Chapter 8 Chapter 8: Cao Cao Cooks Wine and Discusses Talents

Chapter 8: Cao Cao Cooks Wine and Discusses Talents 1. Setaria cannot grow into cabbage A wise man has skills.Inspect and ask it slightly to observe its words.Poor words, in order to observe the changes.Conspire with each other to see its sincerity.Ask clearly to see his virtue.To make money from afar, to see its honesty.Try it with color to see its chastity.It is difficult to tell, to see its courage.Get drunk with wine to observe its state. ——Tang·Zhao Rui, "Long and Short Classics·Fifth Knowing People" It is said that the "Eastern Han State-owned Assets Management Corporation" is a state-owned unit that is both an official and an enterprise. As the company's CEO, Cao Cao has always been resourceful and good at capital operations. Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other low-cost expansion methods have allowed Donghan Company to rapidly develop into a super enterprise integrating diversified operations such as agriculture, industry, commerce, investment and wealth management, and rank among the top ten enterprises in the country.Since Donghan Company took over Xuzhou Company as a creditor, it resolutely began to enter the home appliance market by using Xuzhou Company's existing production lines.Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other people were also included as employees of the Eastern Han Company.

Liu Bei was surprised to find out that Emperor Han Xiandi, the chairman of the board of directors of the Eastern Han Company, and him were clan relatives, descendants of the commoner emperor Liu Bang.In terms of seniority, he is still the uncle of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.Therefore, everyone called Liu Bei the Uncle Liu Huang of the Eastern Han Company. Nominated by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei entered the board of directors of Donghan Company and became a director of the company.However, due to the imperfect corporate governance structure, the board of directors is useless, and the real power is completely controlled by Cao Cao.Many members of the board of directors believed that, as the CEO of the Eastern Han Company, Cao Cao was "named Prime Minister of Han, but he was actually a traitor of Han".They even secretly conspired to try to get rid of Cao Cao.

Liu Bei, who has experienced many trials and hardships, has become extremely cautious. He knows that Cao Cao is cruel and ruthless.So, he said to Cao Cao: "I want to set up a vegetable research institute to research and cultivate green and pollution-free vegetables." Cao Cao casually flipped through his feasibility report, smiled, and agreed to allocate 200,000 yuan to start the operation. funding. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei didn't understand Liu Bei's choice, and asked him, "Brother, why don't you pay attention to finding opportunities to do great things, but learn how farmers grow vegetables?"

Liu Bei replied: "Growing vegetables is a great science. You see, when the seeds of foxtail are planted in the ground, no matter how hard I water them, they just can't grow into cabbage, and even my garden will be ruined. You know this What's the point?" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei asked blankly, "Brother, what are you talking about? Why can't we understand?" In fact, Liu Bei is still obsessed with his Xuzhou company.He thought he was an excellent manager, brave to explore, courteous and corporal, kind to employees, and valued team building.Many excellent talents are also willing to use him regardless of salary, such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others, all of whom have high loyalty.But why couldn't this benevolent and honest management style influence Lu Bu?And it was this Lu Bu who made Liu Bei lose the Xuzhou company forever.

What's the problem?Liu Bei finally figured it out.If you want cabbage, don't grow foxtail seeds, even a good one.In the practical work of human resources development and management in an enterprise, defining the qualifications and selecting the right talents is the most critical first step.Once the person is wrong, everything is wrong.So, how can we choose the right talent?This depends on the manager's ability to identify "seeds". Liu Bei planted vegetables for more than half a year in the research institute, and also studied the seeds for more than half a year. 2. Cao Cao's corner "entertainment" material

On this day, Liu Bei was watering vegetables in the garden, and Cao Cao sent his assistants Xu Chu and Zhang Liao to invite him.Knowing that the relationship between Cao Cao and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was very tense, Liu Bei couldn't help but panic, and quickly asked a few question marks in his heart: 1. I am a member of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao suddenly sent someone to look for me. What is his intention? 2. Both Xu Chu and Zhang Liao are assistants to the president. They are high-ranking and powerful. It is not easy to meet each other on weekdays. Today, two big bosses are working. This situation seems quite unusual, doesn't it?

3. My purpose of growing vegetables is to pretend to stay away from the power struggle of the company. Is there any flaw exposed? Zhang Liao was originally an old employee of the Xuzhou company. When he took over the Xuzhou company, he had already been included in the list of dismissed personnel.Guan Yu told Cao Cao that Zhang Liao was a worthy talent and should be retained.Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao has become Cao Cao's favorite general since then, and has been promoted step by step until today.When he met Liu Bei, he still called him Mr. Liu. Liu Bei corrected him and said, "I am no longer Mr. Liu, so you can change your words in the future! Oh, why did Mr. Cao suddenly think of me?"

Zhang Liao said, "I don't know either. He only asked us to come and invite us, and he didn't say anything else." Liu Bei anxiously followed the two to the CEO's office.Cao Cao was looking at the company's financial statements for this month, and when he came in, he motioned for him to sit down.Liu Bei greeted: "Hello, Mr. Cao! I haven't seen you for more than half a year." Cao Cao raised his head and replied, "I heard that you are very good at growing carrots. I sent someone to purchase some vegetables grown in the garden of your research institute. I specially invite you to come and share them."

Liu Bei smiled pleasingly and said: "Cao Boss wants to eat fresh vegetables, and they will be delivered right away after a phone call. What else can I buy?" Cao Cao cleaned up the table, stood up and said to Liu Bei: "You are our Uncle Liu Huang, how dare you disrespect me?" At that moment, the two came to the company's restaurant together, sat down in a luxuriously decorated private room, and ordered the food to be served quickly.Cao Cao also specially ordered the bartender to cook wine with fresh plums. Cao Cao said: "Have you heard the story of 'Looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst'? That's a piece of 'entertainment' material about me. The reporter of "Three Kingdoms Business Daily" also deliberately published it as a model case of crisis management and published it on the front page. In fact, this plum produces body fluid and appetizers, and it has a unique flavor when cooked in wine."

Liu Bei said: "I also read that newspaper. It said that Mr. Cao participated in an experiential training with some employees of the company last year to train everyone's survival ability. During the training, they ran out of drinks and everyone was so thirsty. You came up with a clever idea, pointed to the front and said: Not far ahead, there is a plum grove full of sour and sweet plums. When the employees heard that, their tongues were filled with saliva, and they speeded up eagerly, and persisted in passing the time. in danger." Cao Cao smiled and said, "Wow, you! You are growing vegetables while reading "Three Kingdoms Business Daily". You are really a modern vegetable farmer!"

Liu Bei didn't know what he meant, and was secretly frightened. Cao Cao said: "I have always attached great importance to the education and training of employees. As an enterprise, it is an unshirkable responsibility to cultivate talents for the society. What's more, training talents is also an effective way to develop human resources. This is a good thing that benefits society and enterprises. " Liu Bei nodded and said, "Mr. Cao has a lofty vision, and he is indeed a star entrepreneur in China." 3. Character Traits of a Hero Cao Cao pondered for a while, then asked: "Taking advantage of green plums cooking wine to add to the fun, you and I will come to a small 'Entrepreneur Summit Forum'. Tell me, in today's business world, who are there? Can you be called a hero?" Liu Bei said: "Yuan Shu, the president of Huainan Company, has a fortune of over 100 million. He is a hero, right?" Cao Cao laughed and said, "What kind of hero is he? Sooner or later, I will beat him into a bear." Liu Bei asked again: "So, where is Yuan Shao, the chairman of the Hebei company? There are also Liu Biao, the general manager of Jingzhou company, Sun Ce, the chairman of the Jiangdong Group company, Liu Zhang, the president of Yizhou Industrial Co., Ltd... Are they heroes?" Cao Cao said: "Yuan Shao is sloppy in his work, at best he is a big black bear. Liu Biao is a grizzly bear. Sun Ce is a brown bear. Liu Zhang looks a lot like a panda." Liu Bei asked strangely: "Why did Mr. Cao comment on them like this?" Cao Cao said: "I know aptitude assessment. What is aptitude assessment? It is to test a person's personality orientation, evaluate his strengths and weaknesses, and whether his personality matches his position. How does one famous saying say? Thought determines Behavior, behavior determines habits, habits determine character, and character determines destiny. The so-called destiny is actually the result of one's own character." This is the first time Liu Bei heard about aptitude testing, and he said curiously: "I have heard the teacher say that personality determines destiny in school. I heard you say that today, so it turns out that a person's personality can also be tested, which is really interesting!" Cao Cao said: "After the evaluation, if a person knows his own strengths, he can make use of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, so that he can choose a career that suits him and make a difference. In the same way, if we know the strengths of employees, we can know people and do good things. To the rational allocation of human resources. On the contrary, if we know the opponent's weaknesses, we can avoid the real and attack his vital points." Liu Bei asked: "So, how did you evaluate it?" Cao Cao said: "I divide personalities into four types: lively, powerful, perfect, and peaceful. The few people you mentioned just now: Yuan Shao is a perfect character, bold and courageous, always planning, and doing great things. Cherishing his body, forgetting his life when he sees small profits, these are the fatal weaknesses of his character, so he will fail sooner or later..." Liu Bei asked: "Where is Sun Ce, who is known as the little overlord of Jiangdong?" Cao Cao said: "Sun Ce is a powerful person. He is domineering, impatient, reckless, and impatient, so he cannot have a great future. As for Liu Biao, he is a lively personality. He likes to talk, talk but not practice. He is easily emotional, so it is impossible for him to achieve any great career. And Liu Zhang from Yizhou Company has a peaceful personality, timid and fearful, lack of enthusiasm and sense of responsibility, lazy, sloppy, this kind of person is obviously not going to be very promising of." Hearing his analysis, Liu Bei suddenly felt refreshed, and continued to ask: "According to Mr. Cao, what is a hero?" Cao Cao replied: "A hero is a character of 'perfect + strength'. He has both heroism and majesty, so he can be called a hero. Therefore, a real hero has depth, loves to think, is good at analysis, and has creativity. Strength, orderliness, attention to details, these are the advantages of a perfect personality; in addition, a real hero also has the advantages of a powerful personality such as lofty vision, clear goals, resolute actions, and strong will. A real hero is like this, with a big heart Ambitious, well-planned, harboring the opportunity of the universe, swallowing the ambition of the world, possessing outstanding wisdom and leadership charisma." Liu Bei asked, "Who is such a hero?" Cao Cao said: "Today, there are only two heroes, you and me!" Liu Bei was taken aback again, and even dropped his chopsticks to the ground.Just at this moment, a thunderstorm exploded outside the window, Liu Bei took the opportunity to cover up and said, "This thunder is really scary!" Cao Cao asked: "Are gay men also afraid of thunder?" Liu Bei said: "I am naturally timid. Especially when I was 13 years old, a neighbor was struck to death by lightning while walking under a big tree. Since then, I have been terrified when I heard thunder." Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei suspiciously, and thought to himself: Did I miss it?Is this guy more timid than Liu Zhang? Liu Bei patted his heart, and asked calmly: "Don't heroes have weaknesses in character?" Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Heroes are always good at making use of their strengths and know how to overcome their weaknesses." 4. The Enlightenment of the Lu Bu Incident Liu Bei suddenly thought of someone and asked, "Is Lu Bu a hero?" Cao Cao laughed and said, "Lü Bu is at best a powerful talent, similar to Sun Ce, not a hero." Liu Bei asked: "According to Mr. Cao, why can't I, a 'hero', manage Lu Bu well?" Cao Cao said: "Did you know that there is a writer named Wu Cheng'en who wrote a book in later generations. There are four Tang Seng, mentor and apprentice in the book, among which Tang Seng has a perfect personality, Sun Wukong has a powerful personality, and Zhu Bajie has a lively personality. Monk Sha has a peaceful personality. Then, how does the perfect Tang Seng manage the powerful Monkey King? The answer is that he can recite the magic spell." Liu Bei patted his head and said, "So it's because I don't know how to use spells!" Cao Cao said with a smile: "No, first of all, it's because you don't know how to evaluate talents. If you know how to do it, you can understand that everyone has strengths and weaknesses in character. For the strengths of talents, you can encourage them well. For the weaknesses, you Then you can recite the curse!" Liu Bei exclaimed: "This talent evaluation is really amazing! First, it can be used to select talents. Second, it can also help talents develop their strengths and overcome their shortcomings, thus making them successful in their careers. Third, and most The important point is that the personal future of talents can be combined with the development of the enterprise, so that the personal pursuit of talents and the development goals of the enterprise can be realized together.” Cao Cao said with a smile: "Yes, if you had understood this principle earlier, the tragedy of Lu Bu and Xuzhou Company's double defeat would not have happened!" Liu Bei suddenly remembered the garden of the research institute, and suddenly realized: "Your talent assessment technology is actually the same as how I cultivate good varieties of vegetables. As long as I choose the seeds and manage them well, my garden will be A piece of verdant green." Cao Cao was finally relieved: Uncle Liu is only thinking about how to grow vegetables, and he will not pose any danger to me in the board of directors. Tomorrow, I will allocate another 100,000 yuan to him, and let him be in charge of the Donghan Company’s vegetable basket project. How to "find the right talents" is the primary issue of human resource development.A wrong decision can cost you dearly.Not just financial expenses, but in terms of the company's operating efficiency, you and other employees will suffer losses in the process, and even your work team will suffer greatly. author comment "Finding the right talent" involves the following three steps: First, define the main tasks required for the position; Second, define the conditions required for the most suitable candidates, including occupational aptitude, qualifications, physique, etc.; Third, match the candidate with the position he is responsible for. In this process, your ability to identify talents is crucial.You need to be vigilant and ask yourself: "Is this really the talent I need?" You can use an effective technique and tool, that is talent assessment. Only by matching talents and positions can you get a competent subordinate.Otherwise, even though you are very talented, you will not be able to use it in the end.