There is a story in the article: Guo Henian, the big boss of Hong Kong, went to Pudong to build Shangri-La Hotel. Guo Ben also wants to do it. But for one thing, he has built one in the old city, and for another, the hotel has a large investment and needs to be examined and approved by the above. Lao Guo ran to a ministry in Beijing, reported the matter and asked for approval. A director shook his head and said, no, you lost your investment, and we can't bear the responsibility! Guo said, how can I make you responsible for my own investment? The director still shook his head. Guo had no choice but to return to Shanghai. Think about it, why bother, do it yourself! Later, the hotel was finally built. Guo felt funny in retrospect and asked the director, I lost money on my investment. Are you irresponsible? The director said, irresponsible. I asked him again, I didn't invest and delayed the opportunity. Are you irresponsible? The director said, irresponsible. I said so well, you are not responsible for investing, and you are not responsible for not investing. Why do you care about this?
Recently, anti-corruption drama's "in the name of people" has been popular in major TV series, and I have noticed several things. As soon as the first episode of the play was broadcast, an action was launched to arrest Ding Yizhen, a corrupt official. Chen Hai, director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Provincial Procuratorate, asked Ji Changming, the chief procurator of the Provincial Procuratorate, about the arrest before arresting Ding Yizhen. In the end, the best opportunity for arrest was lost because of the blocking, asking for instructions and reporting work of Ji Changming, the chief procurator of the provincial procuratorate, which led to corrupt officials fleeing overseas. Once people flee overseas, it will be a long time to catch corrupt officials.
It was Ji Changming's repeated requests and reports to Gao Yuliang that led to the disclosure of this secret and Ding Yizhen's escape. Regardless of who was the leaker in the lecture hall at that time, it was really the time delay caused by asking for instructions, which led to the information leakage of the arrest operation, which led to Ding Yizhen's escape.
On the contrary, Hou Liangping, director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, who was transferred from Beijing Supreme Procuratorate, did something refreshing. In the process of arresting Ouyang Jing, Hou Liangping ordered his men to lock the evidence of Ouyang Jing's crime in the shopping mall. Under the condition that all the evidence was solid, he made a decisive move to intercept Ouyang Jing at the airport who wanted to take advantage of Dakang Li's special car to escape overseas, just like an American blockbuster.
imagine that if you ask the chief procurator for arrest in an emergency at that time, you will continue to ask the chief procurator for arrest according to Ji's consistent style. Then this operation is doomed to fail again. Later, it was proved that Hou Liangping's practice was correct, although it did not conform to the process. Because he got it done. And it is an extremely correct thing to do.
As far as doing things is concerned, it is really necessary to employ an expert like Hou Liangping to be decisive, intelligent and brave in order to get things done. Of course, if you don't think it can be done, you can just keep asking for instructions and reporting.
Just like Dakang Li later asked his subordinate Zhao Donglai, if it were you, would you intercept at the airport? Zhao Donglai's answer is: I don't think so. Even if we intercept it, we will delay the time to let people go in the process of asking for instructions and reporting.
a leader doesn't think about how to seize the opportunity to make an emergency decision and solve problems in urgent and important matters. But thinking about asking for instructions and reporting, then this person must have a problem.
In ancient and modern history, there were countless wars, and there were of course many reasons for the success and failure of each war. But this is absolutely inseparable from a brave and decisive commander. On the battlefield, fighters change rapidly, so if you have a good chance, you can take the opportunity to defeat the enemy. If you can't make a quick decision but ask your superiors, the day lily will definitely be cold.
Some people may ask: What's wrong with asking for more instructions in daily work? Of course there is a problem;
if you are a sales executive, you sell medical equipment or consumable products. There are few opportunities to meet the dean. Once you get the opportunity to meet the dean, the time left for you is limited, and there are competitors next to you. At this time, the dean proposed that it is ok to buy your equipment, but an agreement requiring lifetime warranty should be signed in the contract; You will say that the company has rules and you can't make decisions. Time is limited, and you said you need to call for instructions? The dean certainly doesn't have time to wait for your instructions and reports. Then your order is over.
if you are a project leader, your reporting target is the project manager. In addition to the routine project report, ask the project manager for instructions as soon as you encounter any problems. Will the project manager think, "You are wasting his time. You are a troublemaker?"? Not a problem solver. "Usually, the project manager has more responsibility than you, and his time and energy are limited. If you do this, it will delay the time, affect the progress and delay the project. In this way, he will think that you are incompetent and indecisive. If you leave such an impression on your boss, it will be difficult to get it back.
at work, of course, you can't ask for instructions without principles. When you need to make a decision, you should show your leadership style.
of course, if you want to lose the opportunity to do things, just like the story we saw at the beginning: if you want something to be done, you should ask for more instructions.