Workplace, share a personal experience

I. An embarrassing interview experience

The world is a big place, there is nothing strange. Clearly remember when you apply for a company, the interviewer in charge of staff recruitment gave himself such a very strange question: If you now have 7 cups of water, but came to 8 company headquarters leaders, can not be slow, and these 8 leaders are coming together, the room for maneuver is also small, what should you do?

"Did I hear you right?" HimHeard this question, first a face confused, and then, a stomach of fire, "do not want to hire, just say it straight, need to trip so?"

However, thoughts are thoughts. The reality of the situation, still can not allow themselves to the words and expressions that have too much dissatisfaction with the presentation. After all, this company is the place that one has long desired.

So, after thinking about it, he told the interviewer stiffly: "First put these 7 cups of water on, then tell the leaders seated, who is thirsty who drink first, go immediately to pour the 8th cup of water yourself, and then tell the leaders ......"

"Stop, if each person has a cup, do you feel that the leaders who did not drink the water at that time will be happy?" One of the interviewers did not wait for me to finish, then directly called a halt to the answer he gave.

Although I added a few more arguments, I was unable to get a smile of approval on the faces of all the interviewers. Finally, one interviewer told me, "You can choose the next company."

I had no choice but to leave the scene resentfully, and naturally, I had nothing to do with that company.

Second, if there are many leaders and few cups, what kind of result is likely to occur?

Although I did not encounter such a similar problem, and also successfully joined a company that I like, that embarrassing problem, always nagged at me, and even sometimes worried that if such a situation happens to them, how to be good.

So, at a private party, he told the problem to an old colleague with a lot of experience in the workplace, Ah Ming.

After listening, Amin told me not long after: "It's not difficult, you can first hide two or three of the cups, and then tell the leader, because of work negligence, communication is not active, information confirmation is not timely, failed to do a thorough job of reception. A few cups of water here first, thirsty can drink, the rest immediately arranged."

One hears this answer, feeling with their previous answer, there is no difference ah, are not enough cups, first, pour the water on and then, then make up for it.

After Amin knew that he did not understand, he saw that he was anxious to know the truth, and analyzed for himself the reason why he did so.

For such similar "emergency" events, the parties are negligent and concerned, with no timely understanding of the situation, so the problem of fumbling, and no time to take care of. But the main reason is that the leader in charge of accompanying failed to inform his subordinates of the situation in time, or the person in charge of undertaking the matter failed to tell the receptionist of the changes that occurred in time, which led to the subsequent passive response.

Despite this fact, but for the leadership or higher authorities, often do not carry such a black pot, plus, come are VIPs, the formation of a big scene, such a low-level error, resulting in the headquarters leadership loss face, the leadership responsible for accompanying and higher authorities, often do not take the blame on their own.

Thus, the cup less, but more leaders appear as a result of two: 1. lead to the travel head, whose responsibility is it, is not timely notification of the superiors, or the parties are not adequately prepared? 2. did not share the face of the water, where to put it?

Thus, as a subordinate, who want to successfully crack such a problem, it is necessary to seize two points: First, the responsibility is mine. That is, their work is not active, requesting instructions promptly, so the reception has flaws.

The second is to find the face. That is, do not focus on who is right and who is wrong. Rather, the attention will be turned to taking into account the face of the headquarters leadership above, so that they have a step down.

As the saying goes, rather fall a group, not a person. At this point, the 7 cups of water are all hidden, who can not drink, or water to only a few personnel, the remaining few, rather than just one, first empty, will blur the sight of others, will not drink water part of the face to save down.

In this way, it becomes part of the leadership that has water to drink, and another part of the leadership does not have water to drink, the effect is completely different, thus, the matter can be a big deal, and eventually, it will not be settled.

Third, the formation of a plan to take action, to have no danger

Seriously, in reality, the probability of "7 glasses of water, 8 leaders to drink" is very small, and even a false proposition. But the workplace emergency, and unexpected events, that may appear at any time, we need to draw attention to and can take appropriate measures to solve the solution. It is recommended to start from the following three aspects.

1. Think thoroughly, just in case

Everything should be the best preparation and the worst plan. Very often, we see some old colleagues, always do not panic and do things in an orderly manner. Even in the event of an emergency, but also can sit in danger.

Not that they are more brilliant than themselves, but previously experienced more. Everything can think ahead, what are the consequences, before things have not happened has thought of a good solution, to do several things.

I remember working with their colleague Liu, thinking things always more prepared to do a hand. Once, he and I used the whole three days to make a PPT for the leadership to report on the work, and after finishing, I thought it would be enough to copy the file to a flash drive and bring it to the main meeting.

He insisted on bringing the laptop used to make the PPT prevent incompatibility problems with the software used to play the PPT. At that time, I thought it was superfluous, but I didn't expect that there would be a real interruption in the debugging process after arriving at the venue.

Moreover, the leader in charge of reporting work also temporarily proposed the idea of fine-tuning the PPT, and if the laptop was not around, it was simply too late. Fortunately, Liu thought thoroughly and solved the next problem logically, avoiding unexpected situations.

It's still the old saying, "Don't be afraid of one thing, just in case." From the normal things, good at anticipating abnormal, do a good job of coping with the policy, to effectively turn danger into success.

2. Know how to take the blame and win the trust

As the saying goes, save the emergency and not the poor. It means that helping people to help to the key place, will make the person being helped, deeply touched, and grateful.

In the workplace, the leadership can make the subordinates feel valuable, the normal work carried out, often does not play a "stone stirred up a thousand waves" effect, only to help the leadership interests continue to add value or effectively prevent damage to the interests of the leadership will make you impressed and know when to take the blame for the leadership, is a major way, but also A must-answer question to win the trust and become a beloved.

Staff Zhang in a company doing sales, once with the department manager Wang run customers, the formation of the program data omissions, customers are not satisfied. Xiao Zhang saw the situation and immediately said, I'm sorry, I was a momentary oversight, not organized carefully enough, next time there will be no problem.

Manager Wang saw Zhang take the initiative to take the blame for himself, but also for the customer rounded up: Zhang young and energetic, is still a bit inexperienced, I hope to forgive more.

After that initiative to take the blame, Wang's manager's impression of Zhang became very good. Take the initiative to a large single department, let him deal with it, so that his sales performance at the end of the month doubled at once.

Work, when the leader encountered difficulties, encountered setbacks, as long as the non-principles, involving the issue of right and wrong, as subordinates stand up bravely, perhaps personal performance and performance will therefore be affected, but in exchange for the leadership of the troubles lifted, the position is stable, often means you will be more good opportunities, and these are sometimes you can not get through hard work.

3. Do the initiative, and calmly

Not afraid of how difficult the work is, afraid of the work of no one. Any work, no matter how difficult or small, as long as someone is responsible for, and takes the corresponding work methods, gradually to solve, time may be due to the ability of the staff and early or late, but eventually will be completed.

Fear is afraid, the leadership does not do a clear division of labor, and subordinates do not take the initiative to cooperate. Superiors are waiting for subordinates to take the initiative, and subordinates are waiting for superiors to take the initiative to arrange, a long time to form a gap, it is not good to do.

As, at the beginning of the article, there are 8 leaders, but the side responsible for hospitality only prepared 7 cups of water, if the leadership or higher authorities can take the initiative to inform, or responsible for hospitality can take the initiative to communicate, and further improve the confirmation of personnel. Then, prepare another glass of water, in just a matter of minutes, there will be no follow-up adverse reactions.

Thus, as a subordinate to the work of ambiguous issues, individuals have thought, but in the case of the superiors have not been clear, you need to take the initiative to fight for themselves to do the work more time, and even opportunities. And do not hold the idea of "how the superiors say how to do, the superiors do not say not to do", passively waiting for the leadership to command, to clarify.

Once the problem arises, the consequences arise. Please rest assured that the ultimate responsibility will still fall on your head accurately, want to avoid it, I it is truly difficult.

Written in the end

The road to the workplace million does self-preservation first. Want to survive in the workplace, and can also live a good life, you need to have a sense of warning, everything in advance, make good trade-offs, take the initiative, and make your workplace road, smoother you go.