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阅读理解考研英语二真题 阅读理解考研英语二真题 1 Text3 Even in traditional offices，the lingua franca of corporate America has gottenmuch more emotional and much more right-brained than it was 20 years ago， said Ha rva rd Business School professor Nancy Koehn She sta rted spinning off examples.If you and I pa rachuted back to Fortune 500 companies in 1990，we would see much less frequent use of terms like Journey, mission,passion. There were goals ，there were strategies ，there were objectives ，but we didnt talk about energy;we didnt talk about passion. Koehn pointed out that this new era of corporate vocabula ry is very team-oriented-and not by coincidence.Lets not forget sDorts-in male-dominated corporate America，its still a big deal. Its not explicitly conscious;its the idea that Im a coach，and youre my team ，and were in this togethec. There are lots and lots of CEOs in very different companies ，but most think of themselves as coaches and this is their team and they want to win. These terms a re also intended to infuse work with meaning-and，as Khu rana points out，increase allegiance to the firm.You have the importation of terminology that historically used to be associated with non-profit organizations and religious organizations ：Terms like vision ，values ，passion，and purpose， saidKhurana This new focus on personal fulfillment can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance The mommy wars of the 1990s a re still going on today, prompting arguments about whywomen still canthave it all and books like Sheryl Sandbergs Lean In ，whose title has become abuzzword in its own right. Terms like unplug ，offline，life-hack， bandwidth，andcapacity are all about setting boundaries between the office and the home But ifyour work is your passion, youII be more likely to devote yourself to it ，even ifthat means going home for dinner and then working long after the kids are in bed