The first chapter is due diligence-putting yourself in the right position is the top priority in the workplace.

First, the sense of workplace position-be a person according to the true colors and do things according to the roles.

Second, clear responsibility-"do this job well"

Third, the moral bottom line-honesty and trustworthiness is the foundation.

Fourth, do things right-do the right thing, do things with the right attitude, and do things in the right way.

Chapter II Belief Organization-The backbone is the people of the organization first.

First, identify with the organization-become the person that the organization needs.

Second, unify thinking-consciously accept indoctrination.

Third, integrate into the organization-be a "loyal" enterprise.

Fourth, the "fool" spirit-the most important things are simple things.

Chapter III Winning the Battle-Defending the Lifeline of the Organization

First, making money is the last word-let performance speak.

Second, action is more important than attitude-want to do something, be able to do it, do it well, do it well together, and do good things.

Third, progress comes from ambition-letting young people take the lead.

Fourth, morale is more important than weapons-people with passion are easy to succeed.

Chapter IV-The reasonable requirement is exercise, while the unreasonable requirement is exercise.

First, there is no rehearsal in life-criticism makes people progress.

Second, success is through-sitting on the cold bench and wearing an iron bench.

Write an experienced resume-stress is the beginning of growth.

Fourth, take Excellence as a habit-do a line and love a line; Love a line, drill a line.

Chapter V Learning by Doing-Learning ability determines the competitiveness of the workplace.

First, get rid of the skill panic-incompetence is the biggest humiliation in life.

Second, make up for your own shortcomings-learning makes people progress.

Third, the purpose of learning-learning well is better than using it well.

Fourth, shoot first, then aim-change the way of thinking

Chapter VI Courageous Commitment-Being the Load-bearing Wall of the Organization Building

I am responsible for the rise and fall of the world-accept power and take responsibility.

Second, the true nature of a hero-to be a responsible person

Third, never escape-stand up at the critical moment.

Fourth, there should be a "degree" of responsibility-upward communication and downward responsibility.

Chapter 7 Training Subordinates-Promoting the Sustainable Growth of the Team

First, the "bottleneck" of organizational growth-there are no incompetent employees, only incompetent cadres

Second, don't ask for anything in return-be a qualified workplace gardener.

Third, "pass, help and lead"-be an example for subordinates.

Never give up, never give up-let your subordinates support you wholeheartedly.

Chapter 8 Don't engage in sectarianism-make the organization highly consistent

First, keep a "workplace distance"-don't pull mountains, don't engage in circles, and don't engage in parties.

Second, all achievements belong to the organization-to be a person who can reassure the organization.

Third, be reasonable-the organizational principle is higher than the departmental principle.

Fourth, sectarian enemies-enterprises should also stress political discipline.

Chapter 9 Don't complain-upward organizations have fighting capacity.

First, keep your mouth shut-release the pressure reasonably.

Second, optimism-pessimists have no future.

Third, I won't cross mountains-changing myself is a good start for my career.

Fourth, maturity is manifested in patience-only by enduring injustice can we achieve great things.

Postscript lookup organization

Become the backbone

Our society has two needs: for organizations, everyone needs to contribute to them; For individuals, organizations need to be regarded as a tool and a stage to achieve life goals.

This is a professional society.

Decades ago, futurist john Naisbitt vividly condensed the history of the United States for more than 200 years into one sentence: farmers, workers and employees. The 30-year historical process of China's contemporary reform and opening up is exactly such a process: "farmers"-"workers"-"employees (clerks)". The difference between the so-called "farmers" and "employees" is that the former belongs to the agricultural era and the latter belongs to the professional era. Employees are everyone's role in the professional society.

If we say that a few years ago, my book "Learning from the People's Liberation Army-The Management Way of the Most Efficient Organization" answered such a realistic and urgent management problem as "How to establish an efficient organization to cope with fierce and cruel market competition under the situation of global integration", then what we need to solve and answer now is: the market is changing rapidly, the pressure is increasing, the flow of professionals in the workplace is accelerating, and the society is entering. How can members of an organization seize the opportunity and rely on the organization to achieve career growth and career success?

For individuals, organization is not only the foundation of our existence, because career growth and career success are closely related to our quality of life, social achievements and family happiness. Organization has become our home for survival and a platform for growth.

Every organization is thinking about how to select and cultivate the talents it needs and can create benefits. In the professional society, everyone is a manager: not only the management of people, but also the management of things, including their own management. Building an efficient management team is the basis for the success of an efficient organization. It's like an army fighting. To win the battle, an army must first meet two conditions: first, the strategic policy must be correct; Second, it should generally be effective. Only when a general has combat effectiveness can a soldier with combat effectiveness carry out the correct strategic policy. Therefore, Mao Zedong said: After the political line is determined, cadres are the decisive factor.

China People's Liberation Army is the most representative, efficient and successful professional organization in China. This organization has successfully transformed its members into "farmers, workers and staff", that is, "farmers-soldiers-officers". Today, we re-examine the Organization. They always regard the selection, training and use of the backbone as the key to their career success. In this process, they not only educated the soldiers to accept management, but also helped them to manage themselves, so that they finally realized the transformation from farmers to soldiers and from soldiers to officers.

This is also an important reason why we still learn from the PLA.

Becoming the talents needed by the organization is the premise of our growth and success. How to become the talents needed by the organization? For individuals, whether they are establishing an organization or joining an organization. He must be the backbone of this organization.

Becoming the backbone is the first step for us to enter the organization and succeed.

What is the backbone?

The trunk is the main part, main pillar or the most substantial component of things. The buildings of an organization, like buildings, are supported by backbones. Without the backbone, the organization cannot develop and the building will collapse-the backbone is the bearing wall of the organization building and the foundation on which the organization depends. Of course, this kind of "support" can be the "support" of the whole organization or the local "support" of the organization.

Backbone is a relative concept.

In the PLA, becoming a backbone is a goal that everyone can achieve, and it is also a realm that everyone can achieve. When I was a soldier, I became the backbone of the company's wall newspaper group because I liked to keep a diary. Later, he became a small backbone of ideological work. One of my Anhui recruits, who has never been to school and can't read, raises pigs and grows vegetables at home and becomes the production backbone of the company. Therefore, in an organization, there is no difference between the size of the backbone and the importance, only the ability.

Enterprises, like the army, are a competitive organization. The backbone of the enterprise is those who agree with the corporate culture and strategic objectives, can master the corporate resources well, contribute to the corporate performance, and are willing to develop together with the enterprise. These people can be top managers, middle managers or ordinary front-line employees. They can do what they should do, accomplish difficult things, and do something different in the Datong world.

Management is never just for the managed, but for the whole organization. It not only teaches people how to be an excellent manager, but also teaches people how to be an excellent managed person. The mission of an organization is not to train everyone to be a boss or an entrepreneur, but to train people who have contributed to the organization. Just as a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, a successful career is the hope and dream of all of us. But dreams alone can't be the backbone, just as not all soldiers with general dreams can be generals.

The life track of career growth is like climbing stairs, which is a gradual process. If you don't reach the roof, no matter what steps you stand on, you can't say you have succeeded. If the backbone wants to climb the career ladder continuously, it needs to go through constant tempering from the organization, environment and itself. The description of this kind of tempering has a very vivid and well-known saying in the People's Liberation Army, which has been circulated for decades and is common in all arms and services. Almost everyone from the monitor to the commander understands:

The spine was thrown out.

If you don't go through hardships, you can't be a monitor or a general at all.

"Tossing" has three meanings:

First, if you dare to toss, you have a chance. Opportunities are reserved for those who have the courage to dare to toss. It takes courage to seize opportunities, but knowledge is impossible without courage. In the fierce market fight, always keep an impulse to start a business, keep a passion, never be afraid, never be timid, "the brave will win in the narrow road", and dare to "show your sword". These are all prerequisites for the success of your career.

Second, you can only grow up after tossing. The reasonable requirement is exercise, and the unreasonable requirement is exercise. If you want to grow up, you must endure repeated tempering from the organization, society and environment-tossing. Just like a good piece of steel, it needs a lot of tempering. In business, we should be able to bear the pressure from all sides, bear all kinds of psychological and physical burdens, and succeed in hardships. Just like the Tang Priest's scriptures, after 81 difficulties, he finally got the right result. Only after repeated training can talents become useful talents in the organization. All people who dream of becoming the backbone should have strong fighting ability.

Third, it will be successful if you toss. One of the tasks of management is to cultivate talents, including managers themselves. Today, one person can't accomplish anything, and organizations can't let one person accomplish everything. If you want to succeed, you must cultivate a group of subordinates who can perform their duties and complete their tasks. Effective managers must have the ability to toss their subordinates.

In recent years, I have made many friends by chance because of the book "Learning from the People's Liberation Army-The Management Way of the Most Efficient Organization". Among these people, there are entrepreneurs, middle and senior managers and more ordinary employees. In the communication with them, everyone is generally puzzled: we have worked hard, and the result is still not satisfactory. So, how can we achieve career growth and career success in the organization? Yes, organizations rely on the efforts of many individuals to obtain benefits and success, but the success of the organization does not mean the success of individuals. In other words, even in an effective organization, not everyone can catch the express train of organizational growth. Therefore, my answer to this question is: "Be a backbone and stand the toss!" "

2,500 years ago, Confucius once said: Be determined to learn at fifteen, stand at thirty, and not be confused at forty. Well, my career has been more than thirty years. During this period, I had the honor to start my career in China People's Liberation Army, which is the most efficient and successful professional organization in the world. Fortunately, the first step of my career began with the Red First Division of the First Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army and the People's Liberation Army. During this period, from soldiers to officers, from border posts to military high-level command organs, 23 years of military career, different positions, 9 meritorious deeds, let me feel the joy of success in my growth. The second step of my career is the company I now serve-COSCO Group. Cosco Group is a well-known enterprise among the top 500 companies in the world, and it can be said that it is one of the few enterprises owned by China people with real international competitiveness so far. In this organization, from an ordinary employee to a middle and senior manager, I have experienced and realized how to grow tenaciously in an international organization, intertwined with pain and joy, frustration and success.

For over 30 years, I have served two great organizations. Looking back on my career path, I always want to reveal the things behind the winners, hoping to find and sum up a universal law: what kind of qualities an ordinary employee needs, what kind of "tossing" he needs to go through, and what kind of mental journey he needs to go through if he wants to become a backbone and finally succeed.

In my opinion, to be a backbone requires such qualities:

Due diligence-putting yourself in the right position is the most important thing in the workplace.

Belief organization-the backbone is the organization's people first.

Can win the battle-defend the lifeblood of the organization

A hundred tempering makes steel-the reasonable requirement is exercise, and the unreasonable requirement is tempering.

Learning by doing-learning ability determines the competitiveness of the workplace.

Be brave in undertaking-be the load-bearing wall of the organization building

Cultivating subordinates-promoting the continuous growth of the team

Do not engage in sectarianism-make the organization highly consistent

Don't complain-an upward organization is effective.

If "the right path on earth is vicissitudes", then it is up to you whether you can take the right path and vicissitudes.

Find organization

First, the three magic weapons of the most efficient organization

One of the magic weapons: serving the people

The second magic weapon: caring about the lives of soldiers

The third magic weapon: three disciplines and eight attentions

Three magic weapon conclusions

Second, the nine management principles of the most efficient organization

One of the principles: there is a theory in the world.

Principle 2: Unity is strength.

Principle 3: United front

Principle 4: Make the organizational culture upward.

Principle 5: Throw out the backbone.

Principle 6: The power of example is infinite.

Principle 7: Trust is checked and restricted.

Principle 8: Save yourself and destroy the enemy.

Principle 9: Summary of achievements.

I remember a few years ago, the company organized a film. The title of the film was not clear, but there was a scene that was impressive: when the hero on the screen held someone's hand and said seriously, "In the future, you will be an organized person", his voice declined, which attracted laughter from the whole theater. "Organization", a word with a specific meaning, was ridiculed in a somewhat derogatory way.

But things are different today. As if it were a reincarnation, China society has entered an era of "organization". We gradually realize that in such a market economy environment, the factors that determine whether we can succeed in life are not necessarily related to our intelligence, education and background. What matters is where we are, what industry we are engaged in, what organization we are in and what position we are in this organization. Therefore, almost everyone's career is spent in the life appeal of "choosing what kind of organization to enter" or "establishing what kind of organization".

We live in such an era today that people are not single and independent, but professional and organized. Society is composed of different organizations, and everyone belongs to different organizations. Of course, due to different time and identity, many people have the identity of multiple organizers. Re-discovery, re-understanding, re-positioning and entering an organization suitable for one's growth are the characteristics of our times.

Anyone's growth and success must depend on an organization. We were born in the organization, lived in the organization, and finally died in the organization. Similarly, all our wisdom and skills will be contributed to an organization. Our growth and success, the increase of our wealth and the development of our career all depend on the organization to which we belong. Being a person in an organization, becoming a talent that the organization relies on and becoming the backbone of supporting the organization is the prerequisite for the success of our cause and the starting point for realizing personal value.

Are you an organized person?

Have you found an organization suitable for your growth?

Management theory is always the answer and explanation of various problems in management practice. How should the organization select and train a large number of talents who can serve the organization and create benefits? How can members of an organization seize the opportunity and rely on the organization to achieve career growth and career success? It was in the process of searching and answering these questions that I completed this manuscript.

Here, I sincerely thank Beijing Publishing House, Mr. Chen Fei, Mr. Li Shuqing and Mr. Darren Liu, and I also solemnly thank Ms. Lei Wen and Ms. Chen Hongfeng. The completion of this book has condensed a lot of their efforts. Their work attitude and professionalism also give the best interpretation to the title of this book.

Jianhua Zhang

5 June 2007 to 5 February 2007