Chapter 969: Cultivating a Successor?
I don't know what to say to Miss Linda Hamilton, Karen Carpenter hung up the phone in a daze, and was about to call Chen Geng, but when she picked up the phone and was about to dial the familiar number, she suddenly made a difficulty: What should I say? Do you want to ask Fernandez directly, "Do you plan to make me the same as Helen Mirren?"
Just when Karen Carpenter was in trouble, the phone in her hand suddenly rang, and Karen Carpenter, who was hesitating, was startled, and hurriedly took the phone, looking at the caller number clearly displayed, and the next moment, Karen Carpenter was stunned: Fernandez called?
Although he was a little flustered, Karen Carpenter hurriedly picked up the phone, and as soon as he said "hello", he heard Chen Geng say on the phone: "Linda called you just now, right?"
"Huh?" Karen Carpenter didn't expect Chen Geng to ask so directly, but he still hurriedly responded: "Yes, she just finished beating me ......"
"What do you think?" asked Chen Geng.
Karen Carpenter's mouth stumbled: "What do you say...... What?"
"It's to gradually let you take over my film and television sector," Chen Geng didn't go around in circles with Karen Carpenter, and said: "Like Helen, if you want, I will gradually spin off this business and become an independent subsidiary to operate, and you, as the person in charge of this sector, can take 30% of the shares." ”
"I ......" Karen Carpenter She knew very well what the 30% stake meant to herself, but at this moment, Karen Carpenter did not hesitate at all, she bit her lip and said softly: "I do." ”
"That's good," Chen Geng immediately said: "Three months later, the next movie I invested in will start preparation, you will first take Linda to participate in the preparation of the movie, and then slowly get familiar with the business, and then strive to take over the film and television sector in one and a half to two years, is there a problem?"
“...... No, but ......"
Karen Carpenter seems to have something to say.
"What?"
Karen Carpenter hesitated, but still bit her lip and whispered: "I want a child," After speaking, Karen Carpenter explained urgently: "I don't mean anything else, I just want a child, I always feel that no child is not a complete woman, if you ...... If ......"
Listening to Karen Carpenter's anxious explanation on the phone, Chen Geng smiled: "Okay." ”
“...... Huh?" I didn't expect Chen Geng to agree so happily, Karen Carpenter was stunned for a moment, and then screamed in disbelief: "You mean...... It's ......"
"I said, 'Okay,'" Chen Geng said with a smile, "Actually, I really want to have a child." ”
Speaking of which, I am also in my 30s, although the maintenance is excellent, the face is similar to that of the young man of twenty-five or sixteen, and the perennial perseverance in exercising also keeps his figure excellent, but in any case, thirty-five six is thirty-five six, which is what others call "greasy middle-aged uncle", and it is time to have a child. But are there still fewer American families who have never been married in their lives?
Well, in addition to Karen Carpenter, it seems that it is time to have a child with Helen Mirren, Helen has hinted to herself several times that she wants to have a child, even if the child does not have her last name, it doesn't matter, as long as she can see the child often, she is willing to take the child by herself......
It's a bit scum, but it's ...... You bite me!
Capitalism is good at this, as long as you pay child support on time, what if you don't get married, who dares to nag? How old are you?
What Chen Geng didn't expect was that when he heard Chen Geng agree to have a child together, Karen Carpenter on the other end of the phone suddenly cried "woo woo woo ......", and Chen Geng was stunned: Why did you start crying so well?
"No, I'm just happy," Karen Carpenter was a little embarrassed in the face of Chen Geng's concerned inquiry: "I've wanted a child for a long time, and you know, I'm already considered an older mother now, and in a few years, I don't know if I can have a baby...... I'm so happy......"
“......”
Chen Geng was speechless, and he faintly felt that he couldn't stand Karen Carpenter in his heart: What kind of sin did I create......
But the scum is also their own business, as long as they have no opinion with Helen Mirren and Karen Carpenter, others except for scolding two sentences such as "bastard Chen Geng's really good luck" and other seemingly dissatisfied, but in fact full of envy, jealousy and hatred, there is no loss of half a dime to himself, after dealing with this matter, Chen Geng, who finally put down a stone in his heart, finally has time to deal with another thing: setting up a research and development center in Europe.
In fact, as early as two years ago, as AMC's sales in Europe are getting higher and higher, AMC Group has set up four production plants in Germany, France, Italy and Belgium, all with an annual production capacity of 1.2 million vehicles, but even this cannot meet the needs of AMC's rapidly expanding market in Europe, and it needs to ship 300,000 cars from the United States to Europe every year.
However, there is also a problem, that is, because there is no European R&D center and the local situation in Europe is not enough, many decisions are always half a beat slower than European car manufacturers, and some models developed are not particularly in line with the needs of the European market.
In this way, the establishment of the European R&D center is very necessary, and even Chen Geng thinks that it is necessary to set up a European branch, today, Chen Geng and Jack Welch want to talk about this, but to Chen Geng's surprise, Jack Welch wants to talk to himself, is another thing......
"What did you say?" Chen Geng looked at Jack Welch in surprise: "You want to train your successor? It's too early, right?"
Jack Welch, who was born in 1935, is just 56 years old this year, and for a professional manager, it is almost his golden age, and in terms of Jack Welch's age, it will not be a problem for him to work for another 15 or even 18 years, but now, this guy actually told himself that he was ready to train his successor?
"Boss, listen to me," Chen Geng's reaction touched Jack Welch's heart, but he still said: "You know, I was trained by General Electric, and I have been influenced by General Electric in many ways, such as measuring the success of a leader, not only in the performance created during his tenure, but also in whether he chooses an excellent successor, so as to maintain the long-term foundation of General Electric, that is, the 'spirit of example'."
I think so too.
I have a lot of affection for AMC, and it is my honor to retire from my current position, but it is precisely because of this that in order for AMC to be able to build a long-term career, I think it is my responsibility to train a qualified successor for AMC. ”
Chen Geng nodded.
Any large enterprise or large group has its own unique tradition of cultivating successors, and GE's tradition of cultivating successors is particularly special, why? Because GE's successor training program is as famous as their "Six Sigma", roughly speaking, this successor training program will be launched 8 years before the current president leaves or retires, and after the plan is launched, first of all, GE will set up a "future CEO inspection, training, and selection committee" in extreme secrecy and, in general, the current President/CEO is in charge.
After the establishment of the committee, the first will be the future CEO of the group will be issued a list of characteristics, including vision, honesty, values, leadership temperament, fairness, experience, balance, courage and other conditions, only these indicators can meet the requirements, can be included in the ranks of candidates, at the same time, candidates also need to have a strong desire to learn new knowledge, have the ability to easily handle complex affairs, and have the patience to face and deal with emergencies...... And so on and so forth.
In general, the Committee is able to confidentially select 20 to 30 middle and senior managers (usually competent line managers) with development value, who are between the ages of 36 and 58. At least half of them have an internal evaluation of HIPO (Personnel with High Grade Development Potential).
At this point, GE will officially launch the Succession Orientation Program to give the Board a comprehensive understanding of the candidates' abilities, talents, and development potential, and in this process, the GE Board of Directors evaluates them twice a year, and there are other talent development activities each year - it must be noted that all of this is done in secret and without the candidates' knowledge;
In the end, the committee decided on three shortlists for key training (of course, the others will not give up, after the previous training, even the unsuccessful candidates can be independent and become the group's handsome talents), and then choose one of the three people to take over the position of CEO.
But that's not all, the final winner will have to go through the adaptation period under the leadership of the former president before he can officially take over......
The whole process is extremely complicated and cumbersome, but there is no doubt that after such a selection, the selected candidates must be extremely outstanding, and obviously, Jack Welch is ready to move GE's future CEO training system to AMC Motors, which is of course a good thing, but Chen Geng still frowned: "But even so, this plan was launched too early, right?" As far as I know, GE launched the succession plan 8 years before the current president stepped down, and you are only 56 years old now, and you will only be 64 in 8 years, which is the golden age of experienced experience for a CEO, and the successor training plan can wait a few years before talking, are you preparing to retire at the age of 64?"