Long board and short barrel plate

Barrel Theory (Cannikin Law) also known as short-plate theory, is a very well-known principle of management by the American management expert Peter made. Its core content is about how much a barrel filled with water, does not depend on the highest piece of wood Tong Bi, but rather depends on the Tongbi on the shortest board.

Barrel Theory can inspire us to think about many issues, such as the importance of team building. In a team, decided to combat the strength of this team is not the strongest, the best people, but rather the ability of the weakest, worst laggards. Because the shortest longest wooden plank in the limitations and constraints play a role in determining the combat effectiveness of this team, affecting the overall strength of this team. In other words, we must find ways to achieve long board short board height or all of the board to maintain "high enough" of equal height, to fully play the role of the team, fully reflect the team spirit. The same is true for a business enterprise by the various divisions, departments must coordinate cooperation to play a force to reflect the competitiveness of enterprises, if a department is not enough quality or ability, will drag the entire enterprise of hind legs, weakening the whole the competitiveness of enterprises. The same is true for individuals, whether you are a manager or any occupation for other people, you determine your overall strength of the future development of Gaodu and persistence, once you have knowledge in a clear Qianque 或者 The lack of will seriously impede your career high. Imagine an arts Germany not only acting actors can not become a lasting star, a large number of stars, such as short-lived, precisely because there is no make up classes to upgrade their short-time board, no comprehensive basic quality.

Can be seen, both for a company or individual, their own shortcomings is very important, and in the development of roads, the need to strengthen their awareness of the short board increase. However, if the concern of blindly raising short-board, while ignoring the long board, that will fall into another misunderstanding.

Of the enterprises, faced with an increasingly complicated market environment, must have its own unique competitive edge, or differentiation strategy. The barrel on the longest piece of board to represent your unique competitive edge, only to find that piece of your long board, you can stimulate the market in a competitive thrust, to create their own sea of blue, as create a better performance, to bring their own value-added profits. Only the pursuit of short-board increase will only become large and the general business enterprises in the fierce competition to earn meager profits, culminating in a Red Sea in the flame died.

For individuals concerned, especially. Only concerned about the short board, may make you become a snake oil-like generalists, not specialists. Long board is the unique advantage of highlighting personal guide future development direction of their own key. Jack of all trades, but is that all things have only three legs of the effort, only focus and diligent in one respect, it may become an area of expertise. As a young man just entering society, but also in time to find out what their interests or concerns, brave refined, so that this piece of slab guide their career development. If interested too broad, and everything want to do anything interesting, the final result may be unsuccessful to do anything. Zealous obsessed with cars, eventually became engaged in Geely Automobile; Buffett dedicated playing the stock market, and ultimately became the world wealthy. In this sense, the short board to decide is whether you are a solid foundation for the development, the decision is your level of competitive play, and long board will let you pinpoint the direction of their own development and unique competitiveness Both of these two can not be biased.

Accurately identify their own long board, it as high as possible, and do not forget to increase short board, as far as possible the gap between them not too much, this is the barrel of the growth of the Road!