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1. Recruiting Talents

How to manage a company well has always been a "research topic" for managers. If some people have good research, they will have good governance; if some people have no research, they will have failed governance. To manage an enterprise well, it is necessary to recruit talents. In ancient times, King Yan Zhao's golden platform to recruit talents was the most famous example.

"Warring States Policy? Yan Ceyi" records: The king of Yan State, King Yan Zhao (311 BC-279 BC), wanted to recruit talents, but more people thought that King Yan Zhao was just Ye Gong who liked dragons, not the real one. He is thirsty for talents. As a result, King Yan Zhao could not find talents to govern the country and secure the country, and he was depressed all day long.

Later, a wise man Guo Wei told King Yan Zhao a story. The general idea is: There was a king who was willing to pay a thousand taels of gold to buy a thousand-mile horse. However, three years passed and he never bought it. After three months, he finally found a thousand-mile horse. When the king sent his men with a large amount of gold to buy the thousand-mile horse, the horse was already dead. But the man who was sent out to buy a horse bought a dead thousand-mile horse with five hundred taels of gold. The monarch said angrily: "What I want is a live horse. Why do you spend so much money to get a dead horse?"

The monarch's men said: "You are willing to spend five hundred taels of gold to buy a dead horse?" Horses, let alone live horses? Our move will definitely attract people from all over the world to provide you with live horses." Sure enough, within a few days, someone sent three thousand-mile horses.

Guo Wei added: "If you want to recruit talents, you must first recruit me, Guo Wei. People like me, Guo Wei, who have little talent and knowledge can be adopted by the monarch, and those who are more capable than me can be employed by the monarch." People will inevitably come all the way after hearing the news."

King Yan Zhao adopted Guo Huai's suggestion, worshiped Guo Huai as his disciple, and built a palace for him. Soon afterwards, "Scholar Struggle" arose. Yan" situation. Those who defected include military strategist Le Yi from Wei State, Zou Yan, a Yin-Yang strategist from Qi State, and Ju Xin, a lobbyist from Zhao State, etc. The backward Yan State suddenly became rich in talents. From then on, a weak country that was devastated by internal strife and external disasters gradually became a prosperous and powerful country. Then, King Yan Zhao raised troops to take revenge and defeated Qi State until only two small cities were left.

The only way to manage is to employ people. Talent is the foundation of a career. Outstanding leaders should be good at identifying and utilizing talents. Only by practicing meritocracy and using talents can we be invincible in the fierce social competition.

"A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find." In real life, maybe we can't build a "golden platform" like King Yan Zhao, but can't we borrow a corner of newspapers and periodicals to build a "golden platform" "Recruitment Platform", is it recruiting talented people?

Talent is efficiency, and talent is wealth. He who wins people wins the world, and he who loses people loses the world.

2. Wang Fa appraises talents

At a banquet, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said to Wang Fa: "You are good at identifying talents, especially good at commenting. You might as well start with Fang Xuanling and others, Make comments one by one, comment on their strengths and weaknesses, and compare them with each other. In what aspects are you better than them?" Wang Fa replied: "Work tirelessly and serve the country wholeheartedly. *Lao, I do everything I know with all my heart. In this regard, I am not as good as Fang Xuanling. I often make direct suggestions to the emperor. I think it is embarrassing for the emperor to be inferior to Yao and Shun in ability and virtue. I am not as good as him in this regard. I went to Wei Zheng. He was versatile in both civil and military affairs. He could not only lead troops to fight as a general, but also manage the imperial court and serve as prime minister. In this regard, I was not as good as Li Jing in reporting state affairs to the emperor in detail and announcing or conveying the emperor's orders. I am not as good as Wen Yanbo in reporting to subordinate officials, and I am not as good as Dai Zhou in criticizing corrupt officials and praising integrity. I hate evil as much as hatred, love good and rejoice. In this regard, I am better than several other capable people." Tang Taizong agreed very much with his words, and the ministers also believed that Wang Fa fully expressed their feelings. All said these comments were correct.

From Wang Fa’s comments, we can see that everyone in Tang Taizong’s team had their own strengths; but more importantly, Tang Taizong was able to apply these people to the most appropriate positions based on their expertise, so that It can use its strengths to make the entire country prosperous and strong.

In the future, the development of an enterprise cannot rely solely on one fixed organizational type. It must have different teams based on the needs of enterprise operation and management. Therefore, every leader must learn how to organize a team, how to control and manage a team.

Enterprise organizational leaders should consider the expertise of each employee, arrange appropriate positions, and make flexible adjustments based on the employee's strengths and weaknesses so that the team can maximize its effectiveness.

The task of managers is to know people well and provide them with a balanced and cohesive work organization.

3. Long Yongtu selected a secretary

Long Yongtu, China’s Minister of Foreign Economic and Trade Cooperation, once selected a secretary during China’s WTO accession negotiations. When Long Yongtu chose this person as his secretary, the whole audience was in an uproar because this person was not suitable for being a secretary at all. In the eyes of everyone, secretaries are diligent, talk little, speak very little, are cautious in doing things, and are considerate to their leaders. But the secretary selected by Long Yongtu handled things completely differently. He is a carefree person who never takes care of others. Every time Long Yongtu and he went abroad, Long Yongtu would come to his room and say, please get up, it's time. He was sometimes not even as clear as Long Yongtu about the schedule. Originally, he said 9:30 for an event at 9 o'clock. After verification, he was wrong nine times out of ten. But why did Long Yongtu choose him as his secretary? Because Long Yongtu chose him as his secretary when his negotiations were most difficult. Due to the high pressure of negotiations at that time, Long Yongtu also had a very bad temper. He would sometimes bang the table with foreigners and would not say a word after he came back. Every time Long Yongtu returned to his room, no one else would come to his room asking for trouble. Only the secretary would walk in without knocking every time. When he sat in Long Yongtu's room, he would cross his legs and say what he heard today, and also say that a certain sentence Long Yongtu said may not be correct, etc. , and he never called Long Yongtu Minister Long, he always called him "Old Long" or "Yongtu". He often came up with some bad ideas and was scolded by Long Yongtu, but his greatest advantage was that he forbade scolding. No matter how much he scolded him, he came back 5 minutes later. Oh, Yongtu, what you said just now is not quite right.

This secretary is a scholar-type person who is insensitive to many things and is not sensitive to people’s criticism. However, he is a WTO expert and he is obsessed with WTO issues, so he is When Long Yongtu had a very bad temper, and when it was difficult for Long Yongtu to hear different voices at the time, the secretary who forbade scolding was particularly important to Long Yongtu.

After the success of the WTO negotiations, Long Yongtu's temper got much better. The confused secretary was no longer suitable for Long Yongtu's "appetite", so Long Yongtu quickly sent him away.

Here, readers should not misunderstand that Long Yongtu is a person who burns bridges when crossing rivers. Because a person is suitable for doing something in a certain historical background and a certain historical period, but at another time, he may not be suitable.

It is true that Long Yongtu is an excellent leader because he knows very well when and which person is most suitable for which job, when to use whom and when not to use whom. This is It is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The task of management is simply to find the right people, put them in the right place to do one thing, and then encourage them to use their creativity to complete the work at hand.

4. The thief asks for a fight

The most important thing in employing people is to be good at discovering, exploring and giving full play to the skills of your subordinates. If you employ people improperly, you will get twice the result with half the effort; if you employ people properly, you will get twice the result with half the effort.

"Huainan Zidao Yingxun" records that the Chu general Zifa loved to make friends with skilled people and recruited them into his command. A man with an unattractive appearance, known as the "Master Thief", was also treated as a guest of honor. Once, the state of Qi invaded the state of Chu, and Zifa led his army to meet the enemy. After three battles, the Chu army was defeated three times. There are many wise men and brave generals under Zifa, but in front of the powerful Qi army, there is simply nothing they can do.

At this time, the thief asked for a fight. Under the cover of night, he stole the sleeping tent of the Qi army coach. The next day, Zifa sent an envoy to return the sleeping tent to the commander of the Qi army, and said to him: "Our soldiers who went out to collect firewood picked up your curtain and came here to return it." That night, the thief went to return it. The pillow of the Qi army coach was stolen, and Zifa sent someone to return it. On the third night, the thief even stole the hairpin from the head of the Qi army coach, but Zifa still sent someone to return it. When the Qi army heard about this, they were very frightened. The commander said to his staff in horror: "If we don't retreat, I'm afraid Zifa will send people to take my head." So the Qi army retreated without a fight.

A team always needs a variety of talents. People cannot be excellent in every aspect, but they cannot be bad in every aspect. No matter how inferior a person is, there is always one aspect that is better than others.

A successful leader does not lie in how many things he can do, but in his ability to clearly understand the strengths and weaknesses of each subordinate and send "inferior" employees to do the things they are suitable for at the appropriate time. This will often achieve success. Unexpected effect.

Similarly, as a leader, you must be tolerant of others. Perhaps it is more appropriate to say tolerant of others. Work is work, and you must not mix your own personal preferences. Maybe someone you look down on today will be the right person to turn your career around in the future.

There is no fixed way to use troops, just like water has no fixed flow direction. Those who can win according to the changing situation of the enemy are those who use troops like gods.

5. Wait a minute

Most colleagues are very excited because a new supervisor has been transferred to the unit. It is said that he is a capable person who was specially sent to rectify the business. However, as the days passed, the new supervisor did nothing. After entering the office politely every day, he would hide inside and rarely go out. Those bad guys who were so nervous are now even more rampant. He is not a capable person, he is simply a good guy, and he is easier to bluff than the previous supervisor.

Four months have passed, but the new supervisor has shown his power. The bad guys are all fired, while the capable ones are promoted. He is quick to strike and decisive, and he seems to be a completely different person than the conservative one he was four months ago. At the year-end dinner, the new supervisor made a speech after drinking: I believe everyone must be puzzled by my performance after taking office and my subsequent drastic measures. Now listen to me tell a story, and you will understand.

I have a friend who bought a house with a large courtyard. As soon as he moved in, he completely reorganized the yard, cleared out all the weeds and trees, and planted new flowers he bought. One day, the original homeowner returned for a visit. When he came in, he was surprised and asked where the precious peony had gone. My friend discovered that he had cut the peonies as grass. Later, he bought another house. Although the yard was even more messy, he stayed put. Sure enough, the plants he thought were miscellaneous trees in winter turned out to be full of flowers in spring; the plants he thought were weeds in spring turned out to be brocades in summer. There were no plants for half a year. The moving little tree actually turns red in autumn. It was not until late autumn that he recognized the useless plants and vigorously eradicated them, thus preserving all the precious vegetation.

At this point, the supervisor raised his glass and said, "Let me respect everyone here! If this office were a garden, you would be the precious trees in it. The precious trees cannot bear fruit all year round. Only through long-term observation can we recognize it."

"A road can tell a horse's power, but time can tell a person's heart." The value of an employee cannot be based on our managers' temporary observation or just looking at his superficial appearance. . To truly understand a person requires long-term, sustained observation. Only through careful and thorough observation can a person's value be correctly assessed and given a suitable job.

Gardeners are always diligent in fertilizing and watering flowers and plants. If they grow vigorously, you will have a beautiful garden. If they do not become useful, cut them off.