What is a boss and how to be a good boss?

Harvard management review: many bosses, who have been in business for many years, always encounter confusion or bottlenecks and don't know the solution. When more bosses find problems, they are keen to learn foreign knowledge and principles. As everyone knows, in China's 5,000-year-old civilization, great wisdom has long been hidden in words. Today we try to understand what a boss is and how to be a boss only from the word "boss". Although I can't completely answer the question of how to be a boss, I believe that if you can understand the following points and experience and carry them forward, many difficulties of the enterprise can be solved!

First, the boss should establish authority.

"Boss" means "keep a straight face". Keep a straight face, which means it's not easy to get close. One advantage of not being close is that it is easier to establish authority. Being a boss should be both kind and kind. Therefore, knowing how to establish personal authority is one of the foundations of becoming a good boss! This is not to say that bosses and employees don't get along. However, if the boss really wants to be nice to employees, he can also gain the recognition of employees through good employee welfare and excellent employee care actions of the human resources department.

Second, the boss should cherish employees and teach them skills.

The upper part of the word "Lao" is also the upper part of the word "Xiao". People with filial piety are determined to be kind. A person can be filial to his parents at home, but no matter how bad it is, he can't be there. By the same token, if the boss is a very filial person, I believe it will certainly not be bad for employees.

At the same time, the first half of the word "old" is also the beginning of the word "teach". As a boss, you should be patient and start with the education and teaching of employees: teach new employees skills and let them enter the role as soon as possible; When an old employee makes a mistake, tell him where it is, instead of blaming him. Only when employees are good at teaching can they grow better.

Third, the boss should not be too combative.

There is "earth" on the old word and "jade" hidden under it, which tells us that a boss should have murderous look, but this murderous look should not be used indiscriminately, and "murderous look" should be hidden in the soil (the first hexagram in the Book of Changes also tells us that "hidden dragons are not available").

The boss has mastered the resources that ordinary people don't have, and is often in an absolute advantage in communication. Use your "knife" with caution. The boss should have courage, but his murderous look is hidden, like being buried in the soil.

Fourth, the boss should have principles.

"Boss" means "boss's son", and "boss's son" also means "principled board", telling the boss that the mistakes of his subordinates should be clearly rewarded and punished, and different "boards" should not be used for different people. If the rules are broken, it will not be a Fiona Fang. Many bosses, especially family-owned enterprises, always unconsciously divide enterprises into many kinds of people and adopt different reward and punishment measures for different people, which has become a chronic disease over time.

Fifth, the boss should not dwell on details.

At the same time, not falling into details is also conducive to establishing the mystery of the boss, and it is easier to establish majesty.

From the word "board", this view is also confirmed. The traditional character of the board of directors is the product of the word "door"-if the boss can have tea at home every day, it shows that your management ability is absolutely first-class.

Sixth, the boss should have a sense of social responsibility.

The boss's "board" is a "product" in the middle of a "door", which also tells the bosses vividly that your enterprise is a "door" and you should establish a good character when sitting in the middle. In the process of development, some enterprises do whatever it takes for the benefit. The longer they work, the worse their character, and the farther away they are from the people around them, the greater the harm to employees and society. While talking about GDP today, the boss's "corporate social responsibility" has also been placed in an increasingly important position. Therefore, shaping a good character is more important than simply making money.

Seven, to have a sense of crisis and innovation ability.

The old word means "old" If a boss has no sense of crisis and lacks innovation ability, he may really "die of old age." Therefore, only by constantly innovating, losing the rigidity of "wood" with "old" experience and daring to "oppose" what they do can the boss become a real winner.

As a boss, be careful not to sleep on the board of directors when you are old.