Chapter 25 Let's aim for the highest position in the second and fourth letters!

Challenges are part of life.People are tempered by trying. Dear Julie: For so long, I have hardly ever spoken to the decisions you have made.Although I am your father and boss at the same time, it is my purpose not to interfere with your life as much as possible.However, I cannot help but disagree with a major decision you recently made. It is beyond my comprehension that the general manager of your company has announced that he will retire in six months and that you have not listed yourself as one of the candidates.How much effort did you put in before climbing to the position of deputy general manager in charge of the business department.During this period, you even sacrificed your family life for a period of time. Fortunately, with the joint efforts of husband and wife, you overcame all difficulties.Since you have such a good family background and are well-known for your business skills, after climbing up step by step with excellent results, why did you give up climbing to the highest position when facing the last remaining stage?

Based on what I have heard, you seem to be worried about the following three points: Will you be overwhelmed with work?Will the troubles become unbearable?Do you have such qualifications?As a father, it is not difficult for me to see that there is a sense of fear of the unknown hidden in your heart.Let's talk about this first! How could it be unknown to you to be promoted to general manager?Assuming the position of general manager is undoubtedly a big challenge.However, aren't you used to challenges?As far as this is concerned, there is nothing to be afraid of in this matter.The tasks of the general manager can be roughly divided into three items: personnel, organization, and profit and loss calculation. You have experience in these areas, and your ability is more than sufficient.It's just that the scope of these jobs is slightly larger than the one you currently hold. Would you be considered daunted by this?How many times have I told you that you are not afraid of Thoreau without fear?You should think about it.

Let's analyze the reasons why you don't want to go to the next level.You said that after being promoted to the general manager, you will be overwhelmed with work. I think your view on this point is incorrect.An excellent manager is the one who knows best about time. This is what I have learned after observing the business world for thirty-five years.Their control over time can be said to be very thorough. In order to maximize their abilities and meet their needs and desires to the maximum extent allowed, they often divide time into days and days under precise calculations. , week, month or year as the unit.Then, schedule time between work and the pleasures of life such as family, friends, travel, charity events, sports, recuperation, or just reflection.

In my opinion, among such managers, the most outstanding ones are those who spend four days in a week with an energetic attitude and frequently communicate with company employees, business cadres, customers, bankers, experts, scholars, government officials, etc. Get in touch and devote yourself to running your business, and spend the rest of the day quietly and peacefully immersed in introspection, while at the same time, thinking carefully about who will be working next week or next month.This day is the day of meditation, and meditation is the most important job as a general manager. The extremely busy general manager mostly does everything by himself.In fact, things that are mechanically repetitive and time-consuming should be handled by subordinates.Over the years, in order to cope with your husband, three children, family, friends, and your own work, you can say that you have enough achievements in the allocation of time, that is to say, the skills of managing time are already skilled enough.In terms of your ability, after being promoted to general manager, there is absolutely no reason why you cannot be competent.Besides, your youngest son is going to college soon!

The second reason for your hesitation is that you are afraid of worrying too much.If a general manager has a lot of troubles, it means that the work distribution is not perfect.Troubles are all caused by people.Wouldn't it be less troublesome if you had one more employee with strong working ability who could complete the task satisfactorily?The establishment of a business should be people-centered, team spirit, and the progressive effects brought about by team spirit are things that I have repeatedly emphasized in the past.These are the driving forces behind the development of the business, as it has been in the past, and it will be the same in the future.

When working, sometimes it is inevitable to see some unreasonable things: unreasonable accounting standards, many unreasonable regulations on the production side, you have seen a lot of such things in the past.You advocate reform, but when you encounter opposition from the stubborn current general manager, you can only swallow your breath.This kind of thing has a great negative impact on the morale and work efficiency of the company you are in.If you are the general manager, you will have the right to correct such embarrassing things at any time.You must never forget that your strengths come only in the real challenge of running a business.What's the point of small troubles?

Consider the third reason below.You suspect that your abilities are not fit for this highest position.It's all very well to take a serious look at your abilities, but underestimating your abilities is just as fallacious as overestimating them.Based on your achievements and experience, the basic conditions for you to take up this position are sufficient.The foresight, guidance and determination required by an excellent general manager will naturally be based on this foundation. Foresight means knowing where and when to lead the company.Great leadership means planning a way to achieve your goals, and selecting the right people who can put that plan into practice.Determination is the determination to carry out the above two points no matter how difficult you encounter (if you want to know whether your determination is enough when you encounter difficulties, you can count the unfinished projects planned by you in the past ten years) The number of times planned. There shouldn’t be many such times, right?)

Instead of living in a dark world that knows neither victory nor defeat, and becoming a coward who neither knows ecstasy nor weeping, it is better to be brave enough to challenge the goal without fear of failure to win a glorious victory! Roosevelt Sr. (18581919) Most of the people who fail in the position of general manager are those who lack organizational ability, and you are not such a person.Another shortcoming of theirs is that the meaning is not conveyed thoroughly, and you do not have such a shortcoming.Also, they are not very good at finding top talent or good consultants, which you are very good at.The position of general manager does not have to be held by a know-it-all (in fact, there is no real know-it-all in the world, and the specious know-it-all is not the real thing at all).You just need to have all kinds of knowledge related to running a business and smoothly promote daily business.Your biggest task is to find out where the problem is as early as possible, and to correct it as soon as possible.The notion of not repairing things if they are not broken must never be tolerated.Just because a company's products or services are better than others' does not mean that there is no room for improvement.If you don't constantly study how to improve the quality or performance to reduce the cost burden of the company and consumers, sooner or later the people of other companies will figure out a way.

Actually, you know everything I said.Otherwise, how could you, the most important department in the company, grow so rapidly and steadily after you became the supervisor?You have always performed outstandingly in the past so many years. Therefore, after becoming the general manager, you can also complete your tasks with ease (the chair the general manager sits on is slightly larger than the chair you are sitting on now, and the leather is also better. I believe you are very satisfied. You will get used to it soon). Attach two tickets to your couple's favorite waterfront.If you are willing to use these two tickets to temporarily leave your daily life and think about this important matter quietly in the embrace of nature, then I will be extremely happy.wish

have a nice trip Father