Three parts manage people, seven parts use people

Author: Lin Ran
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Some people can fully unleash their own potential and become top experts in a particular field. Others, however, can make others, even an entire team, fully unleash their potential. If the former are called talents, the latter can be called leaders. Just like a single matchstick igniting a pile of dry wood, a leader can ignite the blazing fire of morale. In the past, people said: "A scholar would die for a worthy master." Now, people say: "A scholar would create for a worthy master." Liu Bei's three visits to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage and Xiao He chasing Han Xin under the moonlight became timeless legends. Climbing the difficult Shu Mountain is hard, but finding talent is even harder. To achieve great success, one must have first-class talent. Not utilizing the wisdom of the talented or borrowing the strengths of the capable is foolish. Some people can fully unleash their own potential and become top experts in a particular field. Others, however, can make others, even an entire team, fully unleash their potential. If the former are called talents, the latter can be called leaders. Just like a single matchstick igniting a pile of dry wood, a leader can ignite the blazing fire of morale. In the past, people said: "A scholar would die for a worthy master." Now, people say: "A scholar would create for a worthy master." Liu Bei's three visits to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage and Xiao He chasing Han Xin under the moonlight became timeless legends. Climbing the difficult Shu Mountain is hard, but finding talent is even harder. To achieve great success, one must have first-class talent. Not utilizing the wisdom of the talented or borrowing the strengths of the capable is foolish. This book is for leaders, and most of the examples and experiences are their own. However, we have given them new meaning with new thinking and perspectives. This book is divided into eleven chapters: "Peering into the Depths of the Human Heart," "Placing Bets on Talent Selection," "Using Your Own Power Effectively," "He Who Gains the People Gains the World," "Inspiring Subordinates—Winning Hearts and Minds," "Controlling People by Mastering Will," "Coordinating Relationships and Power Balance," "Boosting Morale and Maximizing Energy," "Combining Firmness and Gentleness in Persuasion and Guidance," and "Leveraging the Brains of the Smart and Entrusting Great Tasks to the Unworthy." It incorporates many ideas and methods from Western management and behavioral sciences, adapting them as much as possible to Chinese realities and transforming them into our own wisdom.