Chinese Leadership – People-Oriented Management Art

Author: Zeng Shiqiang
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Management is centered on tasks, while leadership revolves around people. Excessive management often treats people as objects. Therefore, only by valuing leadership can we fully unleash the potential of personnel, adapt appropriately, and innovate reasonably. — Zeng Shiqiang
Many of Professor Zeng’s viewpoints differ greatly from the management perspectives commonly seen today. But perhaps this is precisely the value of organizing this dialogue. Today, as we strive to build a harmonious society and harmonious enterprises, Professor Zeng’s insights have offered us some special inspiration. — CCTV’s "Dialogue" program
In Professor Zeng’s Chinese-style management thinking, there is a fundamental principle: management should be people-centered. Chinese-style management exists because Chinese people are different from Americans and Japanese. — China Business Times
China has a profound 5,000-year culture that influences people’s values, emphasizing interpersonal relationships and implicit rules, thus giving rise to concepts like "people-centeredness" and "prioritizing virtue." — Jiang Xipei, Chairman of Jiangsu Yuan Dong Group
The essence of Chinese-style management lies in being people-centered and managing tasks through people. By understanding people, we can ultimately achieve the goal of stabilizing them and accomplishing tasks. However, due to the neglect of the differences between Chinese humanistic leadership and Western legalistic management, many of us blindly follow Western management styles without grasping the key principles, leading to excessive management and a lack of leadership, ultimately affecting the performance of the entire organization.
In this book, Zeng Shiqiang, the renowned "Father of Chinese Management," combines his 30 years of research on Chinese culture and local management practices to thoroughly analyze the people-centered management principles, revealing the root causes of Chinese managers’ challenges in communication, delegation, and personnel management. He explores topics such as "Management vs. Leadership," "Layered Delegation and Layered Responsibility," "Human Resource Management and Organizational Personnel Development," and "How to Build a Solid Grassroots Team," distilling a practical and effective leadership art suitable for modern Chinese managers.
Through studying this book, you will not only understand the essence of people-centered Chinese management but also grasp the successful methods of leaders in communication, delegation, motivation, and nurturing their subordinates.