Ning Gaoning told a story about twenty-six cats and a tiger.
There was a bad wolf in the mountains and met 26 cats. Faced with many cats, the wolf was afraid, but forced by hunger, the wolf summoned up the courage to lay hands on the cats. Although there are many cats, they can't help each other, which is doomed. As a result, all the cats were eaten by wolves. The wolf who has tasted the sweetness eats a cat every day, which is quite satisfying. Another day, the wolf met a tiger, mistook it for a cat, wanted to eat it, and was finally eaten by the tiger.
He came to the conclusion that "a big cat is not a cat, but a cat has become a tiger." A tiger is far more powerful than 26 cats. "
Ning once divided the capitalization of China Resources into 1 19 profit centers, some of which were left over from history and some were newly created. He said: "The industries involved in China Resources will be gradually concentrated within 10, and relevant diversification will be limited." Moreover, "China Resources must be able to enter the top three in the industries involved."
After taking charge of COFCO, he continued to carry out this business philosophy and build another tiger.
Last year, he announced the future development strategy of COFCO: besides biomass energy, COFCO must establish a leading position in five to eight industries, such as grain circulation, grain and oil processing, brand food, real estate hotels, financial investment, native and animal products and so on.
Love reading
In Ning's resume, his biggest hobbies are visiting bookstores and reading books. He gave reporters a long list of his favorite writers, such as Zhang Ailing, Jia Pingwa, Lin Yutang and so on. Probably because of his unusual experience in studying abroad, he agrees with these authors' sensitive observation and keen consideration of China from a distance. Speaking of Zhang Ailing, he casually said: "Life is a gorgeous robe full of lice."
Because he loves reading, the word "bookstore" attracts his attention most when he goes to a new place. "Going to the bookstore is very nervous. This is a process of acceptance. You don't have to ask for output like talking to others. " Ning said frankly.
Outside of work, Ning attaches the most importance to family. When asked what his family needs most, he said, "True feelings!" . "Everyone has labor pressure, and home is a relatively relaxing place, which will let you know more about human nature and life."
An analyst believes that the reason why Jeannin took over is because Ning has rich experience in capital operation, and China Resources and COFCO are both old foreign trade enterprises of the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and COFCO will not be affected by personnel changes. Both companies are red-chip bosses. Ning Gaoning once admitted that I like reading Das Kapital best.
On February 23, 2009, at 65438, Ning, the chairman of COFCO, was elected as the business leader of China's economic decade.
One person I admire: Wu Jinglian.
An entrepreneur who agrees with it: Zhang Ruimin.
Professional "cowherd"
Ning claimed to be a professional manager and "herded cattle" for state-owned enterprises. His professionalism has also been recognized by the market.
In recent years, affected by the financial crisis and corporate governance, the overall image of Chinese-funded enterprises in Hong Kong has been greatly reduced. For example, Guangdong International Trust and Investment Company went bankrupt, Yuehai Group was insolvent, Guangnan Group was exposed to a "bribery" scandal, and the senior management of China Travel Service Group was arrested.
However, under Ning's leadership, China Resources Group not only weathered the financial storm, but also was treated differently by the market. At the beginning of 2004, China Resources Group successfully obtained a syndicated loan of more than 3 billion yuan.
Someone asked Ning how to form such a steady style. He said airily, "Actually, it's nothing. This is not a style, but the training that professional managers should have. Professional managers should be professional. "
Ning Gao Ning also asked his subordinates to become professional cowboys. According to the habit of COFCO for many years, the annual work deployment will be carried out in March every year. After he took office, he changed this working meeting into a manager training meeting.
In 2005, the "COFCO Middle Management Cadre Conference", which has remained unchanged for many years, was changed to "COFCO Managers' Annual Meeting".
Sun, director and international general manager of COFCO, said: "It is a qualitative leap that middle-level cadres will be renamed the annual meeting of managers. The name change includes both the repositioning of the meeting and the repositioning of all participants. "
When he moved from China Resources to COFCO, the first thing he did was to rename the internal magazine "Corporate Loyalty" and instill the management concept of "loyalty and conscience of professional managers" in employees.
Ning published the article "Stratification" in the latest issue of Enterprise Loyalty, which put forward higher requirements for the managers of COFCO: not only should we do a good job in the business strategy and implementation of the enterprise, but also put the spirit of continuous innovation and progress into the enterprise organization; Not only promote the growth of a few people, but also promote the growth of the whole organization; We should not only promote the competitive pressure, but also promote the innovation of corporate culture.
Ning constantly guides middle and senior cadres to change from "state-owned enterprise cadres" to international "professional managers". Because he knows that only by maintaining a high-quality, efficient and stable professional talent chain can it be possible to build an enterprise with a lasting foundation.