Unit2TimelessManagements[Para1]

Whetheryou’retheCEOofafortune500pany,theownerofasmallbusinessorafloorsupervisoratatelemarketingfirm,beingthebossisnevereasy.ToquoteSpider-Man’slateuncle:“Withgreatpoweresgreatresponsibility.”O(jiān)fcourse,thespecificnatureofyourmanagerialresponsibilitiesmayvary,dependingonyourfieldofexpertiseandtheorganizationalstructureofyourpany,butsomeaspectsofleadershipremainuniversal,suchastimelessmanagements.And,nomatterwhatindustryyou’rein,yourdutyasamanageristomotivateyouremployeesandprovidethemwiththetoolstheyneedtogetthejobdone.Herearefivetimelessmanagementsthathavestoodthetestoftime.1.Themanagerassumesallresponsibility[Para2]

Thebiggestdifferencebetweenbeingamanagerandbeinganemployeeisthat,asamanager,yourperformanceisn’tdeterminedbyyourpersonalaplishments,butbythoseofyourentireteam.Itwouldbehoove

[bi?hu:v]/[bi?h?uv]youandyourcareertoconsiderthisamongthemostimportanttimelessmanagements.It’simportantforyoutotakechargeofyourstaffandestablishaclearchainofmand.Employeesdon’ttypicallylookatthebigpicture,soit’syourjobtothinkofthebottomlineandmakesurethatyourdepartment’sobjectivesaremetquicklyandefficiently.Bythesametoken,youshouldtakeresponsibilityifyourteamfailstomeetitsgoals.Don’ttrytoshifttheblameontoyoursubordinates[s??b?:dinit],andrememberthatyou’realsoaccountableforemployeemorale[m??rɑ:l].2.Themanagerisconfident[Para3]

Timelessmanagementsstatethatit’simportantforyoutoprojectdecisivenessandself-assuranceineverysituationifyouwantyouremployeestotrustyourleadershipabilities.Astheboss,you’reexpectedtomakeallthehardchoicesandyourstaffneedstofeellikeyouknowexactlywhatyou’redoing.Thisisnottosaythatthere’snoplacefordoubtinmanagement.Ifandwhenyouhaveinsecurities,don’tdefertoyoursubordinatesorovepensatebymicromanagingeverylittletask;keepinmindthatyoualsohavetoshowconfidenceinyourteam.Beforemakingadifficultcall,includeyouremployeesandconsidertheiropinions,butmakeitclearthatthefinaldecisionisyoursandyoursalonetomake.3.Themanagerknowsthestaff[Para4]

Thesamewayasalespersonneedstobefamiliarwiththeproductlineinordertodothejobright,it’scrucialforyoutobeawareofyouremployees’respectivestrengthsandweaknesses.Timelessmanagementsdictatethatyou,asyouremployees’boss,takeresponsibilitytoensurethateveryoneisdoingwhatheorshedoesbest.Youshouldalsofindoutaboutyoursubordinates’careergoalsandexpectations.Youneedtoknowifyourmostskilledworkerisfeelingrestlessandlookingfornewchallengesorifthenewhireisconfusedaboutthechainofmand.Makesuretodiscussthesematterswithyourstaff.Regardlessofwhatyoulearn,yourtakingthetimetoaskisenoughtomotivateyouremployeesandinspiretheirloyalty.4.Themanagerprovidesregularfeedback[Para5]

Whetherthingsaregoingwellortakingaturnfortheworse,keepyouremployeesapprised[??praiz]oftheirprogresswithinthepany.Don’tbeshyaboutgivingpraiseinpublicandavoidthe“nofeedbackisgoodfeedback”approach;yoursubordinatesneedtoknowthattheirhardworkisn’tgoingunnoticed.Bythesametoken,whenaworkerisdoingbadly,don’twaituntiltheissuehasgottenoutofhandbeforeaddressingit.Discusstheproblemwithyouremployeeassoonaspossibleandsandwichyourcriticismbetweentwoplimentstocushiontheblow.Tactanddiscretion[dis?kre??n]areparamount[?p?r?maunt]whencoachingyourstaff.Chewingoutyourownteaminpublicwouldonlyharmyourreputationasmanager,whichisamongthetimelessmanagementsthatyoudon’twanttoexperience.5.Themanagerleadsbyexample[Para6]

Employeesoftenemulate[?emjuleit]theirsuperior’sbehaviorbecausetheyperceiveitasamodelofsuccesswithinthepany.Assuch(照此,象這樣,就這一點(diǎn)而論),thewayyouapproachyourjobusuallysetsthetonefortheentireworkplace.That’swhyyoushouldalwayspracticewhatyoupreach.Youcan’texpectyourworkerstoeinontime,stayorganizedandprioritize[prai??ritaiz]theirtasksifyoudon’tdothesame.Asthemanager,youshouldalsobemindfuloftheattitudeyouproject.Makesureyoumaintainapositiveoutlookatalltimes;whenthingsgowrong,it’sespeciallyimportantthatyoukeepyourcoolandremainsolution-minded

becauseyourstaffwillrelyonyoutofigureoutthenextcourseofaction.Layingdownthe[Para7]Nomatterthesizeofyourpanyorwhatindustryyouworkin,youshouldfollowthesefivetimelessmanagementsifyou’reinapositionofauthority.Neverforgetthat,asamanager,yourjobistodealwithpeople--notproductivitycharts.Employeessometimeshaveoffdaysandpersonalissuesthathindertheirabilitytofocusonthejobathand.It’simportantthatyoubepatientandunderstandingwithyourstaff.Keepinmindthatcheeringupadisgruntled

[dis?ɡr?ntld]workerisfarlessexpensivethantraininganewone.Besides,unlikeachart,yourpersonnelcanrewardyourflexibilitywithinitiativeandcreativeideas.Likemostthingsinlife,leadershipisallaboutgiveandtake.[Para1]

Whetheryou’retheCEOofafortune500pany,theownerofasmallbusinessorafloorsupervisoratatelemarketingfirm,beingthebossisnevereasy.關(guān)于fortune500pany“財(cái)富500強(qiáng)企業(yè)”見(jiàn)本課Ex.4。afloorsupervisoratatelemarketingfirm指電話推銷公司的樓層主管，意味著最低職位的管理人員。[Para1]

ToquoteSpider-Man’slateuncle:“Withgreatpoweresgreatresponsibility.”《蜘蛛俠》劇情簡(jiǎn)介：在一次學(xué)校組織的旅游中，彼特（PeterParker）和他的同學(xué)們參觀了一個(gè)有關(guān)節(jié)肢動(dòng)物的科學(xué)展覽，期間，彼特被一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)基因蜘蛛咬了一口。不久之后，他發(fā)現(xiàn)自已具有了非同尋常的能力：他成了一只力量超凡、身手敏捷的蜘蛛，并且還具有了一種敏銳的超感知“蜘蛛感官”。彼特首先利用他的能力去掙錢，但是血本無(wú)歸以后，他牢記心愛(ài)的本叔叔的話：“用超人的力量擔(dān)負(fù)起偉大的責(zé)任”（Withgreatpoweresgreatresponsibility.），他發(fā)誓要將自己的一生獻(xiàn)給與犯罪行為作斗爭(zhēng)。彼特自幼父母雙亡，與本大叔(UncleBen)生活。所謂lateuncle即“已故叔叔”。[Para2]

Itwouldbehooveyouandyourcareertoconsiderthisamongthemostimportanttimelessmanagements.Behoove表示“合適”，句型為itbehoovessb.todosth.句中的this指前一句說(shuō)到的yourperformanceisn’tdeterminedbyyourpersonalaplishments,butbythoseofyourentireteam.即“你的業(yè)績(jī)并不取決于你個(gè)人的成績(jī)，而是取決于你的整個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)成就”。全句的譯文可以是：“在永恒的管理法則中，這一點(diǎn)最為重要，對(duì)于你和你的整個(gè)職業(yè)生涯來(lái)說(shuō)，能這樣考慮是適合時(shí)宜的。”[Para3]

Timelessmanagementsstatethatit’simportantforyoutoprojectdecisivenessandself-assuranceineverysituationifyouwantyouremployeestotrustyourleadershipabilities.句中的project作為vt.的意思是：projectaparticularquality,thatqualityiswhatmostpeoplenoticeaboutyou“展示一種很多人都共知的特性”。此句說(shuō)的是“永恒的管理法則指出，如果你要你的員工們相信你的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)能力，那么在任何場(chǎng)合，你都應(yīng)該表現(xiàn)出果斷和自信，這一點(diǎn)是非常重要的”。[Para3]Astheboss,you’reexpectedtomakeallthehardchoicesandyourstaffneedstofeellikeyouknowexactlywhatyou’redoing.Feellike“有…感覺(jué)”或“想要…”，like往往被看作介詞，后面跟名詞或-ing形式。但like后有了跟句子的趨勢(shì)，例如：I

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fling.“我想來(lái)個(gè)最后的放縱?！北揪渲v的是“作為一個(gè)老板，下屬期待作你做出所有的艱難的決策，他們需要有這樣的感覺(jué)，那就是你做任何事情都是心中有數(shù)的。”[Para4]

Thesamewayasalespersonneedstobefamiliarwiththeproductlineinordertodothejobright,it’scrucialforyoutobeawareofyouremployees’respectivestrengthsandweaknesses.本句可以用bythesametoken改寫成：Asalespersonneedstobefamiliarwiththeproductlineinordertodothejobright.Bythesametoken,it’scrucialforyoutobeawareofyouremployees’respectivestrengthsandweaknesses.[