When you realize that "the situation is not good for me", will you give up because you feel that your desire is rash and reckless, or will you motivate yourself in the next moment, muster up the courage, and use your brain to find a way to overcome difficulties and solve problems? Adopting different attitudes can make a world of difference. —Kazuo Inamori Kazuku.
We need to have a higher stanceThe motives,to motivate and spur yourself
From the perspective of improving personality, we need to have a higher motivation to motivate and spur ourselves.
I didn't have the idea at the beginning, I didn't have a plan in place. In fact, in the early days of the company, I didn't know anything about what business was.
My friend invested 3 million yen for me to recruit 20 junior high school graduates, and I had to feed the employees.
Mr. Miyagi, Mr. Saieda, and others came up with a capital of 3 million yen. Mr. Nishieda borrowed 10 million yen from the Bank of Kyoto as a guarantee for his house.
But, at this point, I haven't asked for a penny since.
The company's capital is now 96.4 billion yen, and I have never asked them for a penny during this period, except for the 3 million yen I contributed and the 10 million yen I took out the loan.
For the 20 employees I recruited and the 7 "comrades-in-arms" who resigned from my original company with me, I had to ensure that they had something to eat, and I had to take on this responsibility.
Thankfully, the 7 members of the business together have established a deep friendship with me and have helped me immensely. What happens if the company fails? I couldn't sleep at night because of worry.
When I consulted with them, they said, "When the company is about to go bankrupt, even if we go to odd jobs, we will work hard, but you must continue your research." The cost of your research will be provided by our part-time job and earning money. ”
Once the company was up and running, I had to guarantee the livelihood of the 20 employees I had recruited, and for that, I worked hard.
So in my case, I didn't use satisfying my desires as a motivation to work in the first place. It is my motivation to protect my employees.
With the motivation of having to protect my employees, I was able to work hard day and night. I believe that in order to protect all employees, it is worth the hard work, even if it is broken. That's what I did.
At the same time, I think personality is the most important thing. Therefore, no matter how good the opportunity to make money is, as a human being, I will resolutely not do what I should not do, which is my belief that I adhere to. I use this to encourage myself.
The economic world is a training ground, so fighting spirit is essential. Fortunately, I practiced karate in college, so I had the courage. No matter what kind of cultivation ground it is, even if I really want to fight, I am not afraid.
I often say that it's a good thing to have a good personality, but people who are too kind and haven't even fought when they were children are not suitable to be managers.
The president, vice president, managing director, and other people in leadership positions shoulder the fate of the company and the fate of the employees, and if they are afraid of fighting and lack courage, they will not be able to take responsibility for themselves.
It's okay to be defeated, the arm strength is not strong, and it doesn't matter if you are knocked to the ground, but you must not retreat cowardly. Knowing that if you can't beat someone, you may be killed, but despite this, the courage to appear must not be lost.
If you realize that you are responsible for the fate of your employees, then this sense of responsibility can be turned into courage.
I use this sense of responsibility as motivation to protect my employees to this day. I feel like it's a very good, very happy thing.
2. Let yourself have a sense of missionAnd make that sense of purpose shared by the whole team
Kyocera was originally founded as a company with the aim of "the development of Kazuo Inamori's technology". In other words, the motivation for starting a business at that time was a strong desire for me as a technologist.
However, in the third year of my business, the new employees I had hired the previous year asked me to make a collective bargain and ask me to promise me that they would ask for a salary increase and a bonus every year for many years.
After three days and three nights of negotiations, they finally withdrew those demands and stayed in the company.
However, as a result of this negotiation by the employees, Kyocera's original purpose of establishing Kyocera was vanished in an instant.
That is,The purpose of the existence of the company is not to fulfill the wishes or desires of individual managers, but to ensure the lives of employees now and in the future
I understand this from the bottom of my heart.
The company's purpose of realizing the ideal of a skilled worker has been shattered, and the company's purpose has become to ensure the lives of its employees.
This transformation made me feel a sense of loss and loneliness, but it was the result of a night of hard thinking. In this way, I have made "the pursuit of the material and spiritual happiness of all employees" as Kyocera's management philosophy.
At the same time, this article alone cannot reflect the function of enterprises as social institutions, so I have added the article "contribute to the progress and development of human society".
Employees can resonate with such a corporate purpose from the heart, and they will unite and do their best for the development of the company, even if they are broken.
At the same time, it is precisely because of this kind of upright purpose and mission that as a leader, I can also have a clear conscience and not be constrained by anything, on the one hand, spur myself, on the other hand, motivate my subordinates, and constantly push the cause forward.
In this way, by revealing a purpose that everyone can recognize from the heart and that everyone can share, the entire team will be able to unite and work towards the realization of this great idea together.
Today, the leaders of the companies gathered here, even if you have a strong desire at the beginning of the company, it is okay, but for the sake of the further development of the company, I hope that you will also put forward the noble corporate purpose that your team can share, which is in line with the name of righteousness, and take it as the mission of the enterprise.
Giving yourself a sense of purpose, and making that sense of purpose shared by the whole team, is the most basic element or qualification that a leader must have in the first place.
3. Put the "will of the operator".Transform into "the will of all employees".
Initially, the business goal is generated by the will of the manager, but then the key is whether all employees are willing to "work together".
In other words, the management objectives that embody the "will of the management" must be transformed into the "common will of all employees."
Employees are generally reluctant to take the lead in proposing high goals that make them suffer, so business goals still have to be decided by the managers from the top down.
But from the top down, employees are reluctant to follow. The high goals of the business must also be raised from the bottom up by the employees. This is called "changing the will of the management into the will of the employees".
The method is not difficult at all, for example, in normal times, we should always motivate everyone: "Our company has a bright future, although the scale is still small, but everyone can look forward to great development in the future." ”
This is how to lay the foundation. In addition, we hold a party where we can drink and talk about alcohol, such as "empty buses", and say, "I want to double my turnover this year." ”
At this time, there was a guy sitting next to him who was poor at handling things but was good at figuring out the psychology of his boss, and asked them to answer: "President, that's right!" Let's go! As a result, those who have good brains and quick things but are too calm are difficult to speak.
Otherwise, as soon as they hear about the high goal, they will pour cold water: "President, that's not good, because .......""They'll come up with a whole set of reasons why it doesn't work.
In this case, everyone sings a tune. Even higher than the president's goals are often approved with the approval of all employees.
Management is also "psychology". Even if the goal is very low, if the "calm faction" is asked to speak first, they will say "too difficult to do".
If the atmosphere is depressed, the high goals expected by the management may be disappointed.
4. Become a "principled person".That is, people who burst out of their souls with faith
If you want to make it like this, if you have a strong desire to do it, then there should be an endless stream of excellent companies.
But in fact, the number of such enterprises is small, why is that?
No matter which company's management executives will have the desire to "want to be like this" and want to do a good job in the company. The problem is that although there is a desire, it cannot be practiced.
For example, there is a desire to develop a new product.
If new products are not developed as soon as possible, the company will lose the market and the survival of the business will be in danger, so we should have a sense of crisis.
But is the desire to develop new products just a thought in the mind, or is it a call from the bottom of the heart?
If you just think about it with your head, then your desire will only stop at the level of "if you can do it".
Therefore, when a company is faced with the problem of not having the technical personnel needed to develop new products, or requiring a large capital investment, these disadvantages are all accepted by the mind.
In the end, I came to the conclusion based on common sense and reason: "I wanted to develop this new product, but I couldn't succeed because of various problems, and I finally understood this." ”
The more you try to understand it with your mind, the more naturally it will lead you to the conclusion that "the desire to do so is actually impossible to achieve." I use a vocabulary I have coined to call this kind of person a "situational coping person."
On the other hand, a "principled person" who has a strong desire to "do this" in his heart has reached the height of his convictions, so he thinks about "no matter how difficult and difficult the situation is, do everything possible to overcome it and turn it into reality." ”
In fact, when we start thinking like this, the spirit of hard work and the act of delving into innovation will come into being.
When you realize that "the situation is not in my favor", do you give up because you feel that your desire is rash and reckless, or do you motivate yourself in the next moment, summon up the courage, and use your brain to find a way to overcome difficulties and solve problems?
Adopting different attitudes can make a world of difference.
In fact, this is the difference between people who have achieved outstanding results in life and business management, and people who have done nothing, are mediocre and mediocre.
I want you to be "principled people," that is, people who have faith that bursts out of their souls.