The students showed envious expressions, calling "Li Zong" before and "Li Zong" after. Ah Hao also gave a red envelope to share his joy.
A month later, A Hao came to me and talked about his feelings after he took office. He felt that he was beginning to feel a little overwhelmed. He thinks that since he is the new leader of this department, he should make some achievements. So he carried out his work tasks with a more serious attitude. His working methods are as follows:
Struggle with colleagues in the front line every day, stay up late to catch up with the progress, and work longer than subordinates;
Undertake all matters related to business development through their professional ability;
Rejecting all external social activities and shielding external information are just trying to overcome the difficulties of the project.
He lamented that this execution was harder and more energetic than when he was an employee. Contrary to expectations, the deadline is approaching, but his project progress has not improved at all. As a leader, he feels a lot of pressure.
See the question "Why are you a leader and still doing your original job?"
"Because of my strong business ability, the company took a fancy to my ability, so I was arranged to be a leader. Shouldn't I work harder to highlight my ability advantages? "
After listening to A Hao's answer, I finally know why he feels hard at work: standing in the position of a leader, but doing things with the way of thinking of ordinary employees.
This is a dilemma that many new leaders will face, but they can't find their place in their duties. This is easy to produce self-doubt, pressure surge, feeling at a loss, all because I fell into three workplace traps!
Trap 1: The ability trap: Take Ahao as an example. He is engaged in the development of metal business and is a leader in the industry. He was promoted to the leading manager, and his misunderstanding was that I was promoted because of my outstanding business ability. During my leadership, I need to do my business well, so as to maximize my value.
So during his one-month tenure, Ahao only focused on what he was good at, and devoted most of his time to it, working harder than when he was an employee. Over time, these things he is good at occupy his thinking space and working time. How can he have other energy to deal with other problems? He is a leading manager, not just a department salesman!
When a person is too focused on his own abilities, he will ignore many opportunities for flexibility that are important to him. At this point, A Hao's advantage in ability has become a trap, completely imprisoned and restricted by his own ability, and the dilemma of painting the land as a prison has emerged.
Ways to get rid of the ability trap 1 and change the way of thinking.
We have always stressed that to do anything, we must first make a goal plan, split the steps, and guide the work direction through the goal plan. If you are a leader, you must get rid of this work concept. Social psychologist Carl? Wick said, how do I know what I'm thinking? I didn't know until I saw what I had done!
In other words, first you must act like a leader, and then you can get the ideas and thinking that leaders should have. Taking the first step, we can get a steady stream of ideas in practice, constantly adjust the direction of progress and update the goals of our work. Instead of guiding your work through planning, this is very passive.
2, strive for full contact with the outside world, as a bridge of contact.
There are two types of "core" leaders and "bridge" leaders in the workplace. When you only pay attention to the internal affairs, goal setting, tasks and indicators of the team, you belong to the "central" leader. This kind of leadership management team has high efficiency and good performance, but it is unfavorable and limited to the personal development of leaders and the development of the company. A Hao belongs to this type of leader. He only focuses on doing a good job and shielding all external information, which easily leads to self-limitation.
When you are keen to connect the team with relevant external organizations, fully obtain all kinds of favorable external resources, and combine them with the internal needs of the company, which can often bring important information and resources to the team, then you belong to the "bridge" leader. Compared with the "central" leadership, this can achieve faster results in creative products and novel services, and proceed from the overall situation and make overall plans, so the company's structure will be improved. So I suggest that Ah Hao should learn to be a "bridge-type" leader and not rest on its laurels. 3. Allocate time reasonably and reserve time for dealing with emergencies.
According to a survey by Harvard University, 60% of the time of corporate executives is spent in meetings. Some managers will think that it is more efficient to spend more time on internal affairs. On the contrary, a truly excellent manager is willing to spend a lot of time establishing contact with other departments or higher-level leaders.
Leaders should release part of their free time for strategic thinking and plan the overall situation at the highest point instead of focusing on solving immediate problems. The practice of Google fully proves this point. Google will let every employee have 20% time to do their own thing, so it has hatched excellent products such as Google Mail and Android system.
Scarcity also mentioned that the scarcest resource in the world is time. In particular, leaders who are busy with daily affairs are particularly scarce, requiring us to spend our limited time on the cutting edge of important things.
Trap 2: Interpersonal Trap A Hao believes that in order to promote the progress of the project, I have blocked all social activities, and he will only seek help from the industry circle when encountering problems, which is more targeted and will never waste time on other useless social activities.
If you have this idea as a leader, it will be fatal! You know, your layout is not just a pile of documents in front of you, but a project in your hand. You have to stand at the top to plan the whole project and even the development direction of the company. Therefore, your social circle must be extensive, and you should be careful to manage these social activities that will bring you opportunities in the future.
Ways to get rid of the trap of interpersonal communication 1. Fully expand your interpersonal circle from point to point.
Without outside help, we can't do everything well, and get more information through outside information channels, so as to cope with all kinds of changes flexibly.
My boss has done a good job in this respect. He never refuses any circles worthy of attention. For example, we are in the metal industry, and his vision is not limited to this industry. He will also walk into different types of circles such as the Internet, banks and securities, and always pay attention to the dynamics of these circles.
Once, our team had to deal with an emergency beyond risk control. The situation is very special and can't be missed. When everyone was at a loss, the leader asked us to contact a cow in the risk control department of an exchange. Through his matchmaking, we found the contact person responsible for supervising the project audit and held meetings again and again. In the end, this unexpected event was successfully solved.
Interpersonal skills are the soft power of your workplace. You must attach importance to it and make use of it. When you can't solve the problem or have no direction, these interpersonal circles you have established are your guiding lights.
2. Use the six-degree separation theory
All strangers in the world can establish contact only through a few intermediaries. This is the famous "six degrees of separation Theory". This theory doesn't mean that anyone needs to pass CET-6 to get in touch with others, but that any two strangers can get in touch with each other in some way.
This six-degree separation theory is very suitable for building your interpersonal circle. Take Ahao, for example. He met a big coffee maker in the metal industry. Ahao can get to know other great people around him through the relationship of big coffee. So your social circle will spread all over different industries, and you will get more channels and more opportunities.
Trap 3: Reality Trap A Hao believes that as long as I immerse myself in my own project, stick to my own style and stick to my own goals, I will not easily deviate from the track. But if you change yourself according to the environment, you will lose your self and lose your luminous point. Therefore, he has always adhered to his beliefs, being himself and not changing.
But the biggest problem with this kind of "truth" is that they use the past standards to define truth, while ignoring the trend of social change. Just like a chameleon, in the dangerous nature, it must have the ability to change its skin color at any time in order to protect itself to the greatest extent. Excellent leaders thrive in the unpredictable workplace because they learn to adapt to the changes of the times at any time. He who knows the times is a hero. You stubbornly stick to your true self, never change, and will be overwhelmed by the big waves of social development trends at any time.
The way to get rid of the authenticity trap is 1. Be good at being an "improviser"
The core of avoiding the authenticity trap is to expand the self-concept. Your way of doing things and thinking should not be the same. On the contrary, you should be good at being an impromptu. Take my leader as an example. He gives the impression that he is serious and dignified, but he has different performances on different occasions. When sharing experiences with peers, he is rigorous and solemn; When talking to students, he is humorous; When reporting to the government leaders, he is meticulous and cautious. Facing different audiences, he knows what attitude he should change.
Be good at improvisation and don't feel false guilt, because excellent leaders always insist on taking core self-values and goals as the center. These timely and changeable changes are carried out in order to better focus on your goals and will not deviate from your goals and directions.
2. Learn to imitate the example
Imitating an example is a good way to make progress and change. Writer Wilson? Mikel said: if you imitate a writer, it is plagiarism; But if you imitate many writers, it is research.
Indeed, when you appreciate one person's style of doing things, admire another person's way of doing things, and feel the same way about one person's point of view, then I suggest you take its essence, learn its respective advantages, and become your own unique skill through modification, perfection and integration. Over time, you will become the person you want to be!
Learning to imitate an example will broaden your learning mind, broaden your horizons and increase the channels for you to accept advantages, and your pattern will naturally open up.