Unspoken rules in the workplace: People who lack this ability are often difficult to become leaders

Xiao Wang has been officially working for 5 years. During this period, he has been working in the same unit. During this period, he has increased his salary several times, so the salary level is not bad, but for some reason, he has not been able to become a leader. Xiao Wang often feels distressed by this. .

Xiao Wang is conscientious and conscientious about his work, and his usual performance is not bad. After 5 years of training in the workplace, he has become a person who can take charge of himself. It stands to reason that he should have been promoted to the leader of the management.

Xiao Wang recently heard that their department head is going to resign and go back to his hometown to do business, which means that a "new leader" will be born soon.

Sure enough, three days later, all the employees in the department in charge of the organization held a small meeting, and his superiors asked him to find a "successor" to become the new department head. Since this is an internal push system, anyone who has been in the company for more than three years is eligible to run.

Xiao Wang was overjoyed, thinking that the opportunity had finally come, because there were only four people in the department who were eligible to participate in this campaign, including Xiao Wang, which meant that he had a 1/4 chance of success.

Later, the supervisor detailed some specific rules. Two days later, based on the voting opinions of the employees, plus the supervisor's previous work performance of the candidate, the promotion personnel were finally determined. However, what Xiao Wang never expected was that on the day when the results were announced, he lost the election, missed this opportunity, and did not know when he would wait for the next time.

In fact, Xiao Wang didn't know anything. The original supervisor's idea was as follows:

People with strong communication skills are more suitable for leadership

The supervisor is usually very concerned about Xiao Wang's performance. It is necessary to know that "people go to high places and water flows to low places". In recent years, competent employees tend to change jobs and seek better development. On the other hand, Xiao Wang has been staying in the company. He is the oldest person in the department, and Xiao Wang has performed well in the past five years. Naturally, the supervisor also wants to promote him.

However, Xiao Wang has a disadvantage that cannot be ignored, that is, his communication skills are not strong, and his relationship with colleagues can only be regarded as mediocre at best, because the supervisor has privately found many employees and asked them about the four employees who are eligible for promotion. Personal evaluation, among which employees' evaluation of Xiao Wang has one thing in common. Xiao Wang has strong work ability. When there are cooperative projects, Xiao Wang is the most efficient, but he is usually taciturn and likes to be alone. Many colleagues I feel that Xiao Wang is difficult to approach.

If an employee wants to be promoted to a leader, his prestige in the team is indispensable, so as to be able to convince the public. In the eyes of the supervisor, Xiao Wang is more suitable to be a technical talent than a management talent.

From Xiao Wang's story, we can see that when the company is considering candidates for the management of the reserve team, the communication ability of employees is an important indicator that must be consulted. Those with weak communication skills are often the first to be eliminated.

Smart people know that communication ability is a basic ability that managers must possess, especially middle and grassroots managers, because they undertake the "bridge" between the top and the grassroots. There is no sufficient communication to pave the way during the transmission process, and the possibility of misinterpretation or even misunderstanding is very large.

Therefore, if you feel that your ability is good, but you have never had the opportunity to be a leader, you must reflect on yourself. Is there a lack of communication skills? Can you make up for this shortcoming through later efforts?

If you really can't do it, feel that your personality is suitable for practical work, and you don't like to speak in front of people, then you are not suitable to be a manager, but to be a professional technical talent.

Of course, this does not mean that those who are bombastic and not pragmatic can be managers, and such people are not welcome wherever they go.