From Julia Zhuo,可以着重看看什么是team。
Not a family, not an employer… but a team
It used to be in vogue to say that your company was like your family.
"Yeah, we’re there for one another. We eat and drink and play together. We are friends and confidantes and work wives / husbands. We push and root for each other and we roll our eyes at our various quirks and superpowers and blind spots. We care, oh we care so very deeply about this crew and we’ll always have each others’ backs."
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This quickly crumbled with the realities of a tightening economy. After all, a family would never FIRE you, would they? Send you off with an e-mail and a check and a sorry, goodbye, good luck?. 1point 3acres
No, a company is definitively *not* a family.
Now, the tide has shifted and it’s in vogue to say that your company is simply your employer.
"Yeah, it’s just my job, whatevs. It’s not the worst thing and it pays the bills. I gotta figure out how to stay remote and then interview every few months to see if I can do something better."
This positioning is perfectly rational. In an uncertain world, we need to take care of ourselves. No one can be expected to care more about our own backs than us. Put your oxygen mask on before helping others.
But "My company is just my employer" is also a self-defeating prophecy for those looking to grow in leadership. In my experience looking across thousands of promotions: at a well-run company, even the most talented performers will reach a ceiling in their career growth with this kind of attitude.
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It’s night-and-day obvious when you have someone who just really *really* cares about making some dimension of the company better—that kind of person learns faster, has a better track record, and naturally becomes seen as a leader.
The right balance, in my view, is to think of your company as a *team*—a group of people trying to achieve something big together, make some kind of difference in the world.
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To win, a team needs to pick the right players, and the players need to play right for the team.
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Imagine your favorite sports team.
Yes, that team will drop a player if they are not contributing to wins.
.. Yes, a player will drop that team if it doesn’t suit the player’s goals.
Yes, there are contracts to protect each side’s interests, and yes, we should expect respectful behavior all around.
But when that team wins a championship, it’s a beautiful thing.
Everyone focuses on winning, not on maximizing individual stats. Players sacrifice for the greater good. The team pulls the best out of one another..--
This is what it means to fight for a bigger pie, not for your bigger slice. |