period of time should be given corresponding promotion encouragement according to their work performance; For employees who are not adapted to their original jobs, they should be assigned to new jobs according to their specialties and so on. For the whole enterprise, if the enterprise has a certain scale and benefits, it is necessary to pay attention to social welfare undertakings, which will make the enterprise have a sense of social responsibility, the reputation of the enterprise will be higher, and the benefits will naturally reach a new level. In this way, the enthusiasm of all employees in the enterprise will be mobilized, and employees can live in harmony and happiness.

Managers should first take care of their own hearts.

Buddhism says that practice is endless. For enterprises, improving the management level of enterprises is endless. We should constantly go beyond our own limitations and move towards new areas of success.

Enterprise management is really a deep knowledge. The development of an enterprise must be United from top to bottom, which is the spirit of "six". Only the spirit of "Liuhe" can produce real cohesion. Without cohesion, there is no motivation and creativity. Only motivation and creativity can push the enterprise forward.

Nowadays, enterprise talents come from all corners of the country. If an enterprise has a good purpose and a good culture, it will naturally have good ideas and good products. With the cooperation of all kinds of good jobs and mature conditions, we can naturally establish a positive team spirit, and each member has a high sense of responsibility and mission, so as to truly achieve the goal of "being United with one heart and one mind, being like-minded, and walking together".

How can enterprise management succeed? We must start from our own "mind" and "learn how to manage ourselves before managing others", which is the premise of any kind of "management science". "Self-management" is the first lesson in everyone's life. Through self-management, self-study and self-dialogue, we can find the source of the living water of the soul, so that the philosophy of "management" can be applied not only to enterprises, but also to life.

The management of Buddhism is to ask managers to take care of their own hearts first. Because the power of the heart is the greatest: the heart can make a career and the heart can jump ship. If you manage your thoughts well, you can influence your surroundings and change the status quo. If a person completes his career, family, health, affection and friendship, he will naturally feel at ease. The most important thing is that while constantly improving their wisdom, managers must maintain compassion, on the one hand, lead enterprises to improve their performance, on the other hand, help employees, contribute to society and benefit all beings with the spirit of "people-oriented".