At this time, I went to ask the old director: "You are really a wise man. Yes, I came here to ask you a question today."
Regarding the thing I was planning to do, I still feel a little unsure until now. Although Director Leng agreed with my idea in principle, I also felt his caution from his words at the time. And now.
For me, I think the most critical thing about this matter is the feasibility issue. The old director is a senior expert in admissions, and his level and knowledge are definitely much higher than Director Liang, so I feel that I must ask this person
You can only make the final decision after consulting an elder.
He glanced at me, and then looked at the float on the fishing line he threw in the fish pond. It was a sunny day today, with some sunshine, but he could not feel a trace of warmth. There was a breeze, and when the breeze blew over the water,
Silk-soft ripples rippled on the surface.
He was still looking at the water, but he said: "Winter fishing pursues sunshine, which means that when fishing in winter, you should choose good weather with sunshine, and when fishing, find a good fishing spot facing the sun. Fish are very sensitive to water temperature.
They are sensitive to hooks and eat in places with high water temperatures. In those sunny and leeward waters, the water temperature is significantly higher than in other places, which is of course the first choice for winter fishing. When fishing in summer, fish look for hooks because fish are active in summer.
, has a strong appetite and looks for food everywhere. The reason is very simple. I have already retired, and you took the initiative to come to me without bringing the two deputy directors, which already explains the problem. "
I gave him a thumbs up and said, "Old director, as the saying goes, the older you are, the hotter you are. You are truly a wise man!"
He turned sideways and glanced at me, "Xiao Feng, don't ask me questions yet. I'll ask you a few questions first."
I hastily and respectfully said: "You said it."
He immediately asked me: "How do you think we can manage a unit well?"
I was stunned for a moment because I didn't expect that he would suddenly ask me such a question. After thinking about it, I answered: "Make rules and regulations and then strictly implement them."
He shook his head disapprovingly and said: "It is not easy to formulate rules and regulations? But which unit has really strictly implemented them? Our country has been that love is greater than the law and power is greater than the law for thousands of years. I don't think you can do it completely.
Strictly implement those systems. You are a soft-hearted person, yet strong at the same time, and sometimes you are too soft-hearted. Haha! I can't read faces, but I can sense your characteristics from your previous conversation with me.
I am several decades old and have experienced so many things, but at least under normal circumstances I still don’t misjudge a person.”
I suddenly thought about how I handled the Man Jiangnan incident today, and that I really have the character he said, and I immediately said with emotion: "You are right. To be honest, I really don't know how to manage an organization."
, I used to be the director of a hospital, and I just did things down-to-earth, gave new hope to employees, and created better treatment for them, in order to gain everyone's recognition and respect. I think this approach is quite effective.
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He said: "You can do this when you are the director of the hospital, and there will be no big problems if you do this now as the admissions director. But in the future, if you want to be a bigger leader and move to a bigger position, this won't work."
Already."
I hurriedly said respectfully: "Then, what should I do?"
He looked at the water and said slowly: "Generally, when the highway is about to come down, it is a roundabout road, not a straight road. There are no straight roads in the world. Why? Because the speed of the car on the highway is too fast.
No matter how much you draw a skull on your sign to slow down, it is useless. You will get into a lot of trouble if you rush like this. Therefore, the people who designed the expressway had a very simple idea. They don’t need anything, just draw a big curve for you.
You can't slow down even if you don't want to. This is the best leadership. Talking is useless, and scolding is useless. Creating a situation is most useful. The situation is always stronger than the person, so you have to slow down obediently. People who know how to lead are like this, they are irrelevant.
There is no warning, but he will create the situation and formulate a system to make you do it obediently. Therefore, top leaders lead the thinking of employees, and ordinary leaders watch over the behavior of employees."
I think what he said makes sense, but I don’t think so in my heart: Since you know these truths, but now everyone in recruitment is trying to find ways to make their own money, it’s impossible that you don’t know these things, right? It’s because of you
The indulgence in management in the past has caused me to be unable to strictly stop everyone now, because I know that once it involves the interests of the majority of people, you must be cautious. Of course I will take care of such things in the future, but for now
It's not the time yet.
But my mouth still said: "You are right."
But he looked at me again and said, "Xiao Feng, are you a bit duplicitous? In fact, you should understand the provincial recruitment situation by now, and you have also discovered that there are many problems in it. Is that right?"
I suddenly felt embarrassed and said, "There are some problems, but such problems exist in any organization."
He shook his head and said: "Xiao Feng, you will know why after I tell you a true historical story. Before Emperor Kangxi died, he imprisoned those officials who were particularly capable and honest.
Many people didn't understand and thought that the emperor might be old and confused. Later, when Emperor Yongzheng came to the throne, people suddenly understood Emperor Kangxi's intention: he wanted to protect those old ministers in this way, and at the same time,
In order to create an opportunity for the new emperor to show kindness, those old ministers were all very respected ministers, and the new emperor had nothing to reward them. But this method was completely different. Immediately after Emperor Yongzheng came to the throne,
Just release these people from prison, do you think these people can't be grateful to him and loyal to him to the death?"
I didn't understand what he meant for a while: Where and where is this? But I soon understood, "You mean, the current situation in the provincial recruitment office is the result of your deliberate indulgence?"
He looked at me and said with great satisfaction: "Xiao Feng, you can draw inferences from one example, which shows that you are indeed very smart. Provincial recruitment is mainly routine work, and it is difficult to do innovative work. In other words, in such a unit, it is difficult to do innovative work.
It is difficult to make political achievements. I have been there, and I know that it is not that easy for current cadres to make progress, unless you have a particularly strong backing. Just having a backing is not enough? You must also have political achievements before you can make progress.
The leaders behind you speak for you, right? I have worked in the Provincial Admissions Office for more than ten years, and I am very affectionate there. I love my family and my family, and I also hope to leave something for my successor. So, after I retire,
I started thinking about it a few years ago: After the office building is repaired, the province’s annual training system for admissions directors has been formed, so what else can my next one do?”
I was greatly moved, and at the same time I had a lot of admiration for him, "Old director, you are such a good leader."
He looked at me again and said, "You seem to have said something before, which is called 'the people in the past planted trees and the people in the future will enjoy the shade', right? I don't agree with your statement. It is right for the people in the past to plant trees, but it must be done
Give future generations better soil and good seeds. Only in this way can we truly care for our descendants. If the predecessors plant trees for others to enjoy the shade, it will harm their descendants, because they are cultivated in that way.
It’s the laziness of future generations.”
I couldn't help but admire, "You said it so well!"
He looked at me and said, "Xiao Feng, don't you think it's strange? Why did I say so much to you today? Is it just because you came to see me? And you went fishing with me?"
In fact, I am also very confused about this issue, because I had no hope of getting more teachings from him today. The most I could do was to ask for his opinions or views on that matter. But I didn’t expect that he would say such a thing to me.
The words to know your heart and yourself better. (To be continued)