What kind of talent concept should leading cadres have?

Guan Zhong was a famous prime minister who achieved Duke Huan of Qi’s hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period. When I read "Guanzi", I was deeply impressed by its breadth and profoundness. Since Chinese civilization has a history of several thousand years, it naturally has the secret of its success. It is said that the most important thing in the 20th century is talent, but is the reality really that optimistic? Have all the talents been discovered by Bole? From the double dilemma of companies having difficulty recruiting people and job seekers finding jobs, we can easily understand , now is a contradictory workplace. What kind of talent concept an organization or a company should have, we can also find the answer from "Guanzi".

"Guanzi·Herdsmen Chapter" points out that the world is not in trouble without ministers, but in trouble is without a king to make it happen. Throughout the ages, there has never been a shortage of thousand-mile horses. The key is the lack of Bole who is good at discovering thousand-mile horses. Yi Yin was just a dowry slave who was discovered and reused by Shang Tang as a cook, and eventually assisted Shang Tang in destroying the Xia Dynasty. Baili Xi, who got five sheepskins in exchange, and Jiang Taigong, who hung three feet above the water and fished with a straight hook, are both examples of being good at discovering and employing talents. The well-known "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage" even invited Zhuge Liang, who was very clever. Of course, there is another realm where talents can only be obtained when the mind and magnanimity reach a certain level, and that is Qi Huangong and Guan Zhong, and Tang Taizong and Wei Zheng. Talents are all around you, the key lies in how you discover and appoint them.

For a business leader, first of all, he must be careful not to do everything personally. This is what "Guanzi·Situation" says, "If there is nothing to do, the people will try it themselves." If you do everything personally, what will be the consequences? "Guanzi: Situation Chapter" also points out that in a country with a single king, labor will lead to many disasters; the king of a single country will be humble but not powerful. Isn't this how the all-powerful Zhuge Liang died of exhaustion?

Companies must truly value their employees and regard them as their most important assets. If you recruit employees but don't really care about them and love them, that's what "Guan Zi·Quan Xiu Pian" said: "Those who do not shepherd the people are not our people."

Next, he elaborated on this principle, "The defense of the land is with the city, the defense of the city is with the soldiers, and the defense of the soldiers is with the people." Employees are the main body of an enterprise and the creators of enterprise benefits, and the employees themselves are the greatest wealth of the enterprise. So Thomas Watson of IBM once said: You can take away my machines and destroy my factories. As long as you keep my employees, I can make a comeback! And Dupree, the former chairman of Procter & Gamble, also said: If you take away My funds, factories and brands, leave our people behind, we will rebuild everything within ten years! Heroes see the same thing. In the Quan Xiu chapter, Guan Zi even raised the importance of talents to a strategic position, that is, "A one-year plan is better than planting a valley; a ten-year plan is better than trees; a lifelong plan is better than cultivating people." Guan Zhong saw this very clearly as early as three thousand years ago, but now many business leaders may not really understand this. When layoffs become the only way for companies to cope with the recession, should business leaders reflect? Is Mr. Kazuo Inamori’s approach worth learning?

After understanding the importance of employees, business leaders need to know what overall principles to grasp. "Guanzi: Establishing Government" believes that the leaders of enterprises should do three things, four solids and five things.

The three principles are "Three principles are judged by the king: one is that virtue is not worthy of his position, the second is that merit is not worthy of his salary, and the third is that ability is not worthy of his official position. These three principles are the reasons for governing chaos." . This means that business leaders must be very cautious about the following three points: the moral character of employees is not commensurate with their status, their merits are not commensurate with their salaries, and their abilities are not commensurate with their positions. These three principles are fundamental to the success of an enterprise. Enterprises must make clear rewards and punishments, not eat from the big pot, and appoint people on their merit rather than nepotism. Virtue is not in its proper place, as we can see from the fact that Mark Hurd, the president of HP, had to resign due to sexual harassment. If his ability is not commensurate with his position, Han Xin will rush to Liu Bang from Xiang Yu's subordinates, and later become Liu Bang's most effective general in defeating Xiang Yu. If you cannot be close to a gentleman and stay away from a villain, then your master will no longer be your master. Qin Hui killed Yue Fei, and the Song Dynasty was no longer able to resist the Jin Dynasty. Yan Song and Wei Zhongxian killed countless loyal people, and Chongzhen ruined the Ming Dynasty after executing Yuan Chonghuan.

Sun Wu's killing of his concubine made the King of Wu look at him with admiration. Zhuge Liang's tearful killing of Ma Su in the street pavilion was also an inevitable move in running an army. If rewards and punishments are unclear, lazy ants will inevitably appear in the enterprise. Once lazy ants appear, the morale of the military will inevitably be weakened. Even if equity incentives and employee stock ownership are implemented, little effect may be achieved.

Han Feizi once said, "The master of human beings can be carried by water with all the strength of the world, so he is at peace; he can be established with the help of water with one heart, so he is respected." Taizong of the Tang Dynasty also said, "Water It can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it." After carefully savoring "Guanzi", it is not difficult for us to understand that only by truly caring and caring for employees can an enterprise discover talents, and employees can truly become the driving force behind the development of the enterprise.