6 useful principles of the American businessman who is not ashamed to adopt

His Work / by admin / December 26, 2019

Effective time management, a clear division of responsibility, courtesy and independence - all this will be useful for any entrepreneur.

Alex Zagumennov

CEO of Avira Kids, author Skyeng Magazine.

I always wanted to make my company become a world-class manufacturer. In fact so it happened: today we are working with two dozen countries. But to achieve this, it was necessary to learn from the leaders. Therefore, in 2012, I flew to the US to learn how things work in western corporations.

Since a trip to America for business practices have become regular. In the last month I spent and met with partners every day. In the six years of visits to major companies, I met all kinds of people. And now I describe a typical American businessman - the way I see it.

1. Dressed not snobbish

The main difference between the American businessman of Russian - immediacy. Today's executives do not care about the image of a business person. No expensive watches and formal suits. Sometimes excessive strictness even blamed. For example, I heard from one of the offices in the Silicon Valley, a man wearing a jacket, tie and a leather briefcase somehow behind his call pity peacock - «pathetic peacock."

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2. Always polite conversationalist

Upon meeting American businessmen are always polite and courteous. Often it does not allow them to directly refuse to partner negotiations or express your opinion on the forehead. Honest Review (brutally honest feedback) - is the highest form of trust, which is very difficult to achieve. Failures Americans prefer to cover up with words like nice or sounds good. Those who associate with them for the first time, perceive the phrase literally. But in fact, they mean something like "just a friend, but this is nonsense."

3. Rational planning your day

Business people in the US are able to combine work and personal life - largely because they carefully plan their time. American, early to rise, his working day often starts at the same time, when he woke up. Business lunch meeting, business meeting for breakfast at 8 am - this is quite a common thing. For those who work in high positions, and managers sometimes happen recycling.

In general, the American attitude to work can be described by the phrase that one of my friends said: «Business is a better life». Here the work is organically woven into the life cycle. Of course, for the businessman from the United States there is the concept of holidays, but even at this time he will do something useful for the development of the business. We can say that working and normal to do list for the Americans - the same thing.

4. Seeks not depend on the circumstances

American businessmen nullify its dependence on something else. Whether it's someone else's business, inefficient or inappropriate technology solutions. A good example - the famous Tesla. In the production of its Model 3, the company faced problems due to the supplier of assembly equipment. To solve them, Tesla just bought the robot manufacturers and assemblers of cars. Startups such decisions are much harder, but they try as much as possible to take the process under control and achieve non-addiction - independence.

5. He enjoys clear division of labor

Specialization - this is what is now coming back and tiny businesses, and corporations like Apple, Uber, Google and Zappos. In this case, the range of tasks each employee is clearly defined, and they run on time.

Accounting is not running for an office manager for a determination of the water bottle into the dispenser. Even for small problems have a responsibility to their people. This is something to which many Russian companies still need to grow.

6. Puts clear goals for the company and each of its members

Every employee knows clearly what global goal the team must achieve, and formulate a goal for a specific period (eg, two weeks or a month). Exact goal setting, ie setting a clear target, allows employees to act on their own, without waiting for instructions from the supervisor. And yet it gives a sense of the whole work: to give 100% easier when you know exactly for what.

Tasks that staff do, lead them to the goal as quickly as possible and with minimal costs. This is possible thanks to the hierarchy of objectives - chain goals. About important problems are always reminded by the overall corporate communication channels (in English this is called a unity of action - the unity of action). When the work of all the people is transparent, the process is easier to navigate.