Management skills: Learn how to "subordinate"

There is a hotel of the crabs are very famous, unable to sell a lot. The day they are recruiting a chef, two chefs to candidates, at the same time as the General, and the two will each induction trial for 3 days, 6 days after deciding who to hire.

The first trial of Chef beaver also has the management of the mind, he himself took the lead, but also often with other cooks to a tied game "crabs". Competition, including hotel owners, all in all he amazed the skilful hands and feet — he only 5 minutes to tie up the crabs, 20 other cooks up bound 12 only! let the boss more satisfaction, he knows how to use the game to improve everyone's doing before their efficiency! 5 minutes maximum tie 10 only.

The next 3 days is another candidate, the same, he also knows the "competition", so the day begins to tie up the crabs he calls on everyone to competition, but almost all the people did not think that the chef's action and adventure, but his call was very large, so this has almost become a joke.

Nevertheless, the chef does not feel ashamed, he would use a larger voice and cried, be sure to catch up with other cooks, he desperately speed chase, different employees naturally desperately not to let him catch up until the day of the trial ended, he tied the crabs of efficiency is still lagging behind those chefs.

Soon to decide who to hire, first Cook think boss employed must be his, hotel other employees also think so. But when the boss to make decisions, so that everyone suspected got it wrong — he hired a second Cook! as a chef, working efficiency even than his staff also slow, what is convincing?

Hotel boss say the secrets: the first job Cook while hands soon, but because he always win and let everyone lack self-confidence and motivation.

Second Cook do hands although slow, but he's "urgent" forced at ladder you all excited and nervous to desperately speed, do not let him catch up, the pursuit and in between, everyone in the unconscious improve labor efficiency. Then the boss let all employees once the crabs again tied to experiment, this time almost all employees are accidents — they had tied up every five minutes you can have 18 only crabs.

Employees did not think of is – just boss Office, second Cook has been tied in front of the boss's face once the efficiency of the crabs, he is every 5 minutes can tie up 25 only crabs.

"I mean let them win! only win will give people confidence and motivation!" He said, "I have a few tied 10 Lake meals, but the remaining 10 people thus have enthusiasm, everyone more tied up 6 only, that is to say, I am a man less remaining 10 only, but the resulting increased 60 only. Only minus 10 60, overall efficiency is equivalent to every 5 minutes increased 50 only! "

Management implications:

As a Manager, his value not only to personal creation of benefit, but he manages the overall efficiency under how! lose to subordinates, this is the wisdom of a Manager and minded.