Inner Sage, Outer King -- Systematically Enhance Your Management Abilities

Author: Dai Wan Cheng
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Renowned management expert Mr. Dai Wan Cheng is a knowledgeable scholar of management theory and a seasoned practitioner with extensive management experience. After graduating from university, he received systematic business management training at the University of Oxford. Over the following three decades, he held key positions in well-known multinational companies such as Zhaofang, Standard Chartered Bank, and Citibank. On one hand, he extensively studied cutting-edge Western management theories and advanced management methods, summarizing his own management experiences. On the other hand, he immersed himself in the of China and the unique Chinese management philosophy. These two aspects mutually reinforce each other, gradually forming a complete management system—namely, the "Six Orders of Inner Sage" and the "New Five Matters of Outer King." Mr. Dai Wan Cheng believes that only by comprehensively enhancing their own management capabilities and achieving the state of both inner sage and outer king can managers drive the smooth development and long-term prosperity of their enterprises. The "Inner Sage" consists of "Person, Heart, Skill, Wisdom, Gain, and Path," representing the six aspects of managers' self-cultivation (""). The "Outer King" consists of "Attitude, Strategy, Momentum, Change, and Goodness," representing the five approaches of managers' people-management (""). Management is the process of "self-cultivation and people-management." This management system, refined over nearly two decades, has achieved ideal results when implemented in different industries across various countries. Mr. Dai Wan Cheng is reluctant to monopolize this achievement. In his spare time, he travels extensively to teach and share his insights with business managers from all over the world, receiving widespread praise. At the request of many students, Mr. Dai Wan Cheng compiled his thoughts into this book, hoping to contribute to the improvement of management and operational standards in Chinese enterprises. This book is both a distillation of management theory and a summary of management practice, making it an invaluable classic for business managers. The book is divided into twelve chapters, primarily introducing the following topics: Person → Self-Awareness; Heart → Macro Vision; Skill → Technical Ingenuity; Wisdom → Oceanic Wisdom; Gain → Practical Insights; Attitude → High-Quality Teams.