成功的管理者有什么共同的个性?
What Personality Traits Do Successful Managers Share?
当我们看到一位优秀的管理者,常常会觉得管理者应该是这个样,但当看到另外一个风格完全不同,也很优秀的管理者时,又会觉得管理者应该是那个样。
When we encounter an outstanding manager, we often think that this is what a manager should be like. Then we meet another equally outstanding manager with a completely different style and decide that perhaps a manager should be like that instead.
当我们看到一位优秀的管理者,常常会觉得管理者应该是这个样,但当看到另外一个风格完全不同,也很优秀的管理者时,又会觉得管理者应该是那个样。
When we encounter an outstanding manager, we often think that this is what a manager should be like. Then we meet another equally outstanding manager with a completely different style and decide that perhaps a manager should be like that instead.
我们习惯去寻求一个共性的标准,来作为自己的学习和模仿目标,却忽略了一个关键的事实: 管理的成功,并不是靠个性,而是靠行动的结果。
We habitually search for a common standard to study and imitate, overlooking a crucial fact: success in management does not depend on personality, but on the results of one's actions.
正如德鲁克所说,“我终于明白了世上并无所谓的‘有效的个性’。我认识许多有效的管理者,他们脾气不同、能力也不同;他们所做的事不同,做事的方法也不同;他们的个性、知识和志趣,也各不相同。事实上他们几乎在每一方面都各自不同,但却有一项共同点: 人人都具有做好该做的事情的能力。 ”
As Peter Drucker wrote, “I finally realized that there is no such thing as an ‘effective personality.’ I have known many effective managers whose temperaments and abilities differed; what they did and how they did it differed; and their personalities, knowledge, and interests also differed. In fact, they differed from one another in almost every respect, but they shared one quality: every one of them had the ability to get the right things done.”
管理者的成功并不是因为具备某种特定的个性或特质。
Managers do not succeed because they possess a particular personality or set of traits.
无论是外向还是内向、爽朗还是忧虑、亲和还是冷峻、果断还是谨慎、感性还是理性。
They may be extroverted or introverted, cheerful or anxious, warm or stern, decisive or cautious, emotional or rational.
管理上都可能取得成功,只要能清楚地识别出重要和正确的事情,并推动取得结果。
Any of them can succeed in management, as long as they can clearly identify what is important and right and then drive it toward results.
看看我们熟知的成功的管理者,韦尔奇直接、果断和强势;乔布斯创新和追求完美;巴菲特稳健、耐心、亲和谦逊;比尔盖茨内向和理性;马斯克理想主义、激进和冒险,还有时情绪化和极端。
Consider the successful managers we know: Jack Welch was direct, decisive, and forceful; Steve Jobs was innovative and pursued perfection; Warren Buffett is steady, patient, warm, and humble; Bill Gates is introverted and rational; and Elon Musk is idealistic, aggressive, and adventurous, at times emotional and extreme.
虽然他们的个性差异巨大,但他们都能推动组织不断向前发展。
Although their personalities differ enormously, all of them have been able to keep their organizations moving forward.
外在的个性特征并不是管理者的关键,真正有效的管理者可以是任何性格和风格的人。
External personality traits are not what matters most in a manager. A truly effective manager can have any personality and any style.
因此,在职场中,我们不必为了追求某个特定的个性而去改变自己,也不应该对不同管理者的个性差异而产生偏见。
In the workplace, therefore, we do not need to change ourselves in pursuit of a particular personality, nor should we be prejudiced against managers whose personalities differ from our own expectations.
管理的真正价值不在于人的个性风格,而在于是否能够做对的事。
The true value of management lies not in a person's personality or style, but in whether they can do the right things.