Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Journey is a Sea of Stars
The tricky difficulty of the sales team's problems made Dai Lihui and Li Zhi very worried.
Originally, this problem cannot be regarded as a problem that needs to be solved urgently in the face of a large number of tax machine contract orders.
According to the thinking of their management, there is at least half a year to make adjustments, which is nothing more than a matter of spending money to recruit people.
But Xiaoqing always patted his head and increased the production capacity again beyond expectations, so the sales team, which was not such an urgent problem, became an urgent matter in a blink of an eye.
The leader's steps are too big, and they are worried about pulling the egg.
Thereupon......
They exaggerate the problem a little bit.
This is also the wisdom of the old fritters.
Never work against the leader, just a tactful side knock.
Qingyun knew this.
Quite simply, in fact......
He's also an old fritter.
Moreover, frankly speaking, when it comes to the rank of fritters, he is still above Dai Lihui and Li Zhi.
Both of them are school teachers who are engaged in the workplace, and they are born with a bit of elegance, or the simplicity of readers.
In his previous life, Qingyun threw himself into the ivory tower after the workplace was interrupted by Qin Tianchuan, and the foundation was shaped by the workplace.
People who are born in the workplace are far above those who are engaged in academics.
Of course, this is also the reason why he can only water papers.
One is that he doesn't have that talent, and the other is that he doesn't have that character.
At this time, Qingyun didn't want to go around with them, he shook his finger and said directly, "You guys are wrong." ”
In the puzzled eyes of Dai Lihui and Li Zhi, Qingyun said with certainty,
"The saying 'a flock of sheep led by a lion is better than a flock of lions led by a sheep' is itself false.
The mistake of this proverb is that it deliberately devalues team members in order to emphasize the role of leadership.
In fact, a true lion would definitely prefer to lead a lions rather than a flock.
A great leader will also be willing to pick A+ level employees to build a team.
So, since you think that the rest of the people are all sheep, then there is no need for them to exist.
Re-recruit, use headhunters, and dig the most elite people in the industry. ”
Dai Lihui almost stumbled out a mouthful of old blood when he heard this, and then said eagerly, "Chairman, be cautious!" ”
Qingyun admired his way of expressing the conclusion first, and his eyes motioned for him to continue.
After Dai Lihui extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, he said sincerely, "Mr. Xiaoqing, indeed, people want to work with excellent people, but this will break our salary balance." ”
"And, Mr. Xiaoqing, you have to consider, if the team is full of strongmen, then how will the power be distributed?"
Li Zhi was also on the side to help.
In fact, he wanted to say that this is not a game of Three Kingdoms, collecting all the cards of the fierce generals.
If this is the case, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Guo Jia, Zhou Yu, and other top strategists get together, then they can't be called top-notch, and they engage in infighting every day to compete for the right to speak.
Yuan Shao's advisers were not weak, but for the sake of power struggle, he made a joke about the Hebei overlord who had the most hope of unifying the Central Plains.
Qingyun is also very aware of this truth.
Building a top-tier team is no easy task.
There is a common pitfall in a company's talent strategy: you need to confront weaknesses in human nature, such as jealousy, insecurity, and fragile self-esteem.
All of this can lead to your company's exclusion of good talent in recruitment and talent management, and if you are not careful, your talent strategy will be unbalanced, fall into the trap of melocrity, and enter a downward spiral.
Due to jealousy or insecurity, B-level employees may not be able to recruit the best employees for the business.
But......
"Lao Dai, Lao Li, if this happens, it can only mean two things, first, Yanhuang Group has no room for people, and second, the market of Yanhuang Group is too small, so small that a group of sheep can be stuffed.
The former is the mind of the leader, which requires me and you to overcome internal obstacles, recruit talents, select and retain, and be good at reconciling contradictions.
And the latter...... If our market is broad enough, then the strong people we are recruiting now have no time to engage in any infighting because they have a huge area to expand. ”
The previous truth was actually explained most thoroughly by Jobs.
"The A+ team, even if smaller, is far better than the large B- and C-level teams. A+ level employees like to work as a team, and they can't tolerate B-level work. ”
Qingyun has seen a case that happened in reality with her own eyes.
A company needed a new sales manager, and after screening, only two candidates remained.
Considering the company's ambitions for expansion, most interviewers feel that A is more suitable.
But to everyone's surprise, the VP chose B, despite his poor performance.
As social scientist Leo Rosten said, "The best people hire the best people; Second-rate people hire third-rate people. ”
Of course, the specifics are much more complicated than this sentence suggests.
We assume that A-level employees are the top performers in a company; B-class employees are ordinary worker bees; C-level employees, on the other hand, are the ones who go with the flow.
In real life, many B-level employees do not recruit the best employees for the company because they lack a sense of security.
In a way, they are afraid of being surpassed, or even replaced.
The less confident they are in their abilities, the more they feel threatened.
B-level employees may also succumb to the 'deadly evil' of jealousy, a pervasive pattern of behaviour that explains many workplace retaliatory behaviors.
Admittedly, jealousy is sometimes a positive motivating force.
But more often than not, one's own inadequacy and low self-esteem can lead to resentment and frustration, which in turn can lead to thoughts of hurting the envied person as a way to heal the inner imbalance, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Managers who are emotionally insecure or have fragile self-esteem often face a dilemma when making hiring decisions:
Should they hire someone better than them, or should they hire someone who is less capable but can set them off better?
In a state of defense, B-Class employees may not be able to identify A-Class employees at all.
Or they may suspect that the most qualified applicants, without any evidence, will not work for the company.
And managers who have poor judgment often get away with it, even though it hurts their companies.
But what is the root cause of this in itself?
It's misplaced.
B-level employees can only do B-level things, and A-level employees should do such things as nurturing and retention.
Qingyun's words were actually a bit heavy, which suddenly made Dai Lihui and Li Zhi's faces change.
However, they also knew in their hearts that this was actually the beating of the demon chairman to them.
What Qingyun meant was, you want to deceive me? Both, your way is a little shallow.
Xiaoqing's journey is the sea of stars, the two of you, take a long-term view, don't drag Lao Tzu back.
(End of chapter)