Young and dangerous colleagues were bought by Liang Kun. They were all fierce and wanted to kill Chen Haonan. In front of the boss Brother B and the big boss Jiang Tiansheng, Chen Haonan took all the responsibilities, was punished by the rules, and was fired by Hong Xing.
I was very angry when I watched the movie, and I felt that it was really wrong for Chen Haonan to take the blame.
Later, we all know the story-after a period of silence, Chen Haonan successfully fought back and made a comeback.
But with such a big stigma, why can you finally become a winner in life? It is obviously unconvincing to use "hanging out, sooner or later" to explain.
It was not until I read a book a few weeks ago that I realized that there is also a theoretical basis for being an excellent underworld eldest brother.
Extreme Ownership: How US SEALs Lead and Win, published in June 20 15, was written by two retired American officers.
This book once topped the list of best sellers in The New York Times. On Amazon, readers have commented on this book more than 1000 times, and the score is close to five stars. At present, there is no Chinese translation in China.
Joko Willink was the commander of the US Navy SEAL for more than 20 years. As the most elite special forces in the United States, SEALs are good at solving intractable diseases that ordinary services can't solve, such as hunting bin Laden.
After retiring, Zoco and teammate Ye Xiaokai Babin summarized their experiences as SEALs and put forward three leadership principles:
1. Win in your heart
Extreme leadership
There are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
Unified thinking
Avoid conceit
2. Rules of engagement
Cover and move
Simplify complexity
Clear priority
Transfer/delegate/transfer power to a lower level
Keep winning
Make a good plan
Top-down collaborative leadership
Decisive war
Self-discipline is freedom.
The three principles can be summed up in one sentence: be safe first, then be busy, and then defend your country.
The author calls this kind of thinking: extreme leadership, that is, the ability to take full responsibility. To put it bluntly, it is the ability to carry the pot.
Anyone who has played Call of Duty knows that shooting at your own soldiers won't cause blood loss, but you can't turn off the "friendly damage" option if you really go to the battlefield. In the Vietnam War, many American casualties came from friendly fire, which was called "blue in blue".
Being killed by the enemy is not enough. Being killed by one of our own people also says that the grave is smoking. Unfortunately, as soon as Zoco went to Iraq to lead the troops to fight, he encountered the tragedy of being in the same room.
In a joint military operation, the surrounding environment was chaotic and a series of mistakes appeared. A group of SEALs were trapped in a private house, and were mistaken for Iraqi rebels by the opposite US Army and US Marine Corps, and were violently attacked in turn.
On the one hand, it is a powerful army and marine corps, on the other hand, it is a navy seal with ridiculously high fighting capacity. You reward me with a Grenade and I give you a rocket launcher in return, so you come and I will not give up.
American soldiers found that the fighting capacity of the "enemy" was so against the sky that they decided to open it decisively-the army commander was ready to order an air strike and raze the whole building to the ground.
If you can't kill the enemy, it's called an air raid, which is equivalent to hitting "Who's your father" if you can't beat the computer in StarCraft. This is a cheating tactic.
At the critical moment, Commander Zoco rushed to the scene in time to meet the friendly forces. He vaguely felt suspicious, so he led the team into the opposite building. It turned out that a group of SEALs were stunned and the two sides looked at each other.
The result of this misunderstanding is quite tragic: a navy seal was seriously injured and an Iraqi friendly army was killed at the gunpoint of one of its own.
One death and one injury was a major accident, and the superior was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. Unexpectedly, choco's men have been one step ahead:
"It's my fault that I didn't report the combat position to the headquarters in time."
"It was my bad eyes that killed the Iraqi soldier by mistake."
Everyone volunteered to form a circle, and it was Zoco's turn to summarize:
"No, it's all my responsibility."
In the report to the superior, Zoco blamed himself for all the mistakes. After that, several seminars were held to analyze the problems of teammates and prevent similar situations from happening again.
Unexpectedly, after the superior research, he did not deprive Joko of his rank, but gave him the opportunity to atone for his sins with good deeds. Worm fire valley can obviously put the blame on his subordinates, but he took the initiative to take all the responsibility. The leaders think that Buguo Valley is a good comrade with consciousness and responsibility.
Since then, the leaders have been impressed by Joko, and the younger brother below is also very convinced. In the next few years, he continued to command SEALs, completed major tasks such as hostage rescue, blasting, assassination and sniper in Iraq, and made great achievements for the US military many times.
Looking at the scene of "Young and Dangerous", is it a bit deja vu?
After retiring, Zoco was hired as a leading consultant by a large enterprise.
The vice president in charge of manufacturing in this enterprise has introduced a series of reform schemes internally, such as integrating factories to reduce redundancy, improving bonus system to improve production efficiency and simplifying manufacturing processes.
However, the implementation of the reform plan is not smooth, because subordinates do not support the new plan, resulting in stagnant production efficiency. The board of directors was very dissatisfied with this and asked the vice president to explain.
Zoco suggested to the vice president: "The responsibility of your subordinates is your responsibility. You have to tell everyone at the board meeting that I will carry this pot. "
The vice president thought, "What does this have to do with me? I have always been wise. SHEN WOO listens to people's advice, but there are always unruly people who want to hurt me. "
"Subordinate to make mistakes, in the final analysis is your poor leadership. If they don't support you, strive for support; If they are stubborn, either they go or you go by yourself. "
"As a leader, taking full responsibility is the most basic ability. If something happens, you blame your subordinates, and your subordinates blame your subordinates. The attitude of shirking responsibility will spread to each other, and finally the team will accomplish nothing. "
After a fierce ideological struggle, the vice president followed Zoco's advice. After reporting to the board of directors, he was surprised to find that the directors not only did not accuse him, but also supported him more:
"If you dare to take responsibility, we will dare to continue to use you."
Two cases, a martial arts, and an article prove how important it is to carry back the pot.
At the end of the first episode of "Young and Dangerous", Hong Xing's younger brother, Chen Haonan, went through all kinds of hardships and finally brought down Jing Kun to avenge his brother B, but there are still five episodes of "Young and Dangerous" before he becomes the boss of Hongxing Gang.
That's why the author of this book said, "Being a boss is simple, but it's not easy at all."
American Sniper, starring bradley cooper, describes the legendary life of chris kyle, the "deadliest sniper" in American military history. The film won six Oscar nominations on 20 15 and won back three golden statuettes.
Joko, the author of this book, is Chris' direct supervisor in Iraq. Such an elite teacher has never been afraid of any opponent.
One day, however, the superior suddenly ordered that Choko's troops should bring Iraqi friendly forces with them every time they went out to perform tasks.
This is a frying pan.
It is no exaggeration to describe Iraq's friendly forces as "rabble". Low education, lack of formal training, lack of combat experience, low loyalty, run when in danger. Zoco described them as "the worst soldiers in the world".
When the superior ordered the SEALs to carry out the task with the Iraqi soldiers, the soldiers all panicked: "We are not afraid of opponents like gods, but we are afraid of teammates like pigs!" " "
At first, Zoco was puzzled by the orders of his superiors. But he immediately realized that if he didn't support it, the soldiers would only be more disgusted. Enforcing the command will not lead to any good results.
So, Zoco began to try to put himself in the other's shoes, and soon he figured it out: "In terms of combat effectiveness, SEALs are invincible. But the US military does not intend to stay in Iraq all the time. We will leave sooner or later, and the sooner the better. "
Neither the Iraqi rebels nor al-Qaeda is a fuel-efficient lamp. If the local army maintains the "lowest combat effectiveness in the world" and encounters the imminent defeat of the enemy, the US troops stationed in Iraq will always maintain order in the local area and will never be able to retreat.
Therefore, taking Iraqi soldiers to perform tasks together will cause a lot of trouble in the short term, especially from the tactical implementation level. But in the long run, joint action can improve their combat effectiveness and has extraordinary strategic significance.
Therefore, Zoco called a meeting of soldiers to do ideological work for everyone-in contrast, China's army is much more sophisticated, and each army is equipped with a "chaplain": a political commissar to help soldiers unify their thinking.
The business case about "unifying thoughts" is also very interesting:
In order to improve the sales competitiveness, the CEO of a company implemented a new performance appraisal policy in the company. However, the middle level of the company is very dissatisfied with this, thinking that the New Deal will harm the interests of the bottom sales staff and cause employee turnover. Everyone thinks the New Deal is stupid, but they dare not question the authority of the CEO.
After a long talk with the CEO, Joko found that he knew nothing about the troubles of his subordinates-his experience was much richer than that of his subordinates. In the CEO's view, the logic of the New Deal is very clear. It was not until Joko reminded us that everyone suddenly realized that they didn't understand and didn't answer.
So, the CEO held a middle-level meeting to explain the logic of the New Deal to his subordinates in detail. After ensuring that every middle-level person fully understood, he implemented the New Deal. As a result, the New Deal went smoothly and even achieved the expected results.
Zoco concluded: "The definition of leadership is not that a person leads a team alone; Instead, from top to bottom, leaders of all sizes, Qi Xin work together and lead together. "
If subordinates fail to complete their tasks, leaders should correct them mercilessly and defend the established standards. Otherwise, the unqualified standards will replace the established standards and become new standards, leading to a vicious circle of the team.
So throughout the ages, there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
Then the question is, what kind of people can be good leaders?
The author wrote: "There is no denying that some people are born with leadership qualities, such as charm, eloquence, wisdom, determination, courage, composure and so on."
"Others may not have these qualities, but they can grow into very good leaders through learning and promotion the day after tomorrow."
But reality is always full of variables and accidents. The seemingly impeccable decision at this time may be a point of no return at that time. The greatest leaders in human history can't predict the future, let alone those pathetic people who made mistakes and lost the game.
So a real leader, in addition to having all the qualities of an excellent leader, can also do one more thing when the dust settles:
"Knowing that I am guilty, I am only in the spring and autumn."