文档介绍：Saying no to the boss: Why it's essential
为什么对老板说“不”很重要
We all know the feeling: the boss has given us an unpleasant task we may not even agree with but ultimately have to perform. Many times, these orders are essential to making pany run. But not always. And sometimes they seem plain wrong.
我们都了解这样的感受:老板交给我们一项讨厌的任务,对此我们自己可能都不认可,但最终必须得做。很多时候,这些命令是让公司运转下去的关键。但并不总是如此。有时候,(这些命令)可能完全是错的。
In those cases, companies ultimately benefit when a subordinate speaks up, according to James Detert, a management professor at Cornell's Johnson school. But right when their input is needed most, many employees lose their voice. "In the vast majority of cases panies end up with whistleblowing-level disasters, almost always we can trace them back to an early conversation where somebody tried municate directly up the chain and couldn't or were so afraid to do so that they let it pile up, " he says.
康奈尔大学(Cornell)约翰逊商学院(Johnson school)的管理学教授詹姆斯•迪特称,这时候,如果下属能直言不讳,公司最终能获益。但在最需要员工给出意见的时候,很多员工往往都会失声。他说:“绝大多数情况下当公司最终陷入值得警醒的灾难之中,我们几乎总能追溯到早期就有人试图进行自下而上的沟通,只是由于害怕或不能这么做,任由问题日积月累。”
Sometimes, it's impossible to push against powerful people. But employees often have resources to empower themselves that they may not recognize.
有些时候,不可能拒绝老板。但员工们总是有一些资源可以武装自己,只是他们自己可能还没有意识到。
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