This seems to be a very simple concept, but many managers do not pay attention to it, can not do it, many people think that the vision is a company-level thing, it seems to have little to do with themselves, then, it means that your understanding of management is still at a shallow level.
Whether it's running a company or managing a department,"Vision and values"All are very important, and Jim Collins famously says in "Forever Young", that the great foundations that really make a name for life have one thing in common: a "vision" that inspires and helps employees make important decisions.
I recently visited Mr. Wang, the founder of a company in Foshan, and when I asked him if the company's vision and values were clear, he replied no. I think it is difficult for such a company to gather excellent talents to work, because the more excellent the talents, the more they hope to have a direction and a future!The sense of security of the basic employees, the sense of belonging of the middle team, and the sense of direction of the top team. Different levels have their own emphasis.
As a business operator, you may not think far when you start a business, but as the company gets bigger and bigger, you should think about this problem, otherwise your team will only focus on a little bit of immediate interests, and you don't need big ideals to be a mediocre business, but if you want to be an excellent enterprise, you should bring a little idealism and give employees a clear vision and direction.
To build your vision, it's important to build an authentic vision with goals and values. Be clear about where you're headed, state your goals succinctly, and be straightforward about your values, which are the guidelines you use to guide your employees' work behaviors. As a business leader, you should share the company's vision and values when you go to the world, and Liu Chuanzhi will share the company's development vision and company values with employees whether he goes to the European branch or the American company.
To be a leader is to be a strategy, a mechanism, and a culture
Culture should be talked about every day, and the system should be grasped every day!
As a department head, your responsibility is not only to spread the company's vision and values, but also to practice the company's values, and more importantly, you should establish your team vision for your team, for example, the vision of our department is to become the company's management norms, the most team spirit and innovative department, and become the company's benchmark department.
This is something that many managers overlook, and never discuss the vision of their department and the values of the team culture with the team, resulting in no cohesion and no morale. As a department leader, you should convey a vision to the team that everyone agrees with, so that everyone feels that you are a leader who wants to do something very much, and you want the department to be better and better, and everyone can grow and be happy under your leadership. This is to give everyone on the team a clear mental orientation!This positioning will give everyone a hint that I am part of the best team, I should perform better, and I can't hold the team back. This is how the department's vision and culture motivate employees.
I suggest that if you are a department director or manager, you should discuss with the team what the vision and culture of the team should be, write down the conclusions of the discussion, share them with each employee, and use visual tools to form a team commitment slogan to warn yourself and the team's behavior. For example, you ask an employee, what kind of leader do you like me to be?Employees will tell you what it means to be a leader in their vision, and it will help you even more.
I suggest that the CEOs of those growing companies do not just focus on making money, the growth of the company is not your personal tool, but a public tool, it is a living organization, which embodies the happiness and hope of many employees, so please stop and think about the company's vision and values, and discuss it with your team.
If you want to be an excellent company, you should be a little idealistic and start thinking about the company's vision and values.