career interview
Since I know this assignment, I had a plan to interview Guosheng Wang who is a president in his own company which is the best one around China in selling medical products. Through sending E-mail and calling to him to find a suitable time and way for each of us, we made an interview and talked a lot by using the Skype on Sunday Nov.17th. His e-mail address is [email protected].
His position has an important role-- dealing with important problems during the operation of his company. He stands in a general and abstract position which do not has a particular working task but his small decision has a huge influence in whole company. He told me that there are three general types of problems he deals with everyday. First, he must know and familiar with the latest outside environment situation, like the changing of public marketing policies, variation of social economic fluctuation. During those changes, he need to analyze and predict what the next step whole company should make. In outside environment he also has communicator role which can involve the press and the rest of the outside world, as well as the organization's management and employees. He need to represent the whole company as well. Second, he need to have a good command in the whole industry of medical producing. Finding advantages from other companies and compare to himself are good ways to improve themselves as well as making their products has more competition. Third, most importantly, he has huge responsibilities as a director, decision maker, leader, manager and executor on his company. As a center of the company, he advises the board of directors, motivates employees, and drives change within the organization.
He told me that he has already achieved his dream when he as a child. “Everyone wants to become a powerful man which can give a positive impaction and huge contribution to the society as well”. As he was a disable man whose back can not upright as usual, he could not do lots of things as his friends in childhood and do not get a treatment as normal in various fields. According to that, he decide to be a man who can help the society better in focusing on the right of disable man and help them to contribute their own efforts as they can. Moreover,he also showed his leadership skills throughout his childhood. Even he can not as tall as his friends but his authority was undisputed as a high level among children in his village. He more liked to play with his friends rather than stayed alone at home even his back seemed very differently with others. He was pretty sure that nobody had a clear version and plan on what he will doing in future when one was a small boy, especially in that stages of China where the development of economic and society did not as well as today’s society. But he had a thought that he will become an useful man towards society and a leader wherever he were to strive for his own rights without any discrimination.
Despite the absent of a bachelor degree, he took lots of courses after he has already founded and lead his own company into a prosperous way. As he just got the degree of high school, after his company begin to take shape, he noticed that more and more important to get deep education to help him organize and develop his company. So he got a master degree in the Peaking University in Beijing in 2006, after that he took the MBA courses in Tsinghua University’s school of Economics and Management. During those courses, not only the professional knowledge he got, but more importantly, he met lots of friends mostly who had their own company as him as well. He told me that the reason why meet new friends are important are those classmate will benefit himself and whole company. He learned a lot from his friends who meet in those class by making conversation with others like he found a mirror in being a leader in company from them and got some experience or skills in dealing with others. Moreover, he told me that through the time passing, more and more familiar with his classmates, he even find a partner for his company in making a project which need to corporate with another medical company. “Although i did not attend to the college, more important knowledge i got from my MBA courses”
Throughout his journey, he became a sales man when he finished his high school degree at first. He lived in a village where the most famous place around china in producing the medical stuffs. Same with another people in his hometown, he was hired to sale the medical product made in local company around the whole province he lived in when he was only 18 years old. It was difficult to imagine that as a disable people, how tough to run to different cites to promote his company’s medical products, and persuade buyers to buy their stuffs without health body as normal. Eventually, he gained more knowledge about that industry and more experience in marketing and selling. As times goes by, he knew which and why products the buyer and hospital prefer to use, those experience helped him to build an own company in this industry by learning the lessons from past.
During the time of Wang’s journey, he concentrated in one career rather than change to different career path even the times were hard. As his hometown was a famous place in producing medical stuffs especially in producing anesthesia consumables, the public environment lead him to engaged in that career. From being a sales man to owning a self company and then to make his company become a major employer now with over three thousand employee in China central Henan province, he experienced lots of hard time. However, there are still one belief that letting his life never lost light shine even he was a disable man.to let him continue his journey in long way. The strong faith in wanting to carve a career for oneself made him successful very well.
He didn’t think he has a typical day cause he need to take lots of business trip around whole world, everyday is different. There are lots of meeting require him to attend. That could be as small as weekly meeting among the executives of company to discuss the next selling goal of next month, as generous as a summit in whole industries in deciding the new rule or announcing scientific research. In addition, he usually signed papers, charted a new constitution or formulated the company’s planning. Moreover, he has responsibilities to check the order of company in operation and working conditions of senior executives.
Since we discussed the importance and authority of his job, he definitely told me that nobody can do as a president of whole company at beginning whatever the education degree he or she have had. Most importantly, anyone who want to be a chief or center of the firm must have enough experiences in that company till you know how to operate it very much, especially in production enterprises. Except enough experiences and familiarness of one’s firm, having a good character and personal qualities is even more important than having good domain knowledge in particular area. He thought that “how to be a man first, then be a good leader.” He believes that responsibility, sincerity, conscientious are key to be a good man. Leader’s characters and virtues decide which way the company will follow. As for him, he devoted himself not only to his career but to the charity of society. This caring thought made him do such decision like giving more than 500 out of 3000 job opportunities for those diable man, donating a primary school which include facilities of barrier-free in order to ensure diable children can go to school as well as normal students. That is a good example that what the leader’s belief determined what the direction of business will take. He emphasized the importance of sincerity in discussing the benefits it will have and the basic norm it was. Followed the guidepost of our life by treating each other equally and sincerity can help us become the winner of life. It is true that having some qualifications in organization, communication, analytical and leadership are very important in becoming a good chief through the whole company. But during this topic, he wanted to let me know that if you do not just want to be a worker under other’s conducting, you need to improve your self-cultivation more than you expected. Because you need to talk with people, knowing how to deal with the others is necessary. A good communication skill is not enough to handle all problems, but if you were a person whose personal charm, value and quality are strong enough to attract others and get respect, your will more likely to succeed.
With going around world to and interacting with different people were one of his major tasks in advertising his company and getting lessons from others, bring wang more enjoyment in his job and his currently position. But the double -edge in going outside to meet new things and interact with different type of people lets him lost lots of opportunities in spending enough time with his family members which is also the one thing he want to change and slove.
He got a lot of rewards which still fresh in his mind was in march 2011, the Henan province government granted the Wang Guosheng as a president of TUO REN group “helping the disable charity ambassador” title , awarded TUOREN group “helping the disable loving enterprise”. He were not a sun, but he gave the equal warmth to diable person as much as a sun. That’s why he can win this wards. Whereas challenging moments are the times when he made a decision in whether or not to expend his company, making more profits with risk in continue functioning or just follow the things step-by-step to protect vested interests. Finally, he chose to take a risk to expand his company which decision eventually helps his company enlarge its scale and increase its influence in that industry. So at the beginning of reformation of his company, he experienced a hard time in taking the huge risk even it is possible to loss everything cause the huge cost.
The biggest influences on his career is his education experiences after work. Besides the two degree he got from two famous university around China we have talked about, he told me that the most influence course he took was a course named Traditional Chinese Cultural and Thought Applying in Business Operation on 2009. In this courses, he learned lots of thought from old Chinese theoretic not only increased his cultural deposits to let him more familiar with old golden theory, but let him applied those theories in dealing with the problems occur in his company to make his career better. And the people who helped him a lot were his family members. Strong encouraged they gave him helped him out of the low times. By getting the support from his close family, doing what he wants without fear of attacks from behind led hin doing his work with undivided attention.
According to Wang ,he stated that he values most are achievement, self-confidence,personal time and social interest which most of all can easily accomplished in his current career. "I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves, " he said, pledging to be a better husband and father. Sacrificed the time spending with his family made him feel more guilty to his wife an daughter. We sat in silence for a while and his eyes filled with a little bit tears.
However, he added that even he did lots of sacrificed and there are lots of hard time, he would not do anything differently. He has a positive attitude towards life without any complains. “Everyday is a special day, we need to thanks to all things we met ”. He was satisficed his current job and position since good matching with his values, personality, and character as well. He argued that everything shows up here has its own reason,every step we made and every decision we chose were both led to us stand in such a point, meet such people. “We’re so worried about goals, about our future, that we miss all the great things along the way. So try to enjoy the scenery along the way.” he said that. Being responsible for your choices, never regret it, trying to be your best in current situation are right ways we need to follow.
He suggested that if there are some students want to be a president of one’s company, it requires not only clarity of vision, but also down-to-earth dedication. Doing more social practice, which can surely make progress in both knowledge and ability;Being a man first, then a leader; Focusing on the latent skills you need to have like empathic thinking, doing well in selling your ideas to others, being a developer, learning to learn,etc. Making more friends both in high qualitative and quantitative also could help you make improvement in being a leader in your future career.
as for the last question, i asked him ‘what one word definitely does not describe you’ . He answered that emotional would be one word which could not as precisely as much to describe himself. He explained that everyday’s work doesn’t require him to have emotional thinking because he has to be very logical and rational to deal with the problems among company. But he added that he will try to be more emotional in future, especially when he treat some troubles like dealing the relationship between him and other leaders in his company which problems can not be solved by using serious solution.
His position has an important role-- dealing with important problems during the operation of his company. He stands in a general and abstract position which do not has a particular working task but his small decision has a huge influence in whole company. He told me that there are three general types of problems he deals with everyday. First, he must know and familiar with the latest outside environment situation, like the changing of public marketing policies, variation of social economic fluctuation. During those changes, he need to analyze and predict what the next step whole company should make. In outside environment he also has communicator role which can involve the press and the rest of the outside world, as well as the organization's management and employees. He need to represent the whole company as well. Second, he need to have a good command in the whole industry of medical producing. Finding advantages from other companies and compare to himself are good ways to improve themselves as well as making their products has more competition. Third, most importantly, he has huge responsibilities as a director, decision maker, leader, manager and executor on his company. As a center of the company, he advises the board of directors, motivates employees, and drives change within the organization.
He told me that he has already achieved his dream when he as a child. “Everyone wants to become a powerful man which can give a positive impaction and huge contribution to the society as well”. As he was a disable man whose back can not upright as usual, he could not do lots of things as his friends in childhood and do not get a treatment as normal in various fields. According to that, he decide to be a man who can help the society better in focusing on the right of disable man and help them to contribute their own efforts as they can. Moreover,he also showed his leadership skills throughout his childhood. Even he can not as tall as his friends but his authority was undisputed as a high level among children in his village. He more liked to play with his friends rather than stayed alone at home even his back seemed very differently with others. He was pretty sure that nobody had a clear version and plan on what he will doing in future when one was a small boy, especially in that stages of China where the development of economic and society did not as well as today’s society. But he had a thought that he will become an useful man towards society and a leader wherever he were to strive for his own rights without any discrimination.
Despite the absent of a bachelor degree, he took lots of courses after he has already founded and lead his own company into a prosperous way. As he just got the degree of high school, after his company begin to take shape, he noticed that more and more important to get deep education to help him organize and develop his company. So he got a master degree in the Peaking University in Beijing in 2006, after that he took the MBA courses in Tsinghua University’s school of Economics and Management. During those courses, not only the professional knowledge he got, but more importantly, he met lots of friends mostly who had their own company as him as well. He told me that the reason why meet new friends are important are those classmate will benefit himself and whole company. He learned a lot from his friends who meet in those class by making conversation with others like he found a mirror in being a leader in company from them and got some experience or skills in dealing with others. Moreover, he told me that through the time passing, more and more familiar with his classmates, he even find a partner for his company in making a project which need to corporate with another medical company. “Although i did not attend to the college, more important knowledge i got from my MBA courses”
Throughout his journey, he became a sales man when he finished his high school degree at first. He lived in a village where the most famous place around china in producing the medical stuffs. Same with another people in his hometown, he was hired to sale the medical product made in local company around the whole province he lived in when he was only 18 years old. It was difficult to imagine that as a disable people, how tough to run to different cites to promote his company’s medical products, and persuade buyers to buy their stuffs without health body as normal. Eventually, he gained more knowledge about that industry and more experience in marketing and selling. As times goes by, he knew which and why products the buyer and hospital prefer to use, those experience helped him to build an own company in this industry by learning the lessons from past.
During the time of Wang’s journey, he concentrated in one career rather than change to different career path even the times were hard. As his hometown was a famous place in producing medical stuffs especially in producing anesthesia consumables, the public environment lead him to engaged in that career. From being a sales man to owning a self company and then to make his company become a major employer now with over three thousand employee in China central Henan province, he experienced lots of hard time. However, there are still one belief that letting his life never lost light shine even he was a disable man.to let him continue his journey in long way. The strong faith in wanting to carve a career for oneself made him successful very well.
He didn’t think he has a typical day cause he need to take lots of business trip around whole world, everyday is different. There are lots of meeting require him to attend. That could be as small as weekly meeting among the executives of company to discuss the next selling goal of next month, as generous as a summit in whole industries in deciding the new rule or announcing scientific research. In addition, he usually signed papers, charted a new constitution or formulated the company’s planning. Moreover, he has responsibilities to check the order of company in operation and working conditions of senior executives.
Since we discussed the importance and authority of his job, he definitely told me that nobody can do as a president of whole company at beginning whatever the education degree he or she have had. Most importantly, anyone who want to be a chief or center of the firm must have enough experiences in that company till you know how to operate it very much, especially in production enterprises. Except enough experiences and familiarness of one’s firm, having a good character and personal qualities is even more important than having good domain knowledge in particular area. He thought that “how to be a man first, then be a good leader.” He believes that responsibility, sincerity, conscientious are key to be a good man. Leader’s characters and virtues decide which way the company will follow. As for him, he devoted himself not only to his career but to the charity of society. This caring thought made him do such decision like giving more than 500 out of 3000 job opportunities for those diable man, donating a primary school which include facilities of barrier-free in order to ensure diable children can go to school as well as normal students. That is a good example that what the leader’s belief determined what the direction of business will take. He emphasized the importance of sincerity in discussing the benefits it will have and the basic norm it was. Followed the guidepost of our life by treating each other equally and sincerity can help us become the winner of life. It is true that having some qualifications in organization, communication, analytical and leadership are very important in becoming a good chief through the whole company. But during this topic, he wanted to let me know that if you do not just want to be a worker under other’s conducting, you need to improve your self-cultivation more than you expected. Because you need to talk with people, knowing how to deal with the others is necessary. A good communication skill is not enough to handle all problems, but if you were a person whose personal charm, value and quality are strong enough to attract others and get respect, your will more likely to succeed.
With going around world to and interacting with different people were one of his major tasks in advertising his company and getting lessons from others, bring wang more enjoyment in his job and his currently position. But the double -edge in going outside to meet new things and interact with different type of people lets him lost lots of opportunities in spending enough time with his family members which is also the one thing he want to change and slove.
He got a lot of rewards which still fresh in his mind was in march 2011, the Henan province government granted the Wang Guosheng as a president of TUO REN group “helping the disable charity ambassador” title , awarded TUOREN group “helping the disable loving enterprise”. He were not a sun, but he gave the equal warmth to diable person as much as a sun. That’s why he can win this wards. Whereas challenging moments are the times when he made a decision in whether or not to expend his company, making more profits with risk in continue functioning or just follow the things step-by-step to protect vested interests. Finally, he chose to take a risk to expand his company which decision eventually helps his company enlarge its scale and increase its influence in that industry. So at the beginning of reformation of his company, he experienced a hard time in taking the huge risk even it is possible to loss everything cause the huge cost.
The biggest influences on his career is his education experiences after work. Besides the two degree he got from two famous university around China we have talked about, he told me that the most influence course he took was a course named Traditional Chinese Cultural and Thought Applying in Business Operation on 2009. In this courses, he learned lots of thought from old Chinese theoretic not only increased his cultural deposits to let him more familiar with old golden theory, but let him applied those theories in dealing with the problems occur in his company to make his career better. And the people who helped him a lot were his family members. Strong encouraged they gave him helped him out of the low times. By getting the support from his close family, doing what he wants without fear of attacks from behind led hin doing his work with undivided attention.
According to Wang ,he stated that he values most are achievement, self-confidence,personal time and social interest which most of all can easily accomplished in his current career. "I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves, " he said, pledging to be a better husband and father. Sacrificed the time spending with his family made him feel more guilty to his wife an daughter. We sat in silence for a while and his eyes filled with a little bit tears.
However, he added that even he did lots of sacrificed and there are lots of hard time, he would not do anything differently. He has a positive attitude towards life without any complains. “Everyday is a special day, we need to thanks to all things we met ”. He was satisficed his current job and position since good matching with his values, personality, and character as well. He argued that everything shows up here has its own reason,every step we made and every decision we chose were both led to us stand in such a point, meet such people. “We’re so worried about goals, about our future, that we miss all the great things along the way. So try to enjoy the scenery along the way.” he said that. Being responsible for your choices, never regret it, trying to be your best in current situation are right ways we need to follow.
He suggested that if there are some students want to be a president of one’s company, it requires not only clarity of vision, but also down-to-earth dedication. Doing more social practice, which can surely make progress in both knowledge and ability;Being a man first, then a leader; Focusing on the latent skills you need to have like empathic thinking, doing well in selling your ideas to others, being a developer, learning to learn,etc. Making more friends both in high qualitative and quantitative also could help you make improvement in being a leader in your future career.
as for the last question, i asked him ‘what one word definitely does not describe you’ . He answered that emotional would be one word which could not as precisely as much to describe himself. He explained that everyday’s work doesn’t require him to have emotional thinking because he has to be very logical and rational to deal with the problems among company. But he added that he will try to be more emotional in future, especially when he treat some troubles like dealing the relationship between him and other leaders in his company which problems can not be solved by using serious solution.