Chapter 26 Good business doesn't need a cult of personality, January 25

Vanke never created my cult of personality.Vanke's office has neither Wang Shi's artistic portrait nor Wang Shi's quotations; when Wang Shi is mentioned, Vanke's staff can't help but stand up and take off their hats and bow.Vanke's corporate culture never encourages the cult of personality. Once, during an online roadshow, someone raised a question, saying that the employees of Vanke intentionally created a cult of personality for Wang Shi, so it seemed uncomfortable to outsiders.Wang Shi pointed out that this friend actually did not know the real situation inside Vanke.

Wang Shi believes that his second major contribution to Vanke is to solve the problem of the relationship between the founders and professional managers of the company.It is undeniable that without Wang Shi there would be no Vanke today, but Wang Shi's mentality is obviously very good. He did not regard Vanke as his own, but stepped towards the society and the public with an open mind. Wang Shi abandoned the deep-rooted "landlord consciousness" of the Chinese people, because what he wanted was a larger, more open stage and an increasingly sound and good organization. A mature entrepreneur does not need to cultivate a personality cult in the enterprise, let alone hold the company tightly.Actively creating a more open and broader stage is what enterprises really need.