【英文书短读】Good to Great (9)

【英文书短读】Good to Great (9)

When we began the research project, we expected to find that the first step in taking a company from good to great would be to set a new direction, a new vision and strategy for the company, and then to get people committed and aligned behind that new direction.

We found something quite the opposite.

The executives who ignited the transformations from good to great did not first figure out where to drive the bus and then get people to take it there. No, they first got the right people on the bus (and the wrong people off the bus) and then figured out where to drive it. They said, in essence, “Look, I don’t really know where we should take this bus. But I know this much: If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we’ll figure out how to take it someplace great.”

― Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

在这个研究项目开始之前，我们以为会有这样的发现：将一个公司从优秀推向卓越的第一步是为公司设定一个新的方向、新的远景和战略，然后找到合适的人，再朝这个新的方向前进。

我们发现有时情况恰恰相反。

那些主管们不是首先确定目的地，然后才把人们引向那里。不是，他们首先让合适的人上车（不合适的自然请下车），然后才决定去向何处。用他们的经典话语来说：“看，我真的不清楚应将这辆汽车驶向何处。但是有一点毋庸置疑：如果我们有合适的人在车上，并各就其位，而不合适的人已下车，然后我们就可以确定如何将它开向某个卓越之地。”