實話實說：車界老兵點評六大CEO
2009年，鮑伯?盧茨站在一輛通用沃藍達下方。
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總是直言不諱的鮑伯?盧茨 ????鮑伯?盧茨曾經在四家車企里擔任過將近50年的高級管理者。他2010年退休，隨后以作家和演講家的身份開辟了職業生涯的第二春。他最擅長的事是解析人們關心的汽車界謎團。繼2011年出版了一本名叫《造車人vs.數錢人》（Car Guys vs. Bean Counters）的書后，最近盧茨又出版了一本名叫《偶像和傻瓜：領導力大實話》（Icons and Idiots：Straight Talk on Leadership）的新書。盧茨在這本書中描述了他幾個老板的“怪癖和愚蠢程度”，還給他們的領導水平打了分。我們可以發現，書中出現的大多數CEO都缺乏某些素質。 ????這本書是關于領導和領導力的，是我60多年來總結觀察的結果。這些故事并不是要抨擊誰，也不是要打擊報復。隨著這么多年過去，怒氣和憤懣也早已煙消云散了。我想做的就是通過展示成功領導者的人性弱點以及他們的成功來呈現這些人的復雜性。我得出的結論是，大多數成功的領導者在精神和情緒上都有些偏曲。可以說他們都缺乏耐心，比較倔強、固執己見，不容易被滿足，而且獨斷專橫。然而，正是這些特質引導他們獲得了成功。 ????商業界很喜歡把事情量化，所以我也把書里提到的每個話題都列了個簡短的提綱。然后我根據我個人認為最重要的一些領導素質按每項1到10分對他們進行打分。這些素質包括正直、勇氣、風格、溝通技巧、剛強、變通、堅定、專注、做事情的輕重緩急、創意和成果等等。完美的成績是345分。 |
Always outspoken ????Since retiring in 2010 after nearly five decades as a top executive at four automakers, Bob Lutz has found a second career as a myth-puncturing author and speaker. In this highly personal follow-up to Car Guys vs. Bean Counters, published in 2011, Lutz relates what he calls the "bizarre foibles and rank stupidity" of his bosses, and grades them on their leadership qualities. Lutz is a hard marker: Most of the CEOs in Icons and Idiots: Straight Talk on Leadership are found wanting in several qualities. ????This book is about leaders and leadership, a compendium from my more than 60 years of observation. These tales do not constitute a "hatchet" job or an attempt to "get even." The years have caused anger and resentment to dissipate. What I have attempted to do is to show the complexities of successful leaders by exposing both their human weaknesses and, in most cases, their successes. My bottom line is that most successful leaders are mentally and emotionally askew. It's precisely that they are impatient, stubborn, opinionated, unsatisfied, and domineering that makes them successful. ????Since the business world likes quantification, I have attempted to craft a brief overview of each of the subjects examined in this book. I have evaluated them, using a scale of 1 to 10, on the leadership traits I personally believe are the most important: integrity, courage, style, communication skill, toughness, adaptability, consistency and focus, sense of priority, creativity, and results. A perfect score would be 345. |
