Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

His biggest problem was that he was too greedy and wanted to do everything himself. But judging from the many titles he held, he was involved in too many areas and ultimately accomplished nothing. He did not cultivate talents who could promote reforms in the wizarding world, nor did he learn to delegate tasks to capable people.

Some people are like this, they think they are the best. They often think "If it were me, I would definitely do better; if it were me, I would do this..." They are always picky about other people's work. And they often take on work that is far beyond their ability, and end up accomplishing nothing. This type is especially common among those perfectionists who are very good, smart, and capable. They cannot tolerate anything that does not meet their own perfect standards, and they also hate to watch others achieve remarkable results.

I have seen people like this. Even if they are doing a very successful job in my opinion, they will say, "But..." They always start by finding faults with others instead of praising them. Deep down, they cannot accept others being praised. They always say, "If it were me, I would definitely do better."

But, there is only one person, right? You also only have one self. You can't handle so many things at the same time, so you need to be more open-minded and be able to acknowledge the achievements of others. Otherwise, when you are in a position where you need to manage others, you will find that there are big problems. It's okay to warn others, but how would you feel if someone always points fingers at your work? I once warned a subordinate like this in my previous life. Later, he accepted my advice and changed.

You have to learn to use all kinds of people, assign high-priority problems to those who are excellent, and assign low-priority tasks to ordinary people or newcomers. Sometimes, even if you think someone may fail, you need to take bold risks in order to train the younger generation. Of course, you will give support when necessary. Sometimes, it is more important to complete the basic requirements quickly rather than pursue perfection. Although there are times when perfection is needed, it is not always the case. As long as you don't make fatal mistakes, I think it's okay, but some people just can't stand things that are not perfect. Excellent people are often more likely to fall into this dilemma. Of course, there are also those who are incompetent but always pick on others.

There is no one in the wizarding world who can be equal to Dumbledore, which may be one of the reasons for the tragedy. Oh, Tom had the potential to be that person, but he destroyed the opportunity with his own hands. He can neither make good use of his subordinates nor tolerate others being his equal.

This led to a situation where he was surrounded by enemies on all sides. What's worse, he was not good enough to solve all the problems by himself. He was indeed excellent as a magician, but he couldn't do anything other than research. From my point of view, I can't find anything praiseworthy about him except as a researcher. Why is he rated so highly? Is it because of his achievements in defeating the dark forces? But this cannot be evaluated together with his achievements as an educator. It's as if the entire wizarding world has been bewitched. However, the Slytherin students don't seem to be affected by this magic, maybe this is why they hate him?

Regardless of the overall interests of the wizarding world, most wizards of pure-blooded aristocrats only care about their own interests. This is a fact. After all, despite the various reforms being carried out by the Ministry of Magic, even some common-sense measures that should have been implemented long ago have been shelved until now, and the Ministry of Magic's previous incompetence is obvious. Therefore, it is understandable that he feels that he cannot hand over the task to others. Maybe he has always wanted to cultivate talents who can be entrusted with important tasks, but unfortunately he lacks the ability to cultivate people. His ideas are correct, but he has no ability to implement them at all.

However, for Dumbledore, the long-standing distrust of the Ministry of Magic and the pure-blood nobles was not so easy to eliminate. Therefore, he was unable to delegate the work to others. As a result, he took on an unfinished task alone and achieved nothing.

There was such a person in my previous life... He was different from the subordinate I mentioned earlier. He always treated me as a competitor. He often scolded me, saying that I only knew how to make others work and that I had no real ability at all. But one of the responsibilities of management is to assign work and train subordinates, isn't it? It is impossible to take on everything yourself. Assigning tasks and training juniors is also an important job.

Unfortunately, he couldn't do that.

He cannot delegate work to people who are inferior to him, and cannot tolerate others completing work below his standards. He has overly demanding perfection from himself and others.

How should I put it, narrow-minded... Well, no, should I say he is an intolerant person? His ideals are too high. He likes to complete things according to his ideals, and his ability is indeed very strong. But ideals are ideals after all, and we need to be flexible in reality. Not all subordinates are capable. Although some people have poor work ability, they are good at handling interpersonal relationships. If you exclude them because of their poor ability, it will only lead to arrogance and infighting in the entire team. Everyone has their own areas of expertise. Some people are suitable for supporting work, and some people can complete tasks as long as they are given clear instructions. It is also the responsibility of the boss to assign appropriate roles.

People who don't understand this are not suitable to be managers. They are more suitable to be researchers or artists. Geniuses are very good at focusing on one thing, but if such people become managers, their subordinates will have a hard time. This type of person is usually not good at assigning tasks, and cannot tolerate subordinates not doing a good job, so they will treat their subordinates harshly and ask them to redo it again and again. This strict requirement is suitable for work that requires extreme precision, but even if subordinates are asked to redo the work many times, they still cannot be satisfied and will eventually change it themselves. If you do this, the enthusiasm of employees will disappear, and they will feel that no matter how hard they work, it will be in vain. In the end, they will choose to do things perfunctorily or resign directly. His work will pile up, which will only worsen the situation and eventually become unmanageable. He failed just like that.

He didn't understand where he was wrong. He always thought it was the people around him and his subordinates who couldn't keep up with him, not his own problems. In his heart, he was always right. In fact, he was not wrong. If there was anyone who was more capable at work, it was undoubtedly him. He could handle more work than me, and the quality of his work was also very high. When he could still control the work alone, his evaluation far exceeded mine. However, as the number of subordinates increased, the evaluation began to gradually reverse. Therefore, he must have begun to hate me. Although he was not from the upper class, he was also a relatively decent class. He always envied the upper class and despised those who, in his eyes, were not working hard enough.

"The way you speak and act is full of hypocrisy!"

"Of course, because I come from a lower class background than a company cleaner. You always laugh at those people and say they can only do cleaning work because they can only talk like that. But in fact, the way they talk is much more upper class than the way I talked when I was a child."

He was stunned when he heard me say that. He never thought that I was born and raised in such a dirty place.

"You don't know what real hell is, do you? That's why you can laugh at others. What's wrong with being a cleaner? It's a respectable job. Being a cleaner in such an excellent company is already elite in the eyes of the slums. My parents can't even find such a job. For my future, they are willing to do any job except crime. Even those jobs that everyone avoids, they don't mind. Do you want to laugh at these too?"

“The hypocrisy is of course because I built everything out of that environment.”

He fled in haste, and my reputation soared.

He became a great stepping stone for me!

Eventually, he would cry to me every time the work became too much to handle. This behavior made him look a little lovable. Although we were competitors, he would rather sacrifice his ego than let the company suffer losses, which I admired. Therefore, every time he asked for help, I would quickly clean up the mess with my team. If I didn't help him, the company's losses might be even greater. My team and I always completed the tasks at an amazing speed, and he could only watch in amazement.

“When I was young, I just had to complete the assigned work, so I was in control of everything. But once I had subordinates, it was different. Even if it wasn’t completed the way you expected, sometimes the guests would be unexpectedly satisfied.”

I told him this, but he still seemed reluctant to accept it. Even though I shared the work for him, he continued to slander me. He was not fired because he was indeed a rare talent. He was gifted, but he was like a highly toxic drug that needed to be handled with care. If someone could assign him the right amount of work and act as a buffer, he would definitely play a huge role. So I suggested to the company that we set up an independent department for him, so that he could keep his self-esteem and work as hard as a horse, while preventing the new excellent employees from being crushed by him. The company would also benefit from this and everything would be resolved satisfactorily. By the way, I suggested that an administrative staff member who was as tolerant as a parent be arranged to be by his side, and send the right people to assist him at the right time. The president had similar ideas and readily agreed to my suggestion.

By the way, I told a subordinate who was similar to him that if he didn't change, he would become like him. As a result, the subordinate turned pale with fear and sweated profusely, while the colleagues next to him laughed non-stop.

Before I resigned, he had been working like a horse in his special department, making great contributions to the company and greatly improving my performance. Many new people joined because they admired him, but some questioned why he was not assigned a dedicated subordinate. I told them that if they were willing to continue working with him after the project was completed, they could stay. So, I assigned them all to his team.