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I don't know if you have such psychological activities. Working in a company will be uncomfortable under the control of the system. You always think that one day, you can break out of this world on your own.
But there is always a huge gap between reality and imagination.
For an enterprise, if it is too "humanized", it is the biggest irresponsibility to employees.
This article is based on a real consulting case, and the protagonist finally succeeded in transformation. At that time, after consulting, he said: "Thank you very much for this platform."
What made him obsessed with his former employer after leaving his job?
What kind of enterprise is a really good employee platform?
I hope this article can bring you different inspiration.
One,
When consultant Ahua (pseudonym) came to me for consultation, it was the second year he left Huawei.
Hua, majoring in communication engineering, successfully joined Huawei after graduation and became an engineer.
At the age of 33, the performance of the projects that Ahua participated in declined for various reasons, and the internal assessment of the company was extremely cruel. A colleague who has worked for many years left because of the continuous appearance of "C" in the assessment.
Iowa thinks that in such a "cruel" living environment, instead of waiting for her to be passively out one day, it is better to take the initiative to leave, which may be a turning point.
In this way, with mixed feelings, Iowa submitted her resignation report.
In the next two years, Iowa also made many attempts at transformation, but there was no obvious improvement, which made Iowa very disheartened.
He felt that something must have gone wrong, and he didn't know where to break through in the future, so he found me.
Looking at Iowa's resume, we can see that this is a very excellent person in the workplace.
At school, Iowa is an "excellent student" and his test scores are in the top ten of the whole school; After coming to Huawei, Ahua has some feelings for the company, but her assessment results are still quite good. Basically, as long as customers and colleagues hear that this plan is Ahua's, there will be almost no doubt or opposition.
It is such an excellent employee that in the two years since leaving Huawei, the road to transformation is full of bumps.
First, he went to a foreign company, but inexplicably got involved in the middle and high-level interest struggle. In less than a year, he was successfully squeezed out by his opponent.
He has been looking for related positions in other companies, but none of them can make him feel that he can work at Huawei for a few years at first. Gradually, he began to be disappointed with reality and doubted his ability.
Second,
At the beginning of the consultation, Ahua and I made clear our values and learned that two elements that Ahua attaches great importance to are "social interaction" and "prestige status".
These two points really surprised me, or made me realize that Iowa and the "engineer" have different characteristics and demands.
Hua told me that although he is introverted, he still likes to ponder people in his bones. Besides professional books, he also likes reading books on humanities and social sciences. Although he is a bit slow to get along with others, once he gets along for a long time, he can often make close friends.
At the same time, Iowa, who has been in Huawei for several years, has gradually realized that simply taking the technical route is facing a visible career bottleneck and ceiling, so he hopes to go out more and expand his social circle, hoping to gain wider recognition through other channels and have a certain reputation and status.
Although the wish is beautiful, it depends on two factors, one is ability and the other is opportunity.
On the ability level, it is not difficult to find out by combing Ahua's past experience that Ahua has strong learning and understanding ability, good pressure resistance, relatively stable mood, certain sensitivity to data analysis, and is good at planning and organizing, interpersonal communication, multi-task management and so on.
It can be seen that Iowa's workplace foundation and literacy are very good, which is a positive good signal.
1, intuitive, and objective knowledge of people and things outside.
When I noticed this and told Iowa, he seemed to realize that he should thank Huawei.
He talked about a past event.
It turns out that when Hua Gang graduated and entered Huawei, he was a very thoughtful young man. He always likes to put forward various possible solutions to a problem, which is also criticized by other colleagues, saying that he is "impetuous".
Fortunately, however, no matter how Huawei's talent training system and leaders understand, such young people will never be suppressed blindly, but will give them such an opportunity to reflect and experience in practice and achieve sustained growth.
The leader said to Iowa, your understanding and imagination are very good. When you encounter something, think more in advance and don't express your views easily, which may lead to better progress.
Ahua remembered the leadership's instruction and started from small things. After a period of performance, he was recognized by leaders and colleagues.
Later, the leader intentionally or unintentionally gave Ahua some opportunities to put some ideas or ideas on the ground.
What excites Ahua is that he finds himself really good at it. Usually, the leader only needs to give a general idea, so he can quickly understand what the other party wants, think about possible problems and solutions in advance, and work out practical plans and schemes, which are encouraged and praised by the leader.
Gradually, Iowa's views on people and things are becoming more and more objective and mature, which shows that he will not easily draw conclusions when things happen, nor will he rush to deny some ideas that have never been implemented, but will systematically evaluate and try his best to turn these ideas into reality.
2, have a certain pioneering power, do not find reasons and excuses.
Based on Huawei's goal-oriented management style and system, the whole company is filled with a strong atmosphere of struggle. This group of people have an extremely keen sense of smell, a strong goal orientation, and the tenacity and perseverance of not stopping until they reach their goals.
This has enabled Iowa, who has worked in it for 78 years, to develop good work habits and a sense of responsibility.
In Huawei's experience in doing projects, Iowa has developed a style of facing difficulties when encountering problems, and never shirks responsibility and makes excuses.
This is one of the reasons why Ahua, who later left Huawei, can't adapt to other companies.
In Iowa's view, employees in many companies are too used to making excuses for themselves, such as-
Can't take this project? That's because the company is small and everyone doesn't like it;
Performance is not up to standard? That's because the consumption of the public has been upgraded, and no one can guarantee that our products will be loved by everyone like RMB.
The copy is not bright? That's because the company's products themselves are not very attractive. ......
Moreover, the bosses of many companies sometimes hear the excuses and complaints of employees, but they still hold back after thinking about it.
This forbearance will breed more excuses, and it will also dampen the enthusiasm of employees who want to do things. In the end, the whole enterprise will be like a tepid "nursing home", most of which are idle and waiting for death.
3. Have organizational skills and good communication skills.
During Huawei's tenure as an engineer, Iowa was not only good at capturing the needs of leaders, but also good at communicating with customers and gaining insight into their needs, so as to continuously improve and optimize the project details according to these needs, which was well received by customers. ......
After combing all kinds of abilities, Ahua couldn't help feeling: "I really felt my growth and changes in the past few years since I graduated from Huawei. In addition, Huawei's culture attaches great importance to challenges and innovation, which makes me always have new challenges to break through. Now think about it, Huawei really taught me too much and made me grow too much. "
Third,
What is the essence of career transformation?
Judging from the large and small consulting cases I have handled, if it is described in a simple sentence, it is: "Everyone can only achieve a successful transformation if they find a suitable transformation direction on their own ability extension line."
In other words, if a person's ability is insufficient or seriously lacking, transformation is tantamount to a fantasy for them.
For example:
A middle school teacher, who feels that his daily work is stressful and his salary is low, wants to transform into a psychological counselor, charging a lot of consulting fees by the hour, and his income can rise steadily every year;
A customer service girl thinks this job is trivial and unfulfilled, and she has to deal with picky customers every day. I hate that I can't immediately transform into a career planner, give career advice to others and make a lot of money.
Accountants in an enterprise feel that dealing with numbers every day is very complicated, and they yearn for a romantic life with free literature and art and money to spend. They hope to become best-selling authors immediately, sell millions of books, then publish a book every year and travel around the world in the rest of the time.
A grass-roots employee in a monopoly industry feels that his work is really not fresh. Apart from being stable and seemingly glamorous, their income is not high. They are eager to be travelers, enjoy all the beautiful scenery and all the delicious food, and get a lot of tickets. ......
It is often impossible for these people to change, because they only stay in the stage of "dreaming" and "thinking" and have no certain ability and resource accumulation to support them, so it is easy to have the dilemma of "thinking about thousands of roads at night and waking up to find no way".
For Ahua, who has been in Huawei for seven or eight years, his road to transformation will gradually surface with the excavation of his ability.
Imagine what kind of work can give full play to Ahua's previous experience and background in the IT industry, tap customer needs, communicate with other departments, assist technicians to improve and optimize, and be full of challenges and innovations?
You must be very clever. It is not difficult to know the answer.
At the end of the consultation, I also explained some matters needing attention to Iowa, including what kind of company to find to contribute, what kind of culture and atmosphere to pay attention to, what kind of leaders to find and so on.
Fortunately, after consultation, Ahua really met a good opportunity. Later, I switched careers and worked as a product manager in an IT startup. He said that he is very optimistic about the development prospects of this company, and at the same time he has gained brand-new growth and exercise in this job.
"I am very grateful to Huawei for this platform," Iowa told us. "If I go back in time, I will still choose this company when I graduate; At the same time, I also want to say to the children who are new to the workplace, don't hesitate to enter the platform. Because the big platform can bring you more than just a halo. "
"Genius can't make people don't have to work, nor can it replace labor. To develop genius, you must study for a long time and work with great tension. The more talented a person is, the more complicated and important the task he faces. " -smirnoff
About the author: Zhao Xiaoli, a senior career planner, national psychological consultant and workplace writer. He is the author of the best-selling book "Stop Blind Efforts: Your Life Needs Redesign" based on the case study of career counseling, and has become one of the few practical books on counseling and personal development in the field of career planning. 20 18 a new book on career planning and working methods, From Minimalism to Extreme: Being a Powerful Person in a Good Field, has been fully sold on platforms such as Dangdang, Amazon and JD.COM.