Coquettish Rebirth

When Jia Hongjian rushed into his study and began to plan a series of OEM projects for state-owned enterprises, Professor Collins, who he regarded as a joke, was driving to his home.He is teaching at Stanford University, so naturally he lives not far from Stanford.Originally, Stanford was in a satellite city called Palo Alto near San Francisco, and he lived in a small town further south of this satellite city and closer to Los Angeles.His home is about an hour's drive away from the school, and about three hours' drive away from Los Angeles.

After arriving home, Collins returned to his study, turned on the computer, and was about to start writing the last chapter of the book he was preparing.In fact, his book has almost been written, and the publishing house has been contacted, and it can be published at any time.According to his original plan, the entire book has actually been written, but at the end he suddenly wanted to add a final chapter to describe the 11 model companies he mentioned in the article. Humble CEOs, what are they like in their daily life in the age when they are showing off their power.

This can also be regarded as a benefit, through this kind of molesting the heroes of the previous chapters, to highlight the cuteness and approachability of these heroes.For example, he once interviewed the family members of a deceased CEO, and learned that when the CEO had an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars, he was still living with his family in a two-story house that had been lived in for decades.Although it seems that a two-story cottage with 5 bedrooms is not small, this kind of house can be seen everywhere in the United States, not to mention that such a CEO's home does not even have a fully enclosed garage.The cars are parked directly next to the house in the open air!So in winter, such a CEO's car will have a thick pool of snow in front of the windshield every morning.Then the snow closest to the windshield was melted by the snow on it, causing it to freeze, so every morning the CEO had to take out his credit card to scrape the snow and ice on the windshield, and once even used his credit card to scrape the snow and ice Don't break it, and cut a big gap in the CEO's hand.As a result, when the CEO went to work with a temporary bandage at home, his colleagues asked him why he didn’t build a garage with a roof, but the CEO said——It’s not necessary. Didn’t the garage come here after decades?

He just wanted to write something about these people, so that everyone can realize that this kind of people who were considered by American society as unconfident, unprogressive, too shy and humble, so they have no future at all, are really promising!Then what.He also wants to write about the companies he is optimistic about that are now leaping from good to great.Or companies with great potential in the future and current CEOs who have the same potential.

After discovering that Jia Hongjian seemed to be such a person, he chose to ask his alumni Yang Zhiyuan to introduce him.Then after meeting Jia Hongjian, he couldn't help teasing Jia Hongjian when he saw Jia Hongjian's unbelievable applications when he was praised.But it seems that this joke is a bit too much.no way.Who made Collins not very good at joking since he was a child.So not sure about the size?But anyway, the result was that Jia Hongjian was a little bit annoyed.

Although Jia Hongjian was offended, Collins was still planning to write his favorable opinion of Jia Hongjian into the final chapter, of course.He will still be given the pseudonym "Mr. X" as agreed with Jia Hongjian.He opened the document and began to write the first sentence of the last chapter—“Throughout the research, we were not specifically looking for so-called fifth-level managers or anything like that. Even In fact, when I was leading the research team, I made a special rule, that is, do not pay too much attention to the role of CEOs, otherwise it is easy to fall into the deliberate problem of "success is Xiao He, and failure is Xiao He". Simplify, and attribute success and failure entirely to a person's way of thinking.

Just like in the Middle Ages, people generally believed that the answer to all problems lies with God.Why are there human beings, why are there all things in the world?Because of God.Why are there earthquakes and volcanoes?Because of God.This kind of theory that success is Xiao He and failure is Xiao He cannot draw a real principle about the development of things.Attributing everything to God can only hinder human beings from discovering a scientific understanding of the material world. Similarly, attributing everything to the quality of corporate leaders is the same kind of anti-scientific extreme thinking.

It would be wrong to attribute all problems to the CEOs whenever we encounter problems, but why do some companies in similar situations have different results under the leadership of different CEOs? CEOs are unlikely to have no verifiable effect on the company like God, so how did the CEOs who can affect the company affect their respective companies?Which CEO has a better influence and which has a worse influence?Why such a difference?Is it a management tool?Or charisma?Or is the salary level different?Or is it age?After doing a lot of comparative research with sample and control groups, we have come up with the traits of what we call Level [-] managers—they can do anything for their company to make it great!anything!Even if it means discrediting yourself!Even if you let yourself be under the shadow of the company for decades, you will not be recognized by the world!And today, there are fifth-level CEOs who are on the way to great companies.Due to the opinions of the parties involved, the names of the parties will not be disclosed again, and only Mr. X will be used as a proxy..."

After writing such an opening, Collins began to talk about his meeting with "Mr. X". "After meeting Mr. X, I told him what I had discovered about the theory of level five managers. He was as puzzled by it as anyone else who heard it for the first time. I explained it to him in detail. Finally, he accepted it. But when I mentioned that I am very optimistic about him and think he is a fifth-level leader who is now leading the company to excellence, he showed an expression of disbelief. He said His success so far is all due to his good luck. He said that even if he is humble, even if he is as humble as the so-called fifth-level managers, he is definitely not a fifth-level manager. It is just a coincidence. He Those who think that Level [-] managers are humble, but not necessarily humble, are Level [-] managers.

But I know that through his humble performance, it just proves that he is a fifth-level manager.Because in our exclusive interviews, other fifth-level managers who are still alive today all said that they were not fifth-level managers at all. Like Mr. X, they all said that they were just lucky.It means that they are a lucky one, and that they are actually just like ordinary people, just like a random passerby on the street!They are just lucky!Then, they also expressed that even if they were so humble, they couldn't be fifth-level managers.And the reason is exactly the same as what Mr. X said! "

"But in my opinion, that's exactly what makes Level [-] leaders so good. They're generally not at the foreground, or even ashamed to be at the foreground. , expressing that they are very confused and uncomfortable. They even hate being famous, and they are full of fear of interviews, fans, etc. that may be brought about by being famous. Mr. X even tried to buy the publishing company that will publish the book to prevent me Their names are written in the book! But they do have the so-called dual personality - on the one hand, they are modest and prudent in daily life, on the other hand, they are extremely tenacious in the professional field. As long as they identify the direction, they feel that they can lead the company to excellence , Even after going through all kinds of hardships, they will not give up! They will make the so-called new economy winners who are actively going to the spotlight to gain public attention after they suddenly get rich by relying on the Internet bubble in the new era! Because the winners of the new economy They didn't survive for long, and their beautiful soap bubbles soon burst. Instead, a fifth-level manager like Mr. X will concentrate on promoting the company to excellence, and will do whatever it takes, even sacrificing himself!"

"These Level [-] leaders, in order to achieve the best long-term performance, demonstrate a determination to keep going no matter how difficult it gets. Set the standard for building an enduringly great company; never lower the bar. Look to the Mirror Look in instead of looking out the window, and take responsibility for poor performance instead of blaming others, blaming external factors or bad luck. Mr. X owns a small record company under the company of Mr. X. Once the record company A contracted composer felt that he was not recognized because the songs he had made for a long time had no singers. In order to prove himself, the young composer participated in a reality TV show audition without informing the company. In the show, I personally sang my own songs.

Such a move has seriously affected the management of his company.Originally, the company wanted to impose severe punishment on this young composer, the most severe being dismissal!But at this time, Mr. X stepped forward and took the initiative to take the mistake of the young man.Mr. x said that, as the top manager, he did not discover the psychological state of the young composer early, and did not let the young composer understand that if he had any dissatisfaction, he had to communicate with the company first, so this young man made a wrong move x Mr. himself has to pay a lot of responsibility.In the end, Mr. X chose to fine his salary for three years and reduce his annual salary by half every year, thus keeping the young composer.But now, this young composer has successfully debuted as a singer in a certain country's music scene, and with his own unique style, he has suddenly become the hottest newcomer singer of the year!And this former young composer, now the hottest young singer in the local country, said that as long as Mr. X does not choose to terminate his contract or renew his contract, he will release records in Mr. X's company for the rest of his life, because he is loyal. Yu Mr. X, because Mr. X once sacrificed his own interests, just to protect him! "(to be continued...)