Wu Jinhua's fame shook Hong Kong's business community.

His experience in NB Electric for more than four years has not only set a benchmark for Hong Kong business owners and executives, but also for global managers, so that people must say Wu Jinhua when they mention NB Electric, and they have to say NB Electric when they mention Wu Jinhua. And his upcoming handover of scepter to William Powell is the most watched handover in Hong Kong and the global business community this year.

A truly high-end interview with super high ratings.

Even a few high-ranking officials of the first SAR government, who were full of ambition and were making final preparations for the governance of Hong Kong after the return to the motherland, gathered in a mansion on the top of Victoria Peak and watched the live broadcast of the satellite TV financial channel with extremely complicated feelings.

"As you know, you have made more than 60 acquisitions and more than 20 restructurings in the past four years, expanding the company and achieving new total revenues.

For this interview, Zhang Shaoying did a lot of homework, and after interviewing the former president Liu Siwei, she shifted the focus to Wu Jinhua. And the topics she initiated are also the most curious and wanted to know the audience in front of the TV.

Wu Jinhua did not disappoint the audience in front of her TV, touched her chest and adjusted her sitting posture, and used a very vivid metaphor to express the true meaning of management, he smiled and said: "As you know, NB electrical business is a lot, subsidiaries and branches all over the world, no one can do everything, in this process, my main energy is almost all on management talents, just like a gardener, to be diligent in fertilizing and watering flowers and plants." If they thrive. There will be a beautiful garden. If they don't work, cut them out, that's what management needs to do. ”

This is a topic worth discussing, Zhang Shaoying didn't want to end like this, held the pen and asked with a smile: "When you first came to NB Electrical, how did you become a manager?" ”

Wu Jinhua smiled and corrected: "In fact, before entering NB Electric, I already had a long time of management experience. There are enterprises, there are government agencies, such as the well-known HK Electric, and for example, in the Trade Development Council and the Productivity Council. ”

"I'm sorry I overlooked that, but Mr. Wu, can you talk about your initial management experience?"

"No one can be born with the fact that the top management position I held before joining HK Electric was just an R&D supervisor in the Bell Office in the United States. I didn't know how to manage, so I tried to learn how to manage someone first. Then two people, four people, it's as simple as that. ”

Looking at Zhang Shaoying's thoughtful appearance, he added: "This method is very unique, and I don't like to manage it in other ways." ”

Zhang Shaoying nodded slightly, and asked again: "Then do you think that the ability to manage is acquired, or is it innate?" ”

Wu Jinhua pondered for a moment and said eloquently: "Human beings are always accumulating experience and discovering new experiences. The most important thing for managers is to have self-confidence, when you get good grades in school, or when you become the captain of a football team, you will gain self-confidence, and your parents will encourage you to become confident, so I think people who are confident do not need to go to the school of management. ”

Self-confidence is the characteristic of NB Electric and NB Shiyàn room, and the achievements they have made over the years are enough to make them confident.

Hong Kong students are proud to be able to join NB Electric or NB Real Room after graduation, and the staff of NB Electric and the researchers of NB Real Year Room are proud of their positions, and they have the confidence to go out and speak with confidence, so that even the "anti-commercial bribery" launched within the company not long ago is quite arrogant, not like they are investigating themselves, it is like the ICAC is investigating others.

Zhang Shaoying didn't want to waste her precious time on the topic of "self-confidence", but asked with interest: "Mr. Wu, how do you mobilize the enthusiasm of employees after you are engaged in management for the first time, especially after officially serving as the president of NB Electrical?" ”

Wu Jinhua glanced at Liu Siwei, who was smiling and silent, and said with emotion: "I am very fortunate to be the second president of NB Electric, when I am familiar with every executive and every staff at the headquarters, we have become a group, and I have never regarded myself as their boss, including the new employees we hired one after another."

I invite everyone to come to my house for dinner, spend the weekend together, attend social events together, and work overtime together on Sundays. We don't have memos to exchange information, we don't have so many bureaucratic executive orders, and the whole company is like a family grocery store, where everyone comes up with ideas, and there are no hierarchies. Or you can't believe it, but that's how NB Electric actually works. ”

Comparing such a huge corporate empire to a grocery store, the guests couldn't help but laugh.

Zhang Shaoying was so happy that she couldn't help but smile and asked, "Mr. Wu, is it still like a grocery store?" ”

"The company is on the right track, and there will inevitably be some hierarchical issues, but overall our team spirit is still there. Whenever we achieve something, we put down what we are doing and we go out to celebrate. This spirit is still alive in all divisions of the company, in its subsidiaries and branches. ”

"Today is a very rare opportunity, Mr. Wu, I would like to ask our guests and the company executives in front of the TV to give some advice on business management, especially employee motivation, just like Mr. Liu just now."

"No problem."

Wu Jinhua nodded slightly, and said to the camera that was turning from the side: "As a manager, first of all, you must warn employees, don't be willing to do nothing, if there are employees who think like this, then they should be urged to find another job; Secondly, it is necessary to continuously improve the quality of the workforce, promote the good, dismiss the poor, and not be satisfied with the status quo; The second is to evaluate the performance of employees by dividing the levels of employees in each department, and at the same time not to set too high and unattainable goals for employees, but to encourage them to give full play to their potential and creative power; Finally, it is necessary not only to give employees spiritual encouragement, but also to give material rewards. ”

It's all about experience, and there was a burst of long-lasting applause at the scene.

Just when everyone thought he was about to end the topic, Wu Jinhua continued: "In addition, the company must have its own corporate culture. Have your own strategic goals. There must also be a sufficient sense of crisis. Just like our NB Electric. Whether it was during Mr. Liu's tenure as president, or during my tenure, we were trembling, walking on thin ice, only starting a business, not keeping a business. ”

It was a very advocacy experience that even the charter could not help but applaud.

Zhang Shaoying glanced back at William Powell, the future president of NB Electric, and asked a very sharp question: "Mr. Wu." Your term of office is coming to an end, is there anything you would like to say to Mr. William before that? ”

It's just asking about trade secrets, of course Wu Jinhua won't say anything, he just avoided the important and said with a puzzled face: "Mr. William, I believe you will soon notice that the company has spent a lot of money on training and developing employees, but employee loyalty is not very high. In Hong Kong, we have recruited a lot of people, and we have provided a good training system and growth environment for employees. But that hasn't stopped them from moving to smaller companies, some of them for better pay.

Similar problems exist in the Americas and Europe. It's hard to get employees to travel from London to Brussels because they get used to living in London, just as employees in New York are reluctant to go to New Delhi once they're used to living in New York. ”

NB Electric's talent strategy is to sweep the sand, as long as they can stay, especially those who are entrusted with important tasks, almost all of them are elites of various majors.

William Powell, who has been the senior vice president and chief education officer for more than a month, could not know that this is a question of whether this is a problem or not, and immediately smiled: "On this point, we will cooperate with the human resources department to solicit opinions extensively, and try our best to come up with a proper rectification plan, I believe that our talent loss will be less and less." ”

Successfully linking the new and old presidents together, Zhang Shaoying asked a very sensitive question: "Mr. Liu, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Powell, there seems to be a curse in the corporate world, and almost every company with outstanding achievements quickly falls into trouble when the CEO takes over. This is true for IBM, HP and General Motors, and when a generation of romantic figures retires, once brilliant companies begin to fall into all sorts of crises, what do you three think about this? ”

Liu Siwei blurted out without thinking about it: "I have the same confidence in Mr. Powell as I have in Mr. Wu Jinhua." ”

Wu Jinhua's answer is much more comprehensive, he said step by step: "Unlike when I took office, today's NB electrical industry has been highly diversified, from a very single electrical appliance in the past, to many fields such as electricity, electronics, IT, aviation, news media and finance, if ranked separately, there are three business groups can be ranked among the world's top 500."

This was something we had never anticipated, and none of the current and previous executives, including Mr. Liu and me, had experience in managing such a large multinational company. Mr. Powell, who has served as president of several departments of CE in the United States, has extremely rich management experience, and I deeply believe that NB Electric will achieve greater development under his leadership. ”

"Thank you, thank you Mr. Wu for your evaluation, and thank you for the trust of the company's board of directors."

William Powell stood up and bowed slightly to his two predecessors and said as if he were a speech: "Frankly, although NB Electric was founded in 1985, I first noticed it six years later, in 1992, when NB Medical launched an incredible medical imaging diagnostic device. ”

He apparently took the opportunity to explain his corporate governance philosophy, and even listened intently to the articles of association, wondering what he thought of the company and what kind of three fires would follow.

“…… Actually, I don't see NB Electric as a company with annual revenues of more than $90 billion, but rather as a single smaller business unit that divides and conquers. The power sector, the power generation and transmission and distribution sector, the medical sector, the commercial finance sector, the news sector, and the aviation and aviation services sector each face a market with huge growth opportunities, and there are many opportunities for structural change within the sector.

I don't think the size of the company will be a hindrance, on the contrary, the large size will provide a broad platform for development. Rather than looking at NB Electric as a huge company, I prefer to think of NB Electric as a high-growth company. It's very similar to the CE I worked for before, so I'm going to take full advantage of diversity and hold NB Electric's growth philosophy that has always been good. ”

The more questions they didn't want to answer, the more interested the audience became, and Zhang Shaoying wasted no time in asking, "Mr. Powell." Does this mean that you will not make significant adjustments to the series of policies formulated by Mr. Wu when you take office? ”

"Good policy. Why do you need to adjust it? ”

William Powell has far more experience with the media than Liu Siwei. After asking a rhetorical question, he said in a matter-of-fact manner: "For example, I noticed that when Mr. Wu reorganized the top management and some important positions, he set up a company senior management committee, which is internally referred to as CEC, which is composed of 12 top executives of the company and some senior staff officers, each of whom can report directly to the president, and hold a regular meeting every quarter.

The only topic of the CEC meeting was how to cooperate with the president, vice president and other company executives as the head of NB Electric's core business. Jointly develop NB Electric into the most competitive enterprise in the world? The purpose of the meeting was to share best practices and to promote better coordination among diversified businesses.

I had the privilege of attending a meeting where each member knew and discussed the details of the quarterly financial performance of all the other members, and if one of the business executives was struggling, the others would help him come up with a solution. Although it lacks formal power, it has become the most effective way to influence a large business like NB Electric.

This is a very good experience, a very good platform, not only will I not adjust it, but also promote it to all subsidiaries and branches, so that every enterprise unit of NB Electric. have their own CEC meeting ......"

Around the future of NB Electric, with the efforts of Zhang Shaoying. The three new and old presidents had a nearly four-minute discussion.

Let the guests and the audience in front of the TV enter the world of Fortune 500 executives for the first time.

In the minds of most people, they should belong to the "iron-blooded" type of managers. And this type of manager should usually go his own way and not change his mind. In the interview with Zhang Shaoying, people found that they are very "flexible", and their business philosophy often changes due to changes in the subjective and objective environment, and they will follow the advice of good ideas and suggestions.

They are very "organized", whether it is Liu Siwei, who is an accountant, Wu Jinhua, who is a doctor of electrical engineering, and William Powell, who is an engineer, in terms of management, they will arrange the major things that should be done in a year very organized, and they are far less busy than they imagined before.

They understand the importance of "communication" better than anyone else, and almost all of them are "result-oriented" in management. No matter how many records are broken in production, it is not enough.

Turning off the TV, the future financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government is still reminiscing about what Wu Jinhua said: "Change must be made before change". Ms Chan Fong, who has suddenly become the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, has suddenly become the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, holding her chin and saying nothing.

With such a world-class star manager joining the SAR government, Mr. Tung can even imagine how much of a sensation it will cause after the news is announced, and the main SAR government members, including him, the first chief executive, will be overshadowed in front of Wu Jinhua's dark horse.

BJ is named, and it is said that a lot of work was done to get him to be invited.

The shape is strong, all Mr. Dong can do is welcome, and even fully cooperate with his work at the critical moment, looking at the way everyone looks at each other, he realizes that he has to speak.

President Zhou and Representative Wu of the Joint Liaison Group just reported in the morning that in the next few months, there may be big problems in the Southeast Asian economy, and it will affect Hong Kong. BJ's financial team is working with leading economists and financiers in Hong Kong and internationally to study countermeasures. ”

Everyone was taken aback, and the Financial Secretary asked even more eagerly: "Mr. Dong, what's the problem?" ”

"I don't know exactly what the problem is, but it should be very strict."

Mr. Tung took a deep breath and continued, "In order to better cope, the Financial Secretary, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Corporation, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Development Bureau will all be going to the mainland tomorrow to attend the meeting, which will also be chaired by Mr Ng Kam Wah. ”

The Home Affairs Bureau, the Secretary for Home Affairs, Tsang, couldn't help asking, "You're not going?" ”

"I'm not going, I can't leave Hong Kong at this time."

Ms. Chen Fang was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and immediately asked thoughtfully: "Mr. Dong, is it said that Mr. Wu joined the SAR Government because he was ordered to do so?" ”

Mr. Tung nodded his head and confirmed with great strift: "I can think that not only will BJ's joining him maintain the confidence of Hong Kong people in the future, but even I personally believe that his joining will greatly enhance Hong Kong people's recognition of the first government." ”

I have to admit that no matter from which point of view, Wu Jinhua is more popular than them. Ms. Chen Fang sighed secretly and said with a self-deprecating smile: "I thought it was NB Electric's demands." ”

The financial secretary raised his hands and rubbed his face, and said in a low voice: "Their real estate in Hong Kong is only three factory buildings, and they do not need to raise funds in Hong Kong as before, and even the proportion of funding from the Hong Kong government in the NB real room has been reduced from the earliest 43% to the current 18.62%. As long as they want, they can fully privatize it at any time, and they have deep pockets, so can they appeal to the SAR government? ”

Whether the new government can gain a firm foothold is a question, how can Mr. Dong have any thoughts of fighting for power and profit, and said: "Mr. Wu gave up his high salary and gave up the stock options of NB Electric, because he really wanted to do something for the Hong Kong people, and we should support and welcome it." ”

Now it is a grasshopper on a rope, one is prosperous, and the other is lost, and the Financial Secretary also said with deep conviction: "Mr. Dong is right, Mr. Wu joins in very much for our next takeover." ”

"Then it's decided, you guys will go to the Xiangjiang Special Economic Zone early tomorrow, and Ms. Chen Fang and I will go to the NB Shiyàn room tomorrow to visit Mr. Xia Zhang."

A member of the Executive Council was not very reassured, for fear that the two of them would be closed, so he asked with a pun: "Have you made an appointment?" ”

It is more difficult to see the constitution than to see the national Z seat, but this is not difficult for Mr. Dong: "Mr. Gu will accompany us, and he should not be turned away." ”

"Wu Jinhua has joined the government, is this necessary?"

Through a series of events during this time, Mr. Dong realized that NB Electric not only has a huge influence in Hong Kong, but also has a strong influence in BJ, but they have not made full use of this advantage like Mr. Gu and Mr. Li.

Ms. Chen Fang didn't quite understand that he went to the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in person, and Mr. Dong had to explain: "Mr. Wu is Mr. Wu, NB Electric is NB Electric, and NB Real Yàn Room is self-contained, if you want to win their support, you can't go on a trip." ”

Thinking of the entanglement over the industrial structure at that time, Ms. Chen Fang muttered: "Mr. Wu can be said to be the representative of the manufacturing industry, and he has always had a prejudice about Hong Kong's current development model. In addition, Mr. Gu also revealed that at their Nobel Dinner last year, Mr. Zhang expressed his dissatisfaction with Hong Kong's real estate economy. (To be continued......)