Find Better People: Bill Gates Talks About the Top 10 Characteristics of Excellent Employees

Author: Jiang Tianyuan
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Who is a more outstanding person? What are their characteristics? How can companies find them? Are you the person companies are desperately looking for? This is a brand-new value orientation, reviewing the talent criteria of the business world, and the common secret of every successful company. Let this value go with the wind! We believe that this new value orientation is destined to help our companies find a batch of outstanding people after another. Out of every three people, one will be outstanding. The question is, how do you determine who they are? The standards you use will determine the people you find, and consequently, the results you will achieve. Bill Gates used his standards to find the people he needed, and as a result, he built his own business empire. Who is a more outstanding person? This is not a simple question about intelligence or ability, but a reflection of the values of an individual, a company, a society, and an era. What makes a person outstanding? Different eras have different standards! So, today, what standards should we use to determine this? What characteristics do they all possess? Bill Gates believes that outstanding employees should have the following 10 characteristics:
1. A curiosity to dig deep and seek the root cause;
2. A passion for teaching combined with a rational attitude;
3. Thoughtfulness and a continuous pursuit of new methods that meet customer needs;
4. Long-term planning that is self-disciplined and highly effective;
5. Professional knowledge and skills that meet development needs;
6. Making full use of every opportunity to become outstanding;
7. Familiarity with and alignment with the company's operational model;
8. A thorough understanding of competitors and learning from them;
9. Innovative thinking;
10. Indispensable professional ethics.
This is a brand-new value orientation, this is the talent criteria of the business world, this is the common secret of every successful company. Let this value go with the wind! We believe that this new value orientation is destined to help our companies build a team of outstanding people.