In a speech, I talked about how when I first started my business, I was a layman who didn't understand leadership at all, but through learning, I eventually became a good leader. The audience was very curious and asked me how I learned.
I answered: "Teach yourself by exploring!"
My situation at that time was very difficult. On the one hand, the company was suffering heavy losses, and on the other hand, I realized that I was not good at management. However, my daily work made me breathless. Everything was on the line and had to be dealt with immediately. I don't even have time to consult experts, so I can only explore everything by myself. This is my self-study.
My self-study of leadership management includes 5 steps: thinking, trying, making mistakes, reviewing, and improving.
When I encounter any situation that needs to be dealt with, I will tell myself that I am a person who does not know how to manage. I must think carefully and think over and over again before I can do things right. So my first step is to think over and over again. think.
After thinking about it, I was finally able to come up with a way to deal with it, and now I'm moving on to the second step: try. I try to do things using this method and see what the results will be.
If the result is good, then I know that I may have done something right, and I can handle similar things in the future. Unfortunately, my chances of doing the right thing the first time are not great. I often do the wrong thing, which leads me to the third stage of my self-study management: making mistakes.
After making a mistake, I started asking myself: Where did I go wrong? Why did I make a mistake? How serious was my mistake? If not, what else can be done? What can you do to avoid making the same mistake?
There will be no immediate answers to these questions. It may take many times to answer them before you find a more correct answer. This is the fourth step: review.
Through the process of review and repeated questioning, I usually find 2 to 3 possible answers. At this time, I need to judge which answer is correct and make up my mind to test this answer. That's step five: Improve.
When I try to improve, but there are still problems with the improved approach, I have to go back to the review stage and further test the new answer.
This is how I explore learning management. After so many years, I am sure that self-exploration is very effective. I find the best practices through my own testing, because my own experience is the most profound and I can learn it thoroughly.
In addition to self-exploration, I will also add two types of learning: one is reading books, and the other is asking scholars and experts for help.
When I have any management questions, I will try to find a book to read. There are many management books, and I can usually find a book that responds to our questions. It only takes 2 days to get the answer.
Looking for a teacher to learn from, whether it is a professor with academic knowledge or a business senior with practical experience, is a good candidate. I will try to find a few industry experts and ask them for advice from time to time, which will help me learn management.
