Case study Zhou Hongyi which leadership art

Case study Zhou Hongyi which leadership art

The first keyword - persistence: entrepreneurship, is a tenacious "long war".

Why do I prefer to watch war movies? You will find that all the famous battles in history, we fight to the toughest time, feel very painful, so I often say: entrepreneurship is not a battle, but a long-term battle of perseverance. I think post-90s entrepreneurs do not lack of passion, nor lack of ideas, but lack of a long-term, tenacious thing. Entrepreneurship, not both sides like two samurai, as long as the right move, but a long war, so it is important to bite the bullet.

The second keyword - courage: the difference between a warrior and a coward is whether or not you can "control fear".

What struck me y in the movie was that Yi Sun-Shin was also afraid inside, but as the leader and the central character, he had to overcome his fear. I think that courage is the most important thing when there is a fierce confrontation and competition. Because, not only do you need to be talented, but you also need to have courage in order to maintain rational judgment. Even though Yi Sun-Shin knew the water and the local terrain and had a lot of ideas, he still needed to be calm in the heat of battle. In a classic movie "Saving Private Ryan", Tom Hanks, playing the role of a captain, was also baffled and overwhelmed during the beach landing. In fact, all the thrilling moments inside the movie are showing how to stay calm, how to have control over your emotions and fears, and on the basis of control, you can make the right judgment.

On the battlefield, no one is free from fear, but the difference between a warrior and a coward is whether you can "control fear", so that fear does not affect your decision-making, and you can still make rational decisions in a chaotic environment. This is my experience and what the movie shows. Lee Sun-Shin's enemies, though powerful, eventually become extremely arrogant, or extremely fearful, and their decisions become irrational, but Lee Sun-Shin stays very calm.

I have a little trait that people who are not familiar with me may not know, I often freak out over small things, like not turning on the bass at the movie I just watched. But when it comes to big things I'm calm because, when something big is about to happen, it looks like the only way to go is to die, and that's when you're calm, and you're going to die either way, so you might as well calm down and think about how to deal with it.

The third keyword - decision-making power: "making a stupid decision" is better than "not making a decision".

The scene of the meeting in "The Battle of Narayang Sea" is very much like a company meeting, there are always people who say that this can't be done, there must be a lot of different opinions. Liu Chuanzhi said a sentence, "listen to the majority of people's advice, communicate with a few people, and finally make their own decisions", so the final successful leader is a person, not a team. Why is it that, when successful, the founder is the biggest shareholder, the biggest honor, the biggest gainer, including in Silicon Valley, they also value the founders. Because, many people only see the glory of the founders, do not see the pressure they bear. The founder is under the most pressure because, at the end of the day, he has to make all the decisions.

I've always thought that it's better to "make a stupid decision" than to "not make a decision," because not making a decision, and not surviving, delays the battle. If you make a bad decision, you can adjust it during the execution if you realize it quickly. However, the person who makes the decision will be under the most pressure and may not be understood by many people. In "The Battle of Myeongryang", Yi Sun-sin was the one who made the decision. He used a lot of methods to stabilize the military, such as, for example, breaking down and burning down everyone's dormitory. But these seemingly unsympathetic decisions of his gathered the hearts of the army the fastest and eventually rewrote history.

The fourth keyword - team: the team does not give strength, and ultimately beat you, not God-like opponent, but pig-like teammates.

There are a lot of entrepreneurs in the United States who came out of West Point, and there are a lot of retired military officers who enter the business world after every war. I love watching these war movies, and I've started my own real-life CS field. I think there are two things you can learn from the military, one is leadership and the other is teamwork.

I thought that the 12 boats led by Lee Sun-Shin would rush through together, but I didn't realize that his boat was the only one that went through, while the others watched. Inside the company, there is a lot of this too. You yourself feel confident and have inspired yourself, but you realize that the team is not giving you a chance. You yourself don't know whether it's a god-like opponent or a pig-like teammate that ultimately beats you.

But Lee Sun-Shin in the movie didn't complain, didn't just wave the flag. He relied on himself, led by example, rushed ahead, played the first round, gave the team incentive, and the team then followed. Therefore, Yi Sun-Shin was a very strong leader. The Japanese failed on their pig-like teammates, if they set sail together with a bang, how could more than 300 ships fail to defeat 12?

Lee Sun-Shin was undoubtedly a hero. But did the hero make the age, or did the age make the hero? We all have different views on this. I think that no one is born a hero, and many are pushed into this position by fate. If not you, there are others. It's just that because this person has accomplished something, many people then horse-trade and deify him.

Likewise, no one is born a leader. Inside this industry, I know a lot of mythological big brother, many people more than ten years ago and ordinary entrepreneurs, we are also constantly figuring out. People should believe that if you learn to cope with the challenges, you also have such opportunities.