People often ask: I'm an honest man, I don't curry favor with leaders, colleagues, and relationships. I don't care about people's feelings and do things honestly. Why don't I get promoted every time? Why can't honest people be reused? There was once a Shanghai tycoon who famously said that the workplace is like rivers and lakes, and rivers and lakes are not fighting and killing, but the world. The "workplace" is still a "human field" after all, and being a man is more important than doing things.
first of all, you can't simply define "honest man". There are three main types of "honest people": one is an honest person who is timid and timid; One is an honest man who does things seriously and doesn't know how to be smooth; One is an honest man who has the ability but abides by the rules and duties. The right way in the world is vicissitudes of life, and it is a blessing for honest people to suffer. In the long run, honest people will eventually achieve stability. But there is also an irony that poor people must have something hateful. Honest people mainly have three weaknesses that need to be overcome. The following three facts are chilling and completely laid on the table. I hope that the majority of honest people will be encouraged if they have changed.
an old ox, neither promoted nor barked.
every leader has his own philosophy of employing people. Individual leaders are willing to use honest people, because he is an honest person himself, and of course he is willing to use honest people, and honest people are easier to control. However, the logic of most leaders is that it is ok to work with honest people, but being a leader is another matter.
Some honest people are commonly known as "old ox" in the company. Hard work, down-to-earth, don't ask about things, don't meddle, endure humiliation and bear the burden, just like the "old ox" of cultivated land. This kind of "workhorse" in your unit is appraised as advanced and model worker every year, but how many "workhorse" have you seen promoted to leadership positions?
This honest man, judging from his own performance, is only staring at the one acre and three points in front of him because he is burying his head in a cart, but he doesn't know how to look up at the road, and he can't see and catch many opportunities. Work is a good cook, but you can't open your mouth. The leader only lets you do specific work. If there is a problem, let you plow the land. When you are promoted and reused, you will forget you who are still plowing in the field.
From the perspective of leadership logic, this kind of honest man: leaders seek to maximize the benefits of employing people, and some people take credit for doing something, for fear that the leaders will not see it, and the crying children will have milk to eat. People turn around the leader every day, and the ox is working hard in the field. The leader feels that he has "offended" the ox, and the ox will not make trouble and continue to work hard. So, leaders don't bully you. Who bully you?
2, Li Ma makes leaders feel insecure.
Leaders and employers have "selfishness". They cultivate and reuse their subordinates in order to promote them to become their own assistants, and they are definitely unwilling to cultivate an opponent. People promoted by leaders often please him, curry favor with him and cling to his subordinates, so that leaders can use them with confidence. Even some elites are grovelling and flattering in front of the leaders, with the purpose of showing loyalty and making the leaders feel safe.
there is an honest man, not an ox, but a horse. The leader asked him to work, and he consciously pressured and ran hard, wishing he could not travel thousands of miles every day and finish the task well. However, Wanli Ma only knows how to run, but he doesn't know how to be a man, how to curry favor with leaders, and how to show loyalty, which makes leaders uneasy. You see, in the martial arts, the kind of "heroes" who have high martial arts and don't know how to be human usually don't live for three episodes.
Wanli Ma also ended like this. The workplace is not a prairie, a Ma Pingchuan, but interests, intrigue. If you shoot a bird, the tree will attract the wind. On the way to running, competitors will trip you up, and jealous people will dig holes for you. Honest people often suffer from boredom, which is the reason.
Why don't leaders reuse Wanli Ma? Honest people believe that "as long as it is done well, gold will always shine." In fact, leaders are even more afraid that you will run too fast, your prestige will be too high, and you will be unable to control the "wild horse" yourself. Therefore, leaders usually let you finish the "first three episodes". If you find that you only know how to take credit and don't know how to push credit, you will be wary of your survival, gradually decompose your resources, weaken your martial arts, and only let you work, and will not promote and reuse you.
three good guys dare not play the bad COP.
There is also an honest man who is weak in character and has a flattering personality. He is afraid to offend people and always wants to please everyone for fear that others will be rude to him. Such honest people are afraid of things by nature, are not confident in their hearts, dare not make mistakes, dare not refuse their bosses or colleagues, and always want to "please" everyone around them. Such honest people deserve to be affected and will not be reused.
this kind of honest man is usually honest, but he is also more flexible on key issues. He does things according to principles and doesn't know how to be flexible, which makes leaders and colleagues dislike him. In fact, when it comes to the root of human nature, it is still a character expression of "dare not take responsibility", fearing that you will take responsibility for doing things flexibly, while copying the system has nothing to do with yourself if you are wrong.
the leader promotes his subordinates in order to let him manage the team. If an honest man is promoted as a leader, it is difficult for an honest man to manage a team. Perhaps this honest man's business ability, hard work style and professionalism are all good, but he can do things by himself, but he can't lead a team well. This is also the conclusion of many years of workplace practice. Honest people are suitable for doing things by themselves, and managers must lead a group of people to do things. The two require different comprehensive qualities.