The One Behind It All Chapter 79

Mal Bowen, a reformer at McKinsey & Company, once described it this way: The average business leader does not need the genius of a political leader. He only needs to encourage people to support their families rather than surround London under German bombing. A person with "a certain degree of imagination, initiative and resilience, a strong sense of accomplishment and the ability to understand other people's perspectives and processes" may become a successful business leader as long as he learns some management skills.

Using this "definition" to measure Mao Zedong will lead to an interesting answer.

If he really wanted to be an entrepreneur, Mao Zedong would definitely not be a peaceful business leader. He has an elegant personality and lofty ambitions, and is by no means a fool. As long as he has the slightest chance, he will definitely recruit people and conquer the world alone. In Mao Zedong's life, the most charming thing was his spiritual temperament of "a monk holding an umbrella and being lawless", his endless rebellious spirit of "fighting against heaven, there is endless joy, fighting against people, there is endless joy", It has almost nothing to do with the formatted, business school-style business thinking. It seems to be able to easily arouse the inexplicable entrepreneurial excitement and youthful turmoil in people's hearts.

Mao Zedong did not go to college, just like entrepreneurs did not go to business school, but this did not bother him at all. When he went to Chongqing, he impressed all the white-bearded people who were full of knowledge with a copy of "Qinyuanchun·Snow" They fell. In terms of macro planning, he is a genius strategist, which is one of the essential abilities of an outstanding entrepreneur. If you were to run a business, you wouldn't know how many detours you would avoid and how many opportunities you would gain.

Mao Zedong was also a born oppositionist and a revolutionary who never stopped. He never seemed to be able to trust someone completely. Therefore, true authorized management cannot be achieved in his enterprise.