Workplace｜How can technical leaders improve their mental strength?

The way of a sage, my nature is self-sufficient

Some time ago, I watched an open class during the geek time, which was "How do technical leaders improve their mental strength?" Mr. Qian Yong talked about. ", combined with the recent year's career in the workplace, I feel deeply, and it really comes to my heart. So writing a special article can be regarded as an afterthought, and it can also be regarded as a reflection on the transformation of workplace status in the past year.

Sanli

It is mentioned in the open class that people have three powers, brain power, physical power and mental power. The mind in it says this:

Mental energy is the most tangled part of your heart when you lead a large-scale team. Many technical students are very busy, and they have to work until late at night. It's okay when they are busy, anyway, they only face the things in front of them. But when you lie in bed and try to sleep, sometimes you can’t fall asleep, why? Because there are so many things going on in your mind. For example, customers in the front are making obstacles, and your shareholders and bosses are constantly urging you to move forward. If he wants to leave his job, he can't recruit people, and the person he likes can't give him the salary he wants. All these questions will pop up in your head, and at this point you will think, why am I doing this? Why should I make myself so tired? I have worked so hard, what is my purpose and significance ? All these things require mental effort to give you the answer, so today we will expand this topic for you in this dimension.

This text is simply a true portrayal of me in recent months! The project in charge has reached the final acceptance stage, key internal personnel have left, lack of front-end developers, and the superiors are urging, and the time for users to go online is imminent. People who are overwhelmed can't breathe, so they can only work overtime every day. Lying on the bed at night and closing their eyes is the problem left over from various projects. How to deal with it? Anxiety can't do it;

Xinli is to tell everyone that when you become a technical manager, when you are entangled in your heart, you can't ask for it from the outside. Can you tell your partner that I can't hold back? Can you tell your employees, I've lost my confidence? Can you tell your investors that I can't handle it? Impossible, the source of this power must come from your own heart .

Turi's five leader stages:

• In the beginning, he was a hero who could solve problems by himself and complete the tasks assigned by his superiors.
• In the second stage, the hero is promoted to general, who can lead a small team to complete the tasks assigned by the general, which requires the ability to employ people. Gather the strength of a small team to complete the mission
• The third stage of leadership is to use people's wisdom. Leaders should use those who are more capable than themselves, and those who can make up for their own shortcomings, and these people often have higher salaries than you and have more personality than you. Can it lead and embrace? If you can't, you can't be a good leader. And the core thinking behind a leader that pushes you to this position is value thinking. Leaders should look at the problem from a global perspective, and consider maximizing the value of the entire organization, rather than optimizing costs. Value maximization means that I can hire people with higher income than me, but they can solve problems that I can’t solve. Partially, it costs a lot, but overall, he helps you create greater organizational value.
• For an enterprise to be truly evergreen, it not only needs the efforts and wisdom of its employees, but also needs to lead the employees to be with you. A real business leader can employ the heart of people, which is a more advanced state. The leader, especially the founder, is a technical leader, and the CTO is the same. The main thing to see is whether the heart of the technical staff is with you.

human nature

It is very simple to satisfy human nature. There are two motivational demands: first, earn money and share money, share stocks, and share bonuses; second, if you can’t make money and share money temporarily, I can at least make you valuable. I will provide you with opportunities, a stage for you to practice, and resources. As long as your ability can grow, even if you can’t make money today, you can make a lot of money tomorrow. This is also an encouragement to human nature. . Inspiration from the hearts of the people, he needs to have hope, he needs to feel that he has something to do with you, he feels warm in your heart, tolerated by this team, and has a sense of belonging. This is a very important model for us to shape the motivation of team members and let them have self-drive.

This behavior includes eight aspects:

1. Sincere appreciation, praise should be specific and detailed. Of course, there are different types of people. Some people have an inclusive mental model and need one-on-one care and praise, while some people have an outstanding personality and need public praise. Therefore, we must learn to be insightful, understand the different inner needs of each person, and give sincere appreciation, praise and gratitude. Timely praise and gratitude are very important.
2. The common interest is that you and your brothers can maintain a certain sense of distance and be able to mingle together. You have to analyze what the person in each key position and the core position that is crucial to you wants most in his heart, and what you can give him. If you can grasp this point, you will have A very strong chip and power.
3. Inclusive belonging and keeping promises, keeping promises means that we should do what we can do, and don't promise what we can't do.
4. Facing optimism and 100% investment, as technology leaders, we have no right to be pessimistic. No matter how many challenges, difficulties and setbacks we encounter, we must maintain confidence and be optimistic, and then choose one among all the complicated problems , Call One Thing, and then devote 100% to solve it. As long as you get it done, the morale and confidence of the team will be improved.
5. Deal with it rationally, don't bring your own emotions, don't be affected by emotions, and deal with things from the perspective of value, rationality, and objectiveness.
6. The instructions are clear, and the instructions to employees must be clear, and the roles, responsibilities, and rights of employees and team leaders must be clearly stated.

The essence of management is not the two aspects of managing people and managing affairs at all, but the essence of management is to manage results

think

This year's workplace status has changed, from a small soldier to a small team leader; the biggest change is that there are many things to do, and multiple things need to be handled simultaneously. It consumes a lot more energy, which is very exhausting. Finally, I realized why the leaders don't have much hair. There is really a reason. The focus of the work has changed.

1. It is no longer to deal with the problem directly by myself, it is more that I need to break down the task and then give it to the right person to deal with it;
2. The project needs to reserve enough time, and the time should not be too tight, otherwise the only one who suffers in the end is yourself. Don't think that there are too many evaluations because of embarrassment, and you can take more time to evaluate things that you are not sure about. Even if it is a sure demand, some complex tasks may be derived;
3. If the needs assessment is designed to be something that is not your own specialty, you must get professional people to evaluate it together;
4. After the required tasks are decomposed, assign them to designated personnel according to the modules, and it is not recommended to replace them in the middle; you must apply for the required staffing as soon as possible to prevent the lack of key positions;
5. Pay attention to the development progress of the task in a timely manner, complete the task within a specified time, and push back the time point from the end time;

Management has a long way to go. We still need to work harder.