Excellent work ability does not necessarily make a leader, there are often objective reasons behind it!
A soldier who can't be a general is not a soldier"。Most people are familiar with this proverb. From school onwards, it is often considered an honor to hold a management position; When you enter the workforce, there are clear differences between different levels of employees.
You can get into management, which not only puts you far ahead in terms of remuneration package, but also changes the attitude of your colleagues. Graduates who are new to the workforce may think that they can advance in their careers if they work hard and do their job. But actually, there are a lot of them in the workplace"Regularity"It's different from what we first knew.
Why am I number one but not promoted like everyone else? Faced with this problem, his boss said what he really thought. Xiao Ming is a sales representative of a company, although he has a mediocre education, he is undoubtedly a master of developing business and negotiating orders. When most of his colleagues don't know where to start, he always takes it in stride.
Due to his diligent work attitude, he often takes the initiative to keep in touch with customers after work, Xiao Ning has been working in the company for three years, and can achieve the first good performance every year. However, when the boss wants to promote the sales department"Boss", but he was eclipsed.
On the contrary, the other performance is only at the top.
Three, the top five, usually looks"Be cautious", but was directly promoted to Ning's supervisor. It's clear that he has the best performance, why was someone else promoted?
Ning Hao felt uncomfortable and thought that the boss was partial to others, so he went to the boss's office to talk. The boss confided in his inner thoughts:"I understand that you have emotions, but the questions you ask alone prove that you are not as suitable for a management position as he is.
I never said that people who are promoted to this position are ranked by meritocracy, that is always your personal misunderstanding; Just as the whole school can't just look at the grades when selecting the three good students, the management career shouldn't just look at the professional ability.
The insights in the promotion process make us realize that there are probably objective reasons why people with strong work ability cannot hold leadership positions. The confusion that Xiao Ning encountered may have been encountered by many recent graduates, however, there are also some people who have already realized the deeper truth in the workplace. A netizen shared his experience of participating in management decisions after being promoted.
She said that she used to simply think that if she did her best work, she would get promoted, but it wasn't until she moved into a management position that she realized that in fact, the most capable people often don't become leaders, and the objective reasons for this have been around for a long time.
First of all, achieving top-notch performance in a position only indicates that you have strong professional competence in the field, but it does not mean that you are capable of taking on a leadership role. It can be said that the selection criteria of the two are fundamentally different.
Senior managers need to understand the work of the department and have the necessary business skills. However, the ability to organize and control the team and the ability to use talent are more important aspects.
When it comes to selecting talent, it's no coincidence that the upper echelons tend to favor those who have been with the company the longest. It's no coincidence that when it comes to selecting talent, the top management tends to favor those who have been with the company the longest.
Even private companies that focus on the ability to work effectively consider working hours when promoting employees. Therefore, employees like Xiao Ning, who have repeatedly ranked among the best in just three years, need to learn patience and perseverance.
In addition, people who excel in a business tend to focus on the work itself and may have a relatively small view of their colleagues and top management around them. The importance of perception is especially important when choosing a leadership position.
Therefore, a well-functioning company needs not only high-performing people, but also managers who are good at managing the team environment, understanding and motivating. For these objective reasons, it is quite normal that the two talents, strong business ability and good management, do not exist in the same person at the same time.
Equating strong business skills with the possibility of promotion is actually a student mentality, thinking that if you do a good job, you will be promoted. Frankly, the author used to have a similar opinion. However, upon reflection, we realized that this was actually a confusion between the way we learn and the way we work, and it is likely to be an illusion created by the fact that the classification of grades on campus is often seen as the most important factor. Graduates who have been in the job for many years have a deeper understanding of the difference between study and work.
Experienced seniors say:"If you've been in the labor market for years and still think that professional skills are the most important factor in promotion, you're probably a bit naïve"。Managerial positions have their own characteristics and are sometimes not directly related to professional skills.
If graduates want to advance faster in their careers, they need to improve their emotional intelligence and acumen while ensuring that their business skills are strong. The most important thing is to change the way of thinking and learn to see things from the perspective of the company's management.
Topic: In your opinion, what is the weight of professional competence in promotion?