Coquettish Rebirth

In such a last chapter, Collins used a lot of pen and ink to describe "Mr. X" a lot.In these descriptions, he can be said to be quite sensational in praising Jia Hongjian! “Compared to some personalities, high-profile, headline-grabbing, celebrity-making corporate leaders, great-great corporate leaders seem to come from Mars. Reclusive, reticent, introverted, even shy—these leaders are A paradoxical mix: unassuming and professional. They are more Lincoln and Socrates than Patton and Caesar."

"Just like the No.30 fourth president of the United States, Harry-s-Truman said, as long as a person does not care about utility, he can accomplish anything. It is the same in the business field, facing the obstacles of the wall of excellence, If the CEO of any excellent company wants to take the company smoothly through the wall of excellence and turn his company into an excellent company, then he must not care about utilitarianism. This seems to be a war, and the primary goal of being a general deep in his heart If it is not to win the war but to obtain the greatest personal benefit, then it is very likely that even if the war is won, a lot of extra vitality will be lost, and even the wall of excellence will not be crossed at all! Because different purposes will lead to huge differences in behavior, and behavior Huge differences will lead to even greater differences in results! Just like a soldier on the battlefield, if his goal is to win the war and obey military orders, then he can make a desperate assault for his own victory, sacrifice himself Allows comrades to be one step closer to the enemy's front. But if the soldier's goal is only to obtain his own best interests, then he will hide behind others. He will not seize all the critical moments that may be at great risk, thereby ruining the The whole fight!"

"Mr. X is a person who can use all his interests in exchange for the heart of the team and the advancement of the company! He abandoned the selfish subconsciousness of human beings and put the interests of the entire company at the top of the list. He is humble, not hypocritical hypocrisy ,Mr. x never thinks that he is the key to the team's success. He thinks that the key is the majority of ordinary employees in the company! When the company's performance is good, he reminds the employees not to forget the potential cold winter. In the cold winter , Instead of announcing layoffs and salary cuts from above, he lowered his status to hold meetings with employees and showed them the costs, expenses, and income in the company's operating process. Using this attitude of equal negotiation, he asked employees to help the company save money on a daily basis. Is this kind of thing that any CEO who often makes headlines in Time Magazine or any Wall Street Journal will do? They will think that Mr. X is not confident in doing this, because if he is confident, he does not need to ask others to cooperate with his work, Instead, you can use authority to demand that Biren must do so!"

"But Mr. X is such a person. He said that he is nothing special, just like a passerby. He said that there are too many people in the company who are better than him, and he just stands in a high position for various reasons. So he thinks that doing Any major matter needs to be discussed with the people of the whole company. This is the real teamwork, so that you can give orders. At the same time, people who have worked with Mr. X will constantly use quiet, humble, peaceful, taciturn, shy, and kind , docile, not liking publicity, not self-righteous and other words to describe him."

"It's like how Nelson, the new president of the online business department of Sherlock Holmes, described Mr. X - I have worked in many listed companies. Although the previous job position was not high, I was fortunate to have contact with many well-known CEOs. But I've never met a man as unique as Mr. X. He is successful and humble. Even though his wealth would have allowed him to own a luxury yacht, he not only did not, but never at any time behaved like other rich people That kind of love for luxury yachts. Now he doesn’t even have a yacht, not even a luxury car. The only car he drives in the company is a BMW Z3, ​​and this car is more than any middle-level leadership position in the company. Everyone can afford it!"

"At the same time, Mr. X never plays cronyism in the company. He never thinks that seniority or even nepotism can determine a person to stay in a key position. No matter how senior an employee is, he can only stay in the position that suits him best. Only But they will only get a salary that matches their qualifications. It will not be the same as in Eastern companies. Because they are veterans, they will definitely be able to move up step by step, and they will not become key positions just because they do not have the corresponding ability. lead."

"These fifth-level managers may not have the ability to see through the fog of time and space. Their analysis of the industry and their outlook on the future may not be as good as many CEOs, but their advantage is that they can always arrange the right people to the right positions. They are not First determine the direction by yourself before looking for people, and often put the right people in the right position, let everyone play their strengths, and then let the professionals in the team analyze how they should go in the future! As long as everyone agrees If you can do your own thing well in your own position, then the company will obviously go in a good direction, won’t it? After all, even if it is a sunset industry, it can still steadily move towards excellence step by step!”

"Usually companies think that such a game is a game about a genius and a thousand assistants. It seems that everyone else in the company is just assistants, and the key lies in the thought of the so-called genius who takes the lead. It seems that this genius is the general. He is equipped with a thousand soldiers who are absolutely obedient, then everyone can conquer all the difficulties that stand in front of them like an invincible army. But the question is, what if this genius leaves one day? Then these thousand soldiers They are at a loss, they don't know where to go.

Then the person who takes over the position will want to imitate the predecessor as much as possible, as if imitating the predecessor will give them the feeling that the genius of the predecessor is still in the company!Then they make some seemingly long-term and brave decisions, but that in most cases can only be counterproductive, just like Apple after Jobs was driven out.So I was curious, what would happen to Apple if one day Jobs left again, or simply passed away?That company is simply the company of Jobs alone. Can his soldiers find a way forward without him?Can he still maintain the magical kingdom he created?At least it looks like Jobs himself, coming back after being away for so many years, has no way of making the company great again in a few years..."

"So from this point of view, Jobs is obviously not a fifth-level manager. Jobs is obviously not as good as Mr. X. Jobs did not and will not think about how Apple can continue to be stable and excellent without him, and he may even be happy to see When Apple disappeared, he immediately declined, because it proved his ability. But Mr. X is different. The Sherlock Holmes company he participated in establishing, when he often leaves the company for some reason, this Holmes company can continue to operate with self-improvement. , it is not necessary for Mr. X to work in the company all the time. Even if Mr. X does not come for half a year or even longer, the company can still operate by itself, still make a lot of profits, and still occupy a monopoly position in the market without fear of any challenges! "

In this chapter, Collins praised Mr. X aka Jia Hongjian a lot.This kind of flattery was not done on purpose by him, but Collins really thought so!In his view, although Jia Hongjian pointed out a series of direction issues such as how to operate the online mall within the company.But the earliest such a website was not established by Jia Hongjian, and it was running well in the first place.Then, Jia Hongjian usually only comes once every few months and half a year. As a result, the company can still operate normally and keep moving forward. According to Yang Zhiyuan, when Jia Hongjian was in China, he did not manage Holmes remotely, but Just hand it over to a few assistants!And it seems that these assistants are doing really well!

Even like China's Huaxia Hi-Tech, it is said that the development direction of such a company was determined by Jia Hongjian at the beginning.Back then, the company was small and did not have enough outstanding talents. Collins felt that it was right for Jia Hongjian to take the lead.In the past few years, after Huaxia Hi-Tech has more and more staff, Jia Hongjian has obviously started to delegate power, and obviously started to let the company slowly move towards a route where it can continue to operate without his control.For example, the Huaxia Academy of Sciences was established to allow the company to research and produce more and more exclusive patents. For example, Jia Hongjian is more and more inclined to invest in the operation of some cultural products, and the daily management of the company is entrusted to Even if Jia Gang and Su Ping are also in the company, according to Yang Zhiyuan, these two are more of the role of spiritual leaders, and they have never even come up with cutting-edge ideas!In day-to-day management, whatever Jia Hongjian suggested, or what other people suggested, they would sign and make a decision.Isn't this delegating power?Isn't this just to let the people in the company gradually adapt to the situation without Jia Hongjian?

In addition, Jia Hongjian's mp music pods and other things, that is, after a little design, he doesn't care much!It is said that they don’t even care about production, marketing, follow-up prices, etc., and only care about the design and manufacturing direction of new products.Isn't this Jia Hongjian's decentralization of power?First delegate authority over marketing, and then gradually delegate authority over design. In the end, won't this company become a company that can still be excellent without Jia Hongjian?From this point of view, Jia Hongjian is better than Jobs!

Collins was right, Jia Hongjian was slowly delegating power, slowly making the company adapt to life without him, and he was indeed doing this to allow the company to continue to excel without him.It's just that he didn't do it because he thought so in the first place, not because it was his nature.The reason he did this was simply because he was a reborn, and he knew that his advantage was gone after 2012, and he was no longer Superman.So he has long planned to retire in 2012. Since he is going to retire at a young age, it is natural for the company to provide him with excellent living expenses!Wouldn't the company still be great without him?