Manager ' Buggy ' Management

To be a manager means to suffer a certain degree of "unfreedom" - a manager belongs to an organization and is bound by various "rules" of the organization, a manager has to take responsibility and care about profits, To improve performance. Perhaps, it is this "unfreedom" that deepens managers' desire for "freedom", so it is not difficult to understand why so many managers are attracted to off-road vehicles.

However, when we approached the manager's off-road vehicle, we still felt a hint of "management". In Jin Yong's novels, the real masters have no weapons, they can pick up a branch sword. The highest state of management may also be invisible, as Dulac said, "management is a broad art." The three SUV-loving managers below are not only using their management skills in the office, but also in the car.

Manager: Zhang Chaoyang, CEO of Sohu
Off-road vehicle: Land Rover
Management: Building corporate image

Zhang Chaoyang owns a Land Rover specially prepared for travel. In July 2005, he drove this car and led the A hundred-member "Beauty Beast Mountaineering Team" composed of Miss World champions, film and television stars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and well-known entrepreneurs, set off from Beijing to Lhasa and headed to Mount Qizi in Tibet at an altitude of 6,026 meters. Serving "Sogou" to create momentum.

Zhang Chaoyang doesn't seem to be very proficient in all kinds of "things" in the car. He put a CD in the car CD compartment but didn't know how to make it sound. He said that he asked an expert to teach him to play with it. Otherwise, you will never understand. But this does not affect his good interest in driving, and he will speed up while rhythmically tapping sounds with his left hand on the dashboard of the FM radio to the tune of the FM radio.

In fact, Land Rover is more like a piece of Zhang Chaoyang's clothes, just like he wears a round neck shirt for social occasions, it is showing a style, this style may not be appropriate for other companies, but for Sohu is very suitable. Because the spirit of the Internet is freedom, the Internet breaks the boundaries between work and life, making the two appear a trend of fusion. A lot of Zhang Chaoyang's work is actually promoting this "freedom", and Land Rover has become the carrier of this "freedom" concept.

Manager: Feng Xingjun, former general manager of SYBASE China
Off-road vehicle: Mitsubishi Pajero
Management: Enhance team cohesion

Feng Xingjun, the former general manager of SYBASE China who has retired, also has "big" in the industry "Hero", the sword of this "Hero" is his Mitsubishi Pajero.

Although he retired last year, stories about him and SUVs are still circulating on "Jianghu". Feng Xingjun owns a BMW 7 Series, but off-road vehicles seem to have become his symbol. He spent 500,000 to buy the car and 100,000 to modify it. When you are disappointed, you can drive it to relieve depression, and when you are proud, you can drive it to be more cheerful. He used to run wildly with his wife from Beijing to Qinghai, from Qinghai to East China, and from East China to Northeast China. Bring your own dry food, and sleep wherever you go. Back then, he drove this off-road vehicle from Shennongjia to the SYBASE office in Beijing to take office.

One of the most thrilling stories about him and the off-road vehicle happened in Ningxia: when crossing the Yellow River, the Yellow River water broke the bridge, and the off-road vehicle fell into the river. The whole body was erected, the car was full of water, and in the end it was the current that washed them ashore.

After Feng Xingjun arrived at SYBASE, the corporate culture had a taste of off-road vehicles: he often drove with his colleagues on weekends, which deepened the mutual understanding between him and his colleagues. One year when the annual manager meeting was held, Feng Xingjun, the managers and several top salesmen rented a few off-road vehicles and drove them from Beijing to the desert of Xilingrad, Inner Mongolia. When they were in the wild, everyone felt that they should communicate with each other even more. Help, invisibly enhance the cohesion.

When Feng Xingjun retired in 2004, he said at the farewell reception that maybe tomorrow I will appear in Tibet with an off-road vehicle. It turned out that he was holding the SYBASE database with one hand and the steering wheel with the other. Now he can finally hold the steering wheel with both hands.

Manager: Luo Hong, President of Hollywood
Off-road vehicle: Wrangler
Management: Self-talk

Luo Hong's hobbies are almost at the two ends of "quiet" and "moving": he likes riding, Driving off-road vehicles, from which he can appreciate the charm of speed. On the other hand, his biggest hobby should be photography. To photograph a swan, he can lie down and wait in one place for hours.

There are also thrilling stories about Luo Hong and the off-road vehicle: in 2000, he and a few friends went to the foot of Mount Everest to take pictures. On the way back, they encountered a mudslide. There were only two choices: either retreat or rush over. They finally decided to rush over and let one person drive an empty car in front of the road, with the others and equipment in a car behind. Because Luo Hong's driving skills on mountain roads are very good, he drove the empty car in front. At that time, the mudslide had covered most of the wheels, but Luo Hong did not panic. With his excellent driving skills, he finally rushed out.

The off-road vehicle not only helps Luo Hong to surmount the obstacles in the journey, but also can take him away from the city, self-reflection, and help team members to talk to each other. Luo Hong pays great attention to the communication between members of the management team. He said that sometimes there are situations where the vice presidents disagree on a matter, and no one agrees with the other when they argue, and the atmosphere becomes very tense. At this time, Luo Hong's reaction was: put this matter down first, and don't argue. "Let's go, let's go to take pictures." They took off-road vehicles to take pictures in the wild, usually going to a distant place. During this time on the road, everyone sat in the car without speaking, and the car was quiet. Looking at the scenery outside the window, everyone began to calm down, talk to themselves, and reflect on themselves. Generally, when we arrive at the destination, everyone's emotions have been relieved, they have become more rational, and they can discuss issues together calmly.