Want to be a leader? Do these five points, first make yourself a potential employee

As an employee, everyone hopes that one day they will be able to take the leadership position, they can have enviable salary, they can sit in an independent office, and they can enjoy the admiration of others.

But it is not easy to be a leader. Every leader has to go all the way to the leadership position. To be a good leader, you must first be a good employee, and you must first become a potential employee.

What is a potential employee?

In the TV series "Soldier Assault", Xu Sanduo is a bear soldier who is not favored by others, but Cheng is a soldier who knows how to read his words and knows what he wants.

When I first saw these two soldiers, I think any leader would choose Chengcai as a reserve force to cultivate, but the result is precisely that Xu Sanduo's potential was endlessly developed, and Chengcai was selected for the first time when the old A was selected. Just lost.

Potential does not refer to being arrogant and arrogant, but more often it refers to a person who is down-to-earth, hardworking and good at research.

In an enterprise, potential employees generally have personal characteristics.

A person's characteristics are not innate, but can be cultivated through the day after tomorrow. Especially for employees, the process of finding a job in an enterprise is precisely the best opportunity to cultivate their core competitiveness.

Leaders were also experienced employees. It is not difficult to be a leader, and finding the right direction is the key.

I think people who do these five points are often more likely to have the potential to be leaders:

1. The pattern should be high, and stand on a leadership perspective higher than one's own position to overlook the problem

In the enterprise, when I often hear the leadership lecture, I often say this sentence: "I hope you look at this problem at a higher level."

The height of looking at a problem can often intuitively reflect a person's ability.

There is a famous line in Du Fu's poem "Wang Yue": "I will be the top of the mountain, and I will see the mountains and small mountains".

If a person stands on the mountain, he can only see the trees under the mountain, and if he stands on the top of the mountain, he can overlook the whole world. Sometimes, when leaders want you to be at a higher level, they are just testing your perspective on problems.

Therefore, in your daily work, you must consciously cultivate your own pattern. Excavate more leaders' work ideas, and even find documents or cases written by previous leaders for research, and gradually become familiar with the context and way of thinking.

After a long time, one's own pattern awareness is gradually cultivated, and one can look at problems more deeply.

2. Team awareness, look at problems with a sense of integrity

A team is a whole, which is especially prominent on the sports field. Chinese team sports have never been very strong, and athletes with strong individual abilities have also appeared, but once they become a whole and go to the competition, they are often scattered.

Also in the book "A Brief History of Humanity", the importance of team consciousness is described from the perspective of species evolution. The author Yuval Harari mentioned that the ancient Homo sapiens could stand out from various populations, not by individual quality , but because of the cohesion between them.

There are many employees in the workplace with strong personal abilities, but they just can't get along with the team. The reason is often because they don't have a sense of team, which is the so-called team consciousness.

Potential employees often take into account the progress of the team while doing their own work, and adjust their work ideas dynamically in real time. People who work alone cannot achieve great achievements.

3. Deepen the skills and make the professional level better

One of the famous psychological theories, the "flywheel effect", mentions that success is inseparable from perseverance.

To be a "quasi" leadership candidate, the business ability is not bad. There is no need for a fake job at work, and sometimes the real skill advantage can emerge suddenly, as the saying goes: professional people do professional things.

When leaders examine whether an employee has the potential to be competent for an important position, professional quality is a key aspect of their consideration.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, He Shen, who was wealthy enough to rival the country, often showed his glib and insatiable face in film and television dramas.

There is no leader without real materials, so professional skills are indispensable.

4. Develop strengths and avoid weaknesses, and be good at giving full play to your own advantages

British management scientist E. Tremer put forward the classic Tremer's law: Although each person's talents are different, they must have their own strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, when selecting talents, it is his strengths rather than his weaknesses that should be emphasized. The unique talents of individuals are then entrusted with corresponding responsibilities, so that each party can perform his duties, so that the contradictions of all parties tend to be balanced.

There is no perfect person in the world, let alone a perfect leader. Everyone should be good at exerting their own strengths and constantly amplify them, so as to make up for their shortcomings.

When I was working in a startup company, my leader was a few years older than me. He used to be in charge of engineering projects in a large company, so his work ideas were often more organized.

In fact, for a startup company, it is not easy to manage the company if it is too organized, because all aspects of the startup company are complicated, and it is often difficult to systematically manage each item by turning it into a flowchart.

But after two months, my leader led our team to do the work very smoothly. The reason is that he cleverly applied this concept to management, rather than rigidly demanding it in the original way.

Everyone has their own strengths, but the more important thing is how to make good use of your strengths. To be a leader, you must learn to play to your strengths.

5. Be ambitious, don't be content to be just an ordinary employee

Napoleon said: "A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier".

Self-willed ordinary employees are destined to not have broad prospects.

In daily work, you must be good at cultivating your core awareness, have the courage to undertake some organizational work, and let the leaders see the organizational leadership ability radiated on the basis of your completed work.

Very right people are often still an ordinary employee after years of hard work in the workplace. Is it a bad job? In fact, the more reason is the mentality. No one is willing to promote a person who has no ambition as a leader. If you cultivate your own "ambition" in peacetime, you will naturally be able to seize the opportunity that the leader gives you.

Summarize

In the workplace, opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared, and leadership positions are no exception. If you want to be a good manager, you must first experience yourself as a qualified candidate. Sometimes people's potential is endless, but this potential needs to be seen by leaders first. Be a potential employee first, and fulfill these five points. The next leader will be you!