替えの効かない人などいない
どのようなビジネスでも、その成功が主要マネージャーや重役の才能にかかっているということは滅多にありません。ある重役は会社にとって絶対不可欠な存在である、などというのは誤った思い込みに過ぎず、他の社員の能力を見過ごしてしまったり押さえつけてしまったりする原因となっています。次世代リーダーとなるべき社員たちが目の前にいるのに見えていないなどというのは、よくあることです。
一番ビジネスを左右するのは、バリューよりも指針である
ある企業ではイノベーションをそのバリュー（共通価値観）として掲げ、社員にもいつもイノベーションと書いたものが目につくようにしてはありますが、実際には、R&Dのスタッフも含め、誰かがイノベーションを生み出す姿が見られる事は滅多にありません。
あなたの最大の敵は
Businesses can be their own worst enemies when business process supplants business thinking. The CEO of a large industrial American company in Japan told me of difficulties he faces in buying from a division of a large Japanese industrial company, not because of a lack of will to sell on their part, but rather unnecessary and burdensome bureaucratic processes that were designed to meet Japanese government procurement requirements, the division’s primary customer. Quality control processes at the Japanese seller company were impractical and far beyond what the American company required, while lead-times and costs were excessive. Adherence to process, no matter how inappropriate, dominated thinking.
劇的な戦略的変革において知っておくべきこと
組織において劇的、戦略的な変革を実行すれば、それに対する懸念、反対意見や疑問を表明する社員が出てくるのは普通のことです。では、そのような状態になることを十分承知の上でその変革を導く最良の方法は何でしょうか。これは私もCEOの方々からよく受ける質問ですので、私の答えをいくつかここで紹介します。
自分の決める戦略
The best military strategists always choose the terrain on which they will do battle, rather than allowing the enemy to choose for them. So, in business, why would you possibly allow others to define the topography of your business environment instead of choosing the topography yourself? Yet, that is often precisely what business people do.
[:en]Authority Isn’t Empowerment[:ja]権限とエンパワーメントとは同義語ではない[:]
[:en]Empowerment is like breathing. We all recognize its need but we’re rarely aware of it until something is wrong. Passivity in business is the most common symptom of lack of empowerment.
[:en]Empathy Trumps Projection[:ja]投影ではなく共感をすること[:]
[:en]Projection and empathy are not the same thing, but they are often confused. Empathy is the ability to understand how someone is thinking, whereas projection is presuming a person thinks like you. Be careful not to project when it is empathy that you intend.
[:en]When Risk Aversion is Personal[:ja]個人的な理由からのリスク回避[:]
[:en] There is nothing wrong with risk aversion. It is only aversion to reasonable business risk that is a problem. When a business leader complains of excessive risk aversion in his staff, the underlying concerns are frequently personal.
[:en]No Pain Points, No Problems[:ja]問題を抱えない顧客へのアプローチ[:]
[:en]What if your prospects and clients have no pain points and no problems? Presumption of damage is never a good way to start a relationship with anyone, whether in business or otherwise. Not long ago, I was working with a sales team to help improve their capability to ask questions when meeting with prospects. Without fail, during role plays when I played the customer, each one asked me variations of “Do you have any particular problems?” When I responded, “No, we don’t have any particular problems,” each salesperson was flustered and did not know how to respond. Each one, after a few awkward exchanges, simply withdrew and promised to call again […]
[:en]When Risk Aversion is Personal[:ja]個人的な理由からのリスク回避[:]
[:en] There is nothing wrong with risk aversion. It is only aversion to reasonable business risk that is a problem. When a business leader complains of excessive risk aversion in his staff, the underlying concerns are frequently personal.
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