greatest wisdom book

Chapter 116 Interaction Part 4
Authorize people to govern the crowd as if governing the widowed
Where governing the crowd is like governing the widow, it is the score; fighting the crowd is like fighting the widow, so the name is also.

Management is an art and a science.How to effectively utilize the advantages of each person in the team, how to make the team work as one, how to keep the team in order, and how to make the manager lose the "nanny" status of everything is the core of the management work.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" mentioned such a management theory: governing the masses is like governing the few.The principle of managing a large force is the same as that of managing a small unit. Just grasp the difference in the number of personnel. The basic principle of commanding a large force to fight is the same as commanding a small unit to fight. Grasp the fact that the scale of the unit and its corresponding names are different. That's it.

In history, the more famous combination is Tang Sengshi.Tang Seng is a person who knows how to manage.Careful analysis of each of the members reveals that there are more than enough and less enough characters: Sun Wukong has an irritable temperament, so he must be controlled with a magic spell, and he is indispensable for killing demons and demons; Zhu Bajie is lazy, but he is good at making jokes , can adjust the team atmosphere; Monk Sha works hard and takes care of housework;There is a long way to learn from the Western Paradise, a large team will waste financial resources, too small and difficult to complete the task, not too big, not too small, to ensure that everyone in the human resource pool can exert their maximum potential is the best speed.

It can be seen that the essence of "governing the crowd is like governing the few" is to make full use of everyone's potential and advantages under reasonable organization and configuration.

At the end of 1999, Guo Liang, an unknown music conductor, came to Beijing.It just so happened that a large-scale concert was being held at that time, but the chief conductor suddenly became seriously ill and was unable to play.The organizers of the concert were running around in a hurry, trying to find a conductor everywhere, but it was near the end of the year and the end of the century, and most famous conductors had pre-booked performances to attend, so naturally they couldn't come to the rescue.

After learning of this situation, Guo Liang came to the organizers and recommended himself.The organizer looked at the music director whose name he had never heard of, with suspicion flashing in his eyes.He said to Guo Liang: "This is a concert of amazing scale, with 2000 people attending the performance!"

Indeed, for a music conductor like Guo Liang, he has never tried to direct a band with 2000 members, let alone 200.But not having done it doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Guo Liang looked at the doubtful eyes of the organizers and expressed his opinion: He is only the commander-in-chief, and there are 10 assistants under him. It will follow the corresponding command, so that the two thousand instruments will play together, and the concert will proceed as expected.

After hearing Guo Liang's words, the organizers couldn't help but admire the young man in front of him, because he told the key points of those famous conductors.Therefore, Guo Liang won this rare command opportunity and achieved great success.This is the essence of "governing the crowd as if governing the widowed" - being good at empowering.

Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, believed that one thing a successful leader must do is to be good at delegation.The well-known management guru Stephen Covey believes that the lack of reasonable authorization is the main reason for the low work efficiency of most modern middle managers.

Luo Ming is the manager of an electrical branch company in China.He was dealing with hundreds of papers every day, and he often complained that he only wished he had more hands and a head, and he was obviously tired.Everyone in the company knows that power is in his hands, and everyone is waiting for him to give formal instructions.When Luo Ming walked into the office building every day, he began to be surrounded by employees waiting at the elevator entrance. When he entered his office, he was already sweating profusely.

In fact, Luo Ming created a lot of trouble for himself.Since he is the top person in charge of the company, his responsibilities should only be limited to the work related to the company's overall situation. The subordinate departments should perform their own duties in order to leave him enough time to consider the company's development, annual Financial planning, reporting to the board of directors, hiring and transfer of personnel...

One day Luo Ming finally couldn't stand it anymore, he locked everyone out of his office and threw all meaningless documents out the window.He let his subordinates make up their own minds, and he made a hard rule for the secretary that all submitted reports must be screened before delivery, and no more than ten copies should be submitted.At first, neither the secretary nor the subordinates were used to it.But it didn't take long before the company began to operate in an orderly manner, and the work efficiency was greatly improved because each of them really performed their duties.From then on, Luo Ming had the time to read novels, read newspapers, drink coffee, and go to the gym, and he felt very comfortable.Only now does he truly realize that he is the manager of the company, not an "old lady" who does everything.

Leaders delegate most of their power to supervisors and every employee, giving them the opportunity to play to their strengths and have the power to decide how they can do better.The result is to get all the subordinates to act, make full use of the power in their hands, and complete their work.As a leader, if you are good at delegating, you will naturally be able to achieve the state of "governing the crowd as if governing the few".

(End of this chapter)