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从霍尼韦尔到万豪,大企业适应疫情新常态的秘诀是?

从霍尼韦尔到万豪,大企业适应疫情新常态的秘诀是?

Anne Sraders 2020-10-28
这些公司在今年都无一例外地感受到了商业环境的动荡不定。

从旅游和酒店到能源、航空和零售,新冠肺炎疫情在过去的八个多月里撼动了各行各业。

那些行业正是企业集团霍尼韦尔(Honeywell)、连锁酒店万豪国际(Marriott International)、零售信用卡巨头Synchronic等公司的首席执行官们身处的行业——这些公司今年都无一例外感受到了商业环境的动荡不定。

但霍尼韦尔的董事长兼首席执行官杜瑞哲正以一种特定的态度面对2020年带来的种种挑战。他在10月26日《财富》杂志于线上举行的全球论坛上说:“首先,你不能够自怨自艾。那种心态会让你的公司变得僵化,你必须非常、非常迅速地做出调整。”

他拿今年的困境和电影来类比。“在看电影的过程中,我们多少可以猜到后面的情节,知道下一幕会发生什么。我们知道,我们身处一个非常艰难的环境当中,但我们很快就专注下来:好吧,接下来几个月甚至几年,我们在一些市场的日子将会很不好过。我们能够做些什么不同的事情呢?我们可以如何创新和变革呢?”杜瑞哲说道。

对于不同的组织机构来说,适应新常态和创新,因时制宜,有着不同的意义。霍尼韦尔一直在帮助客户开发呼吸机,并在加大小规模并购的力度,持续投资布局为后疫情时代做准备。万豪国际的总裁兼首席执行官苏安励无疑是被狠狠地打击了一把(他说“我们的业务于3月在全球范围消失了”),他今年不得不裁员,但同时也在印尼开设了万豪的第一家酒店——苏安励认为此举将会在疫情结束后带来回报。

Synchrony的首席执行官玛格丽特•基恩一直致力于为小企业提供支持——该公司有多达100万位客户是小企业。基恩说,Synchrony举办了关于如何安全开店和安全办公的研讨会。她说:“我们力所能及地为小企业提供帮助,助力它们取得成功,这不仅利好Synchrony,也有利于我们国家维持小企业的活力。”与此同时,Synchrony还牵手PayPal为后者旗下的移动支付服务Venmo推出了一款信用卡产品。这是一个完全基于线上启动的大项目(基恩指出,“那是为了灵活运营,以及共同建立那种深度的合作关系。”)。

对于今年面临困境的首席执行官们,那种灵活性就是要传达的信息。“尽管我们都很讨厌我们所面临的处境,但它也确实教会了公司一些创新方面的东西,教会了我们该如何去应对所处的危机。”霍尼韦尔的杜瑞哲说道,“你往往会只着眼于今天,只着眼于如何度过今天和明年。不过,你还得考虑公司五年后乃至十年后会是什么样子。”

疫情带来的教训

虽然这些高管们都表示他们的公司显然还没有走出困境,但一路走来他们多少也学到了一两点教训。

Synchrony的基恩说:“我学到的最大的教训是,你并不需要PPT——你可以迅速做出决定,然后放手让手下的优秀人才去干。”万豪的苏安励也有同样的体会。“放权,仰仗你的团队。疫情期间,尤其是初期,我们得迅速做出决策。”他说,“我们必须得加快行动。先做出决策,即便是在信息不完全的情况下也要做出决策,需要的话后面再作调整,行动速度和放权这两点真的非常重要。我想以后我们也会继续这么做。”

对于霍尼韦尔的杜瑞哲而言,疫情带来的启发则比较简单:打开你的Zoom摄像头(他说,“这实际上有助于与他人建立更强的联系。”)“在这个时期,多与人连接沟通非常重要,因为大家多少都感到孤独。”(财富中文网)

译者:万志文

从旅游和酒店到能源、航空和零售,新冠肺炎疫情在过去的八个多月里撼动了各行各业。

那些行业正是企业集团霍尼韦尔(Honeywell)、连锁酒店万豪国际(Marriott International)、零售信用卡巨头Synchronic等公司的首席执行官们身处的行业——这些公司今年都无一例外感受到了商业环境的动荡不定。

但霍尼韦尔的董事长兼首席执行官杜瑞哲正以一种特定的态度面对2020年带来的种种挑战。他在10月26日《财富》杂志于线上举行的全球论坛上说:“首先,你不能够自怨自艾。那种心态会让你的公司变得僵化,你必须非常、非常迅速地做出调整。”

他拿今年的困境和电影来类比。“在看电影的过程中,我们多少可以猜到后面的情节,知道下一幕会发生什么。我们知道,我们身处一个非常艰难的环境当中,但我们很快就专注下来:好吧,接下来几个月甚至几年,我们在一些市场的日子将会很不好过。我们能够做些什么不同的事情呢?我们可以如何创新和变革呢?”杜瑞哲说道。

对于不同的组织机构来说,适应新常态和创新,因时制宜,有着不同的意义。霍尼韦尔一直在帮助客户开发呼吸机,并在加大小规模并购的力度,持续投资布局为后疫情时代做准备。万豪国际的总裁兼首席执行官苏安励无疑是被狠狠地打击了一把(他说“我们的业务于3月在全球范围消失了”),他今年不得不裁员,但同时也在印尼开设了万豪的第一家酒店——苏安励认为此举将会在疫情结束后带来回报。

Synchrony的首席执行官玛格丽特•基恩一直致力于为小企业提供支持——该公司有多达100万位客户是小企业。基恩说,Synchrony举办了关于如何安全开店和安全办公的研讨会。她说:“我们力所能及地为小企业提供帮助,助力它们取得成功,这不仅利好Synchrony,也有利于我们国家维持小企业的活力。”与此同时,Synchrony还牵手PayPal为后者旗下的移动支付服务Venmo推出了一款信用卡产品。这是一个完全基于线上启动的大项目(基恩指出,“那是为了灵活运营,以及共同建立那种深度的合作关系。”)。

对于今年面临困境的首席执行官们,那种灵活性就是要传达的信息。“尽管我们都很讨厌我们所面临的处境,但它也确实教会了公司一些创新方面的东西,教会了我们该如何去应对所处的危机。”霍尼韦尔的杜瑞哲说道,“你往往会只着眼于今天,只着眼于如何度过今天和明年。不过,你还得考虑公司五年后乃至十年后会是什么样子。”

疫情带来的教训

虽然这些高管们都表示他们的公司显然还没有走出困境,但一路走来他们多少也学到了一两点教训。

Synchrony的基恩说:“我学到的最大的教训是,你并不需要PPT——你可以迅速做出决定,然后放手让手下的优秀人才去干。”万豪的苏安励也有同样的体会。“放权,仰仗你的团队。疫情期间,尤其是初期,我们得迅速做出决策。”他说,“我们必须得加快行动。先做出决策,即便是在信息不完全的情况下也要做出决策,需要的话后面再作调整,行动速度和放权这两点真的非常重要。我想以后我们也会继续这么做。”

对于霍尼韦尔的杜瑞哲而言,疫情带来的启发则比较简单:打开你的Zoom摄像头(他说,“这实际上有助于与他人建立更强的联系。”)“在这个时期,多与人连接沟通非常重要,因为大家多少都感到孤独。”(财富中文网)

译者:万志文

The pandemic has shaken up dozens industries over the past eight months or so, from travel and hospitality to energy, airlines, and retail.

Those areas hit home for CEOs at conglomerate Honeywell, hotel chain Marriott International, and retail credit card titan Synchrony—all of which have felt the undulations of a rocky business environment this year.

But Honeywell's chairman and CEO Darius Adamczyk is facing 2020's challenges with a certain attitude: "The first thing you can’t do is you can't feel sorry for yourself. That sort of makes the organization rigid and you have to pivot very, very quickly," Adamczyk said at Fortune's virtual Global Forum on October 26.

He compares it to the movies: "We knew what was coming, we kind of knew what the next frame in the movie was going to be and we knew we were in for a very tough environment, but very quickly we focused on: Fine, some of our markets are facing a very challenging time for the several months, maybe years ahead. What can we do differently, how can we innovate and change?" Adamczyk said.

Adapting and innovating to meet the moment has meant different things for different organizations. Honeywell has been helping customers develop ventilators and is ramping up some smaller-scale M&A to keep investing for post-pandemic times. Marriott International's president and CEO Arne Sorenson, who was certainly dealt a tough hand (he says "our business functionally disappeared globally in March"), has had to lay off workers this year, but also opened Marriott's first hotel in Indonesia—a move Sorenson believes will pay off when the virus is in the rearview mirror.

Synchrony's CEO Margaret Keane has focused on trying to support small businesses—a cohort that makes up 1 million of their customers. Keane says Synchrony has held sessions on how to open stores and offices safely: "Any help we can give them to make them be successful is not only good for Synchrony, it’s also good for our country keeping small business alive," she said. Meanwhile, Synchrony also launched a credit card for Venmo with PayPal—a big program launched all virtually ("That’s really about being agile and having that deep partnership together," she notes).

For CEOs facing their own troubles this year, that agility has been the message: "As much as we hated the situation we were dealt, it really taught the company something in terms of innovation and what we can do when we’re [in] crisis," Honeywell's Adamcyzk says. "It’s too easy to just focus on the now and how do we get through now and next year—you also have to think about what will the business be like five years and 10 years from now."

Pandemic lessons

While execs note we're certainly not out of the woods yet, they have learned a lesson or two along the way.

For Synchrony's Keane, "the biggest lesson I’ve learned is you don’t need PowerPoint—you can make a decision and then get out of the way and let the best people do their job." Marriott's Sorenson agrees: "Delegate. Rely on your team. Particularly early, we faced decisions that had to be made quickly," he says. "We had to move faster, ... make a decision, make a decision even with imperfect information, adjust it later if you have to, but speed and delegation is really important. I think that's something we’ll hang on to as we go forward."

For Honeywell's Adamcyzk, the revelation is simple: Turn on your Zoom camera ("That actually creates a stronger bond with people," he says). "Connecting with people and over communicating is critically important in this time because people feel isolated."

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