Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Identifying Good Talents and Mediocre Talents

It is common for many new leaders to complain that their current subordinates are not as good as their previous ones, so they find various excuses to mobilize their former subordinates, but this often does not achieve better results.On the one hand, it made the work of the past subordinates more unstable, and made the existing subordinates feel more disgusted with the new leader. In fact, the ultimate reason for this phenomenon is that some leaders hold the concept of "one king, one courtier" in employing people. They often compare the various qualities of their current subordinates with those of their former subordinates, and they see more of the current situation. Weaknesses of subordinates.

No one is perfect, if you only know their shortcomings, you can't know people; if you can value the advantages of people, you can discover more talents. "I am born to be useful", everyone has their own advantages, and he is a talent in that area.The key to being able to recognize people's strengths is to emancipate one's mind, break the shackles of stereotypes and bad habits, and eliminate personal subjective likes and dislikes, that is, to discover talents without sticking to one pattern. The "one style" of "eclectic" refers to the existing norms of the predecessors or one's own habits. Only by breaking the "one style" and boldly employing people can we use good people and do good things.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Mu of Qin used Baili Xi, a slave, which is still a good story. Bailixi was once sent to the state of Qin as the dowry minister of Mrs. Qin Mugong.After that, he fled to Wan County of Chu State, where he was caught as a slave by the people of Chu State.Duke Mu knew that Bailixi was a sage, and wanted to redeem him with a lot of money, but he was afraid that the state of Chu would not give him his identity, so he lowered his status to redeem him at the price of a slave, and sent someone to say to the state of Chu, "My servant Bailixi is with you. , please allow me to redeem him with five sheepskins." So the Chu people released Baili Xi.At this time, Baili Xi was an old man in his seventies. Qin Mugong sent someone to break the shackles, welcome him back and ask him for advice.Qin Mugong talked with him for three days, respected his talent, and named him a doctor. "Doctor Wuyang" is called like this.Later, Duke Mu of Qin recommended him to Uncle Jian, and they jointly assisted Duke Mu of Qin to establish a hegemony.

Qin Mugong broke the stereotypes and made great achievements by appointing slaves. In World War II, Roosevelt appointed the young Eisenhower in the Normandy landing battle. In 1943, the Allied forces decided to implement the Normandy landing operation code-named "Operation Overlord" in 1944.When this plan began to be drawn up in 1942, it was highly valued by the leaders of the United Kingdom and the United States, and it was agreed that the supreme commander of this campaign would be an American.As for the position of Supreme Commander, Marshall is generally favored by the people concerned, because he commanded the U.S. military in the six major battlefields in the world well, has a prominent reputation, and has won full trust at home and abroad.At this time, important figures in the United Kingdom and the United States have made statements.As early as July 31, 1942, Churchill sent a telegram to Roosevelt: "If Marshall is appointed as the supreme commander of 'Operation Overlord', we will definitely agree."

In August 1943, the U.S. Secretary of the Army also stated: "With his prestige, quality and ability, Marshall will definitely be competent.... I don't think there is any more suitable candidate than him." In the fall of 1943, at the Quebec Conference, the heads of the Allied Powers unanimously agreed that Marshall should serve in this position. But what was unexpected was that Roosevelt chose a chief of the Army's combat planning department under Marshall, and 366 generals higher than him were not appointed.To make such a decision, on the one hand, Roosevelt needed Marshall to advise him, but more importantly, Eisenhower had a calm mind, a far-sighted vision, clear and firm military strategic thinking, and was able to make decisive decisions and eliminate the interference of various difficulties.He is also good at taking advantage of the coordinated operations of various arms, and he is cheerful and optimistic in personality, and is good at uniting his subordinates.Based on these reasons, excluding the influence of seniority, Roosevelt solemnly appointed Eisenhower, and finally won the Normandy landing battle.

Knowing people is living, and if you want to live, you can't stick to the old rules. Otherwise, there will be no innovation, you will not be able to find more talents, and you will not be able to make smooth sailing and flourish in your career. Another concept of talent identification that new leaders need to establish is: talent identification must be impartial, not for self-interest, not for personal feelings, not for external pressure.To be impartial, in addition to the noble quality of the leader himself who puts the public first, he must also fight against his own dislikes and loves, dissociate from family affection, and be able to resist external pressure. Relatives and enemies, seeking talents for the country and the public.

After all, "blood is thicker than water". Ordinary people always have a special feeling for their relatives. Whether they are working outside or staying at home, they hope to do something for their relatives.The same is true for friends, a few people share the same goals and love brothers and sisters, and the relationship is really endless and endless.So when it comes to identifying and using talents, which side should the leader's conscience lean toward? Thousands of years ago, a man named Qi Xiru said that "do not avoid relatives when you do it internally, and do not avoid enemies when you do it externally."That is to say, to know and employ people, you must work hard to know and use them as long as they are talents, regardless of whether they are your relatives or your enemies.In identifying talents and promoting talents, Qi Xiru also truly did not avoid relatives and enemies, setting an example for future generations.

Duke Huan of Qi, the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, reused Guan Zhong regardless of his previous enmity, and achieved a lot of hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period.At first, due to Duke Xiang's disorderly government, son Xiaobai and son Jiu fled abroad, assisted by Bao Shuya and Guan Zhong respectively.Duke Xiang was killed, and Ju and Lu, where the two sons fled, sent troops to protect Xiaobai, and Prince Jiu returned home to fight for the throne.Guan Zhong led his troops to lie in ambush on Xiaobai's way back from Ju. Seeing Xiaobai arriving, he stretched his bow and shot him, and Xiaobai fell to the ground. The soldiers were no longer in a hurry to hurry, and they arrived six days later.At this time, Xiaobai, who arrived first, had been established as the king of Qi, Duke Huan of Qi.It turned out that Guan Zhong only shot the metal hook on Xiaobai's waist belt. Xiaobai feigned death and fell to the ground.

Afterwards, when Duke Huan wanted to kill Guan Zhong, Bao Shuya said: "The minister is lucky to follow the king, but the king can stand upright. The king's honor, the minister can't increase the king. The king will live together, that is, Gaoxi and Shu Ya are sufficient; the king wants to Guan Zhong must be the overlord. The country where Yiwu lives is important, and he must not lose it.” So Duke Huan asked Guan Zhong from Lu State to return him, and made him a doctor.Guan Zhong once sighed: "The parents who gave birth to me know me as Uncle Bao." Remember the past and reuse it.If Duke Huan is a person with a very small mind, there will be one less talent in this world, and few people in later generations will know Duke Huan of Qi.

It is really difficult to know people without being bound by relatives and enemies, and it is precisely because of the difficulty that Duke Huan of Qi's knowledge is more brilliant, and Duke Huan of Qi himself has a very high evaluation. Real talents are not "talking on paper", but the key is their actual ability.What the times need are doers, not talkers. What's the use of talk?If you want to talk about the usefulness of empty talk, it is humorous that empty talk can reveal things and harm the country.How to judge whether a person is a talker or a man of action, the method is just to let the talker do practical things.A very simple English proverb can explain the difference between action and empty talk: "Actions speak louder than words", which means that facts speak louder than words.

"Long distance knows horsepower, and time sees people's hearts." It is often difficult for leaders to detect whether a certain person is talented for a while, but intuitively the leader can't bear to give up the opportunity to select talents, so he has to have a try mentality. Perhaps after trial, Xianyong must be self-evident.But the trial is to take risks. If the trial fails, not only will you not find the talents you need, but you will disrupt your order.Smart leaders make a sudden plan, let people go to the lower levels to do things, and through the inspection of their "political achievements", they can find talents and give them promotions.This is indeed a good way.Most modern enterprises and institutions have a probationary period after recruiting talents. After the probationary period expires, the boss will make an evaluation of the performance of the subordinates. Of course, those who can stay are the subordinates who are satisfied with the leaders and are regarded as talents. Sometimes The leader will also select some of the particularly outstanding ones to entrust them with important tasks.This is how leaders use politics to test them and find out their true talents. Sometimes, it is not necessary for a leader to ask all the people to do similar things, but to ask them to do specific things among those who value them more, and to judge whether they are great talents or small talents by looking at their skills in dealing with the world.This part of people is often the object of the leader's investigation. If the leader is satisfied with the work, they are very likely to become the leader's successor.And leaders must be more cautious in choosing their successors, entrust them with politics, and inspect them from time to time.Often the result of choosing a successor just reflects a leader's ability to recognize talent, and is a standard for a leader to speak of whether he has talent or not. Compared with counseling and strategy, the latter focuses more on identifying great talents, while the former can be applied to different groups of people, and is highly operable, and leaders can use it as they wish. During the Three Kingdoms period, "Wolong" and "Fengchu" were equally famous, but at first "Fengchu" Pang Tong was not reused, so he took the recommendation letters from Lu Su and Zhuge Liang to vote for Liu Bei, but he did not take the recommendation letter after he went. come out.Liu Bei didn't understand Pang Tong's talent, so he sent him to Leiyang as county magistrate, but after he took office, he ignored political affairs and spent his days drinking for fun.After someone reported the situation to Liu Bei, Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei to investigate.After Zhang Fei left, as he said, he blamed Pang Tong, saying: "You are in drunkenness all day long, how can you not delay the matter?" Pang Tong asked the people below to bring all the official duties accumulated, and within half a day, he criticized It's over, and it's straight and straight, without any mistakes.Zhang Fei was shocked, and went back to tell Liu Beiju about Pang Tong's talent.Only then did Pang Tong hand in the letter of recommendation.In the letter, Lu Su said that Pang Tong is not a talent who can only manage small counties, and suggested Liu Bei to reuse him.When Zhuge Liang came back at this time, he also called Pang Tong "a great sage in a small job, confused by wine".Only then did Liu Bei realize that Pang Tong was a man of outstanding talent, so he entrusted him with the important task of participating in major military affairs as Zhuge Liang's deputy. Liu Bei appointed Pang Tong, observed his talents, and with the recommendation of Lu Su and Zhuge Liang, he finally found the sage he missed every day. In reality, it is favored by most leaders to entrust political affairs to examine their true talents and practical learning.Here is a typical example. At a job fair, an applicant had enough "hardware", and more importantly, he had been a student union cadre with certain work experience and management skills. Almost all of them are used.He thought that this is a foreign-funded enterprise, and the boss would definitely like this kind of bold and self-promotional subordinate, but the recruiting boss was not fascinated by his words, and first sent him to a small workshop to manage production, and the trial period was three months .As a result, the probationary period expired, and the applicant made a mess of the workshop and had to flee in despair.This leader is smart. He knows that in reality, many people like to talk big and brag about themselves, but when it comes time to do it, they will reveal their truth. Therefore, he arranges a chess game for you to play, and it will naturally reflect whether you can or cannot up. Zhi, that is, wisdom, refers to a person's intelligence.Intelligent talents are more likely to judge the priority of things and find solutions to problems. Leaders need to know the abilities of their subordinates, deliberately make things complicated, and then let the subordinates judge.Sometimes, the leader even says he is confused and asks his subordinates to comment. In this case, it is easier for the leader to recognize talents inadvertently. Li Deyu was talented and intelligent when he was young, and he had outstanding knowledge.His father Li Jifu often praised Li Deyu to his colleagues.When Wu Yuanheng, the prime minister of the court, heard about it, he summoned him and asked him what books he read when he was at home.The implication is to explore his mind.Li Deyu listened but kept silent.Wu Yuanheng told Li Jifu the above situation, and Li Jifu blamed Li Deyu when he returned home.Li Deyu said: "As the emperor's assistant, Duke Wu didn't ask me about governing the country and adapting to the changes of yin and yang, but asked me what books I read. It is the responsibility of the school and the Ministry of Rites to take care of reading. His words are inappropriate, so I don't Answer." Li Jifu relayed these words to Wu Yuanheng, Wu Yuanheng was very ashamed.Some people commented: "From this incident, we can know that Li Deyu is a talent who is a sangong and assists the emperor." When he grew up, Li Deyu really became the prime minister of Emperor Wuzong of Tang Dynasty. Intelligent people will discern the real situation from the confusing and confusing. This sense of direction helps to maintain a clear mind and keen eyesight in actual dealings, so as to gain insight into the essence of things.This is a must-have talent for leaders, and it is also an important factor that leaders should focus on when selecting candidates. It is commendable to be brave and sincere; it is rare to have wisdom, and it is even more difficult to have great wisdom and courage.If a leader can recognize and employ great wisdom and courage, it will definitely bring great help to his career.Because of the talent of both wisdom and courage, on the one hand, he has an extraordinary strategy, and he must go through a careful calculation before doing things, and has comprehensive guidance for future actions; On the one hand, it is often lacking in many talents. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Gao Huan, the founder of the Northern Qi Dynasty, to test the ambition and courage of his sons, first gave each of them a mess and asked them to sort it out.Everyone else tried to sort it out, but his second son Gao Yang drew out his waist knife and cut it off with a single knife, saying: "Those who make chaos should be cut off." Gao Huan admired his approach very much.Then, a few sons were assigned soldiers to let them go around, and then a general was sent to lead troops to pretend to attack them. The other sons were frightened and didn't know what to do. Only the soldiers led by Gao Yang's command fought with the general.The general took off his armor to explain the situation, but Gao Yang still caught him and gave him to Gao Huan.Therefore, Gao Huan praised Gao Yang very much, and said to Changshi Xue Shu: "This son's knowledge and strategy surpass me." Later Gao Yang succeeded Gao Huan's career and became the first emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty.Gao Huan really succeeded by knowing right and wrong, and Gao Yang also achieved a hegemony with his great wisdom and courage.