"Management experience 51" "Manager is a talking tool"

Scene reproduction

======================

On the way home from work today, I ran into the two-faced twins, out of curiosity I walked behind them.

The two brothers seemed to be complaining about something, whining and muttering all the way. It seems that something has been used by others to act as "cannon fodder", and the heart is very angry.

"It was a bad day, altogether was taken advantage of and acted as a tool for others. Feel like a slave, used and used, like a talking tool. ”

"Don't think like that, a fall into your wit bai." Besides, the same trap, you can still be fooled two times not? ”

"Really hard to say, like my IQ, after really long snacks ah." ”

======================

The Little brothers talk, at best, the campus "prank series", I did not care. But I am very mindful of the words in their conversation "slaves", "Talking tools." "Why so familiar?"

"The Slave is a talking tool," which is the great Aristotle's assertion. It was first seen in a political textbook. There was an argument for the tragic plight of the slaves at that time, and for us to recognize from the side the ruthlessness and ruthlessness of the thinkers representing the slave owners. The Slavery Society has gone away from us, but is it possible to interpret the mutual use of modern people as tools? (I'm not going to read the whole community today, I'm just narrowing it down to the "management experience" circle.) ）

There are a lot of articles on the web about project management, communication, quality, risk, cost, time, team and so on, no matter what kind of topic you can search for thousands of or even tens of thousands of articles or blog posts. I remember a year ago read a blog post, because time has forgotten the topic, probably means to teach you how to manage your boss, how to use the boss for their own work. Is it not the "slaves" of the subordinates that the "slaves are the tools of speech" now? I suddenly feel my "pathetic, pathetic", starting from the bottom, from the small big, weak strong, but to the end is only subordinate (or organization) use a tool? Don't be sad!!

Remember two years ago the company to adapt to the market, need to streamline the organization, business restructuring, transformation, so from the outside to the management consultant team, did an internal investigation. One of the research reports, "What do you think you should do in the company?" I still remember the question. At the end of the research report, we learned in gossip that the answer is no more than

"I am the project manager, mainly managing the project as a whole to ensure that the project achieves its intended objectives. ”

"I preside over the accounting work of our company. ”

"I am in charge of the business department. ”

"I am in charge of logistical support. ”

"I manage a team of 80 people, mainly to coordinate the work between them. ”

　　But few people write this:

"I am mainly for each subordinate service, to provide them with the necessary resources to ensure that their work smoothly, in the deliberations, decision-making I lead brainstorming, brainstorming, I more like a ' big housekeeper '

"My task is to provide our manager with the information he needs to make the right decisions. ”

"I am responsible for summarizing and analysing the data presented below, and studying what products the company's customers will need in the future." ”

"The first-hand information that the company needs in the face of decision-making is my preparation. ”

　　The answer to the next two groups, I can feel the latter's answers are "humble", "service to others", "like slavery", and even the extreme analogy to "be used by others" tool. Do you not have the illusion that you have acted as a project manager?

"A single test requires a high-performance server. ”

"XXX project can not solve, follow-up work may lag behind." ”

"The sudden change of style, the lack of personnel, the need to borrow others, the need for additional staff." ”

When the subordinate is unable to continue the follow-up job because of a problem, the project manager seems to be regarded as the omnipotent "tool", they will throw the problem to you, you will use the organization to give the project manager power to solve (or weaken) all the problems, you in the eyes of the subordinate is "omnipotent tool", do you want to deny it

　The answer to these two types of people is that they view themselves differently from others (or organizations). If a person only knows the hard way, stressing his authority, no matter how high his position, at best, is only the "subordinate" of others. Conversely, a person who knows how to serve others and who is responsible for results, even if he is humble and small, should be considered "manager" because he is accountable to others and to the organization as a whole.

　　If you want to be a real manager, you should regard yourself as a "tool" and even put the "tool manual" on your chest. Only in this way can the user know what knowledge, talents, and skills you have in order to be used by others.

"Slaves are a talking tool," and now the workplace "managers are seen as talking tools" is not a sad thing, a manifestation of self-improvement. Network once circulated a word "not afraid to be exploited, I'm afraid you're useless." A counter-tradition to the "use" of the word cognition, subvert the people have always been "used" aversion and disgust, from the positive aspects of the secret to be successful is "not afraid of being used," is afraid you useless ", emphasizing that people should be used in the achievement of their own, Elevate yourself.

This "tool" is not the "tool", are you ready?

---------------------------------------------------------------Novice QQ Management Exchange Group: 295388584 Interactive (Management experience Exchange station): Glxdjlz just preliminary, Rookie Collection in ...

"Management experience 51" "Manager is a talking tool"