How to lead smart people

When it comes to what kind of talents are suitable for leadership, Kai-Fu Lee concluded that when he was first promoted to the position of manager, he thought it was due to skill and luck, but now that he thinks about it, there may be more than these two. Because now when he chooses who to be the leader, he will pay more attention to whether the person has high emotional intelligence, good popularity, good communication, and has a certain personality charm. When superiors and subordinates disagree, you must judge what you should have the courage to change and what you cannot change but accept. When summarizing his own path to success, Kai-Fu Lee quoted Jobs as saying "connect the dots" (connect the dots), he believes that people do a lot of things in one's life, and then one day they can only connect them all when they look back. .

Kai-Fu Lee took his own journey from a technical talent to a leader as an example, and talked about how Chinese technical masters stand out from technical work, how to improve their ability to collaborate with superiors and subordinates, how to praise and criticize employees, and how to retain outstanding employees. How to choose the path of opportunity in his life and other topics, and talked about the leaders he admired the most and least in his eyes.

In Kai-Fu Lee's view, retaining talents is nothing more than "empowerment, trust, affection and reward". thing.