英语(领导管理理念).docx

人无远虑，必有近忧。随风潜入夜，润物细无声。莫道不销魂，帘卷西风，人比黄花瘦。富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈。不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中。宋·苏轼·题西林壁）很多研究领导力问题的学者和管理者往往都过份沉湎于一个毫无意义的问题：领导者究竟是天生的，还是后天磨练出来的？ 　　Too many leadership scholars and executives are obsessed by a pointless question: Are leaders born, or are they made? 　　答案是这个问题其实毫不相干。 　　The answer is irrelevant. 　　事实是，你并不知道自己与生俱来的才能，直到你非常努力地尝试把它们表现出来。 　　The truth is, you do not know what you are born with until you try very hard to express it. 　　志向远大的管理者总是希望评估自己或者其他人的潜能到底有多大，他们倒是应该这样问：他们希望走到多高的领导位置？他们愿意投入必要的精力、做出必要的牺牲，承担那个职位所赋予的责任吗？ 　　Aspiring executives who wish to gauge their ultimate potential, or that of others, should ask instead: What level of leadership do they aspire to? And are they willing to invest the effort and make the sacrifices required to take on the responsibilities of the position? 　　级别很高的领导位置往往会面对大量的、复杂的和相互矛盾的工作。游戏的领域和规则也会模糊不定。而一个领导者的工作的一部分就是让这些事情变得有规可循。 　　The most senior jobs present tasks that are massive, complex and full of conflict. The playing field and rules become less certain. Indeed, part of a leaders job is to shape these things. 　　此外，管理者升迁到越高的位置，他/她就必须越多地与更有才干的人打交道，这些人知道如何得到自己想要的，他们往往难以相处，意志坚定，有更强的权力欲。 　　Also, the further an executive rises, the more he or she must deal with high-caliber people who know how to get what they want, are difficult, strong-willed and have a sharp appetite for power. 　　以下是管理者在评估自己领导潜力的时候必须自省的三个问题。 　　Here are three questions that executives should ask themselves to assess their own leadership potential. 　　你希望自己走得多远？ 　　How far do you want to go? 　　为了升迁到高位并履行相应的义务，你必须不断做出选择，这些选择将会影响到其他人的收入和生活。而在你做出此类选择的同时，其他人也会希望得到你目前的职位，或者在与你竞争下一次升职机会。 　　To reach higher office and to fulfill its obligations, you must continuously make choices that will affect other peoples money and lives. And you will be doing this in a context where other people will want your position or will be competing with you for the next higher position. 　　对那些责任比我们更大的管理者的能力说三道四很容易，幻想自己在那个位置上肯定会做得更好更是不费吹灰之力。 　　It is easy to criticize the competence of those with