Many unit leaders don't pay much attention, or don't think it's necessary, or excuse themselves too busy to have the time and energy. There was a leader of a larger unit, and the average employee went to him and took the initiative to report his name, and after a few minutes, he couldn't remember the name of the person, and when he saw him next time, he sometimes asked, "Which unit are you from?" ”

Are we busier than Roosevelt and Napoleon the Third? President Roosevelt knew that one of the simplest, most obvious, and most important ways to gain favor was to memorize names and make people feel valued. Chrysler Motor Company built a car for Roosevelt. When the car arrived at the White House, a mechanic also went and was introduced to Roosevelt, who was shy and hid behind people without talking to Roosevelt. Roosevelt only heard his name once, but when they left Roosevelt, Roosevelt sought out the mechanic, shook his hand, called him by name, and thanked him for coming to Washington. Napoleon III (Napoleon's nephew) boasted that although he was busy with state affairs, he could remember the names of everyone he met. This shows that whether or not you can remember the names of your subordinates is not necessarily related to whether you are busy or not. The key is to respect your subordinates.

Of course, remembering the names of subordinates is not an easy task, it takes a little effort, and there must be a set of methods, and generally people who can remember a large number of names are mainly as follows:

First, when the other party introduces the name, you should pay attention and keep it in mind. Although some people take the initiative to ask each other "respect the name", but the other party is absent-minded when they introduce it, the other party has not left, you have forgotten who he is, where can you talk about the next meeting! It is a fact that some people have a strong memory, and some people have a poor memory. If the memory is poor, the method of Napoleon the third can be applied, it can be said: "I'm sorry, I didn't hear clearly." "Let him say it again and deepen the memory. You can also use each word to create a word or phrase to deepen your memory while listening word by word. For example, your subordinate's name is Ma Shengchang, isn't it "the 'horse' of success from the horse, the 'victory' with victory in sight, and the 'long' with a long life?" "It's so impressive.

The second is to memorize the characteristics of each person. People have many characteristics, such as very large eyes, a particularly large beard, a very prominent forehead, and so on; There are professional characteristics, such as he is best at a certain technology, and he has a commendable nickname in a certain technology and knowledge, etc.; The characteristics of the name, some names deliberately use some obscure words, or words that are rarely used as names, and some names are exactly the same as the names of several people, which is originally uncharacteristic, but it is easy to distinguish them from each other by taking "the same name and surname" as a feature. If you associate these characteristics with the name, it will be easy to remember.

The third is to prepare a small book. If it is a distinguished guest, you must not take out a small notebook in front of you, you can only remember it behind your back. But to subordinates, you can say, "I have a bad memory, please let me write it down." "Not only will the subordinate not be annoying, but you will also have a sense of self-respect, because you really want to remember his name. In order to prevent you from being unable to recall the name when you turn it over in the future, in addition to writing down the name, you should also write down the basic information such as unit, gender, age, etc. This little book should be flipped through often, and as you turn it, you will recall the scene when you met this person once, so that you can call this person by name when you meet him again after three or five years.

Fourth, have more contact with subordinates. A picture is worth a thousand words. There are quite a few leaders who, whenever they have time, go down to the grassroots level to work with their subordinates, or have fun together, or have heart-to-heart talks, or discuss good ideas. Such a leader can not only call his subordinates by name, but also say what their subordinates are thinking.