Manage Authenticity: CEO's Journal

Author: Wang Xianping
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Napoleon said, "A rabbit-led lion army is far more combat-effective than a lion-led rabbit army." A successful general manager is that rabbit leading the lion army. Matsushita Konosuke said, "When you have 10 people, lead from the front; when you have 100 people, lead in the middle; when you have 1000 people, lead from behind." Without a general manager who knows how to temper himself, there will be no truly strong organization. The author says, "A general manager should be a person who manages emotions, with a sense of management permeating his eyes, hands, feet, surroundings, and heart." The author has successively entered into state-owned enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises, and private enterprises, experiencing three different types of management practices. The vivid work realities on the front lines of enterprises have over the years formed a gradual emotional understanding, which, when gathered together, has formed a systematic, profound, and comprehensive philosophy: What is leadership? Does management need design? How should employees be treated? And where is the fulcrum of management? Most importantly, it is the mindset of the manager. These expressive writings record the growth and transformation of a Chinese professional manager, from which one can glimpse the rise of Chinese managers and the rise of Chinese enterprises.