High-end Wisdom: Management Philosophy and Strategic Choices of Renowned Entrepreneurs

Author: Yang Peiting
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Give thought a sky of imagination, give action a light of guidance. Pan Shiyi: My decisions rarely go wrong, often because of my continuous thinking. It's easy to act but difficult to think; building houses is simple, it's the laborers who do it, what matters is thinking. He Luemin: The level of understanding a leader has determines how far the company can develop. Shi Zhenrong: GObigorgohome! Jiang Linkui: Beautiful language doesn't necessarily mean powerful language, ornate methods aren't always useful methods. What works is good. Ren Zhengfei: Over the past ten years, I've been thinking about failure every day, overlooking success, without a sense of honor or pride, but rather a sense of crisis. It's precisely because of this that I've survived these ten years. Hou Weigui: Good strategy is to do well what's at hand. ZTE doesn't pursue size but cash flow, profit comes second, and scale third. First, we must maintain our health, then grow scientifically, systematically, and reasonably. Wang Shi: Work is part of life. I climb mountains, rock climb—these activities are also part of life. It's because of this kind of life that I find my work meaningful and that I love my job deeply. Wise people all agree that what matters most is the leader's ideological influence. This influence is most evident in guiding the company's development direction and major decisions, with the guarantee being the implementation of the leader's ideas. What's meant by implementation is that after determining the direction, the leader must convey it downward, internalizing it as the pursuit of cadres and employees, making it their sense of mission and dedication. Additionally, during any major decision-making process, leaders must pay attention to aligning the ever-changing values of cadres and employees. Otherwise, it's half the effort for twice the result, or it may lead to "top decisions, bottom countermeasures." Therefore, how to shape a sense of mission and dedication among cadres and employees, and how to integrate the content of major decisions with their values—these two things have become the basic daily work for any company striving for success. We must "be self-reliant, learn from others, integrate and innovate, and forge our own style." This is a phrase repeatedly emphasized by our renowned economic elder, Yuan Baohua, and former Premier Zhu Rongji. The content of this book is to gather the thoughts and philosophies of famous entrepreneurs at home and abroad and present them to the readers.