Understand the 'law of watches' and easily resolve workplace confusion
Everyone will encounter troubles at work. Some troubles come from the company, some from colleagues, and some from oneself. There is no perfect company in the world, and there is no perfect position. Work troubles are common in the workplace. Recently , Xiaomei, a newcomer in the workplace, encountered a troublesome thing.
After graduation, Xiaomei joined the administrative personnel department of a start-up company and became an administrative staff. Because of her diligence and clear thinking, she passed the interview period smoothly. However, since the company was just founded, the management position was somewhat confusing, and the boss of the company often arranged for her to do things beyond her job responsibilities.
Once, the boss directly arranged for her to go to the client to assist in cooperation matters without going through the manager of the administrative and personnel department. However, because the manager of the administrative and personnel department also arranged a lot of work for her, she was very busy, although the work was completed on time, But both sides were not confirmed.
With more and more work arrangements, Xiaomei's work schedule became more and more chaotic. She took care of one end and lost the other. In the end, she chose to resign because of too much work pressure.
Xiaomei's annoyance is very common in many start-up companies. Small companies often have no clear management system, and everyone needs to do a lot of things. It is fine for some old employees in the workplace, but for new employees, this kind of clue is often difficult. to clarify.
In fact, these problems in the workplace, we can use the watch law to analyze.
What is the watch law?
The law of watches refers to the fact that having two watches often cannot make people judge the time more accurately, but will create confusion and make people who watch the watch lose their judgment of the time.
There is a little story about the law of watches. A group of monkeys go out for food at sunrise every day and rest normally at night. One day, a monkey picked up a watch, and then the monkeys in the forest understood the concept of time and gradually began to surrender to it. A monkey, respecting it as the Monkey King, but later the monkey picked up the second and third watches, the time of each watch was different, but became more and more confused about the time, and finally the monkey group became more and more chaotic, In the end it was ousted from the Monkey King's throne.
The inspiration given to us by the law of watches in the enterprise is that the same person cannot set two different goals at the same time, and even each person cannot be commanded by two people at the same time, otherwise the person will be at a loss.
In an enterprise, everyone has a position for everyone. The administrative staff is responsible for administration, and the technical staff is in charge of technology. The so-called "seeking politics in their positions" can only be done well in their own jobs if they are positioned accurately.
So how do we break the watch dilemma in the workplace?
- The goal must be clear
Just like no one wears two watches to go out, in an enterprise, the boss cannot assign two contradictory jobs to employees, nor can each employee set two work directions.
As an employee, you must know how to say "YES" and "NO". Work must be prioritized and prioritized. You cannot treat any work as the main line of work. Sometimes it may be possible to properly refuse some work arrangements. It can play a subtle effect. On the basis of clear goals, arrange the work process by node, and work hard towards the quasi-goal in order to do your job well.
- The assessment standard must be determined, and it cannot be changed.
In an enterprise, employees are most concerned about salary, and performance appraisal involves everyone’s vital interests, so everyone will work hard towards their goals, but as an enterprise, the standards must be unified. I will regret it tomorrow. After a long time, just like the story of the wolf coming, employees lose their motivation to fight and lose confidence in the company.
Similarly, during the assessment, you can’t just change it, and you can’t change the employee’s welfare package on the grounds that “the final interpretation right belongs to the company”. The development of the enterprise is inseparable from the efforts of the employees, and it has the talent of a group of “wolves”. After eating meat, when all the "wolves" have degenerated into "sheep", they have lost the source of power for enterprise development.
- Everyone is equal before the system
The company's system should treat all employees equally. To give a simple example: if it is stipulated that 100 yuan of wages will be deducted from the clock-in time for more than one minute, it must be implemented in this way. Some employees should not be deducted for being late, and some employees will not be deducted if they are late. , so that the employees who are deducted will have resistance.
There can be thousands of management methods, but no matter which management method is used, there must be a unified standard. After the standards are determined, employees will be able to have a purpose in the system and not be confused and overwhelmed. Just imagine, if there are two sets of standards in front of employees, doing things A will touch the terms B, doing things B will touch the terms A. Employees are like "monkeys lost in time in the forest", fearful, but in disarray.
- The principle of a superior
Napoleon said: It is better to have a mediocre general lead an army than two geniuses to lead an army at the same time.
It means that an organization cannot be commanded by more than two people at the same time. If the direction of command is inconsistent, it will make the organization unable to function normally.
In the case at the beginning of the article, Xiaomei suffered from the loss of two superiors. In addition, she lacked workplace experience and did not know what to do, so she finally had to leave the scene angrily.
An excellent workplace person should first be responsible for his immediate leadership, and he should learn to communicate when he encounters the work assigned by his superiors. With the consent of his immediate leadership, he should do his own work well, and then appropriately assist the superiors. Senior leaders do some work. It is absolutely impossible to have a great leader to be the boss. As long as he does the job he has given him, he will be able to be promoted and raised his salary. Otherwise, the ship will capsize in the gutter before the day of promotion and salary increase.