向前一步:第117期 真实地表达自己的想法与情绪(13)
英语课
With the other bureau chiefs, I initiated 1 conversation by asking what I could do to help them achieve their goals. 后来和其他部门负责人联系时，我都会问问自己要做些什么才可以帮助他们完成工作目标。
It's no surprise that they reacted more positively 2 and with far fewer expletives. 不出所料，他们的回应都比较积极，抱怨的话远比我想象的少了。
And after I employed my "What have I done for you lately?" approach, they were far more eager to return the favor. 我的方法就是问他们“最近我帮到你们了吗？”结果，他们都更愿意给我反馈。
As often as I try to persuade people to share their honest views, it is still a challenge to elicit 3 them. 尽管我经常劝别人坦诚地分享自己的意见，但要让他们做到这一点还是比较困难的。
When I started building my team at Google, I interviewed every candidate before we made an offer. 当我开始组建谷歌的团队时，我面试了其中每一个候选人，
Even when the team had grown to about one hundred people, I still spoke 4 with each finalist. 甚至在团队扩大到100人时，我也要与每一个进入最终面试的人交谈。
One day at a meeting of my direct reports, I offered to stop interviewing, 有一天，我在下属会议上提出不再参与面试，
fully 5 expecting everyone to insist that my input 6 was an essential part of the process. 并满心期待大家会一致认为我的意见对面试结果非常重要。
Instead, they applauded. 恰好相反，他们鼓起了掌，
They all jumped in to explain — in unison 7 — that my insistence 8 on speaking personally to every candidate had become a huge bottleneck 9. 并解释道，我坚持要与每个面试者单独谈话已经成为了招聘中的瓶颈问题。
I had no idea that I had been holding the team back and was upset that no one had told me. 我完全不知道自己拖了整个团队的后腿，而且之前竟没人敢说出这点，这让我很沮丧。
I spent a few hours quietly fuming 10, which, given that I have no poker 11 face, was probably obvious to everyone. 鉴于做不到面无表情，我索性臭着脸沉默了几个小时，谁都看得出来。
Then I realized that if my colleagues had kept this to themselves, I was clearly not communicating that I was open to their input. 然后我意识到，如果同事们之前不敢对我说明这个情况，无疑是因为我没有向大家明确地表示出我愿意接受他们的意见。
Miscommunication is always a two-way street. 失败的交流往往是双向的。
If I wanted more suggestions, I would have to take responsibility for making that clear. 如果我想要听到更多建议，就有责任明确地表达出这个意愿。
And more important, I told them that I wanted their input early and often. 更重要的是，我希望能够及时地听到他们的意见。
adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实
- She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
- The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
v.引出,抽出,引起
- It was designed to elicit the best thinking within the government. 机构的设置是为了在政府内部集思广益。
- Don't try to elicit business secrets from me. I won't tell you anything. 你休想从我这里套问出我们的商业机密, 我什么都不会告诉你的。
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机
- I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
- All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。
n.步调一致，行动一致
- The governments acted in unison to combat terrorism.这些国家的政府一致行动对付恐怖主义。
- My feelings are in unison with yours.我的感情与你的感情是一致的。
n.坚持；强调；坚决主张
- They were united in their insistence that she should go to college.他们一致坚持她应上大学。
- His insistence upon strict obedience is correct.他坚持绝对服从是对的。
n.瓶颈口，交通易阻的狭口；妨生产流程的一环
- The transportation bottleneck has blocked the movement of the cargo.运输的困难阻塞了货物的流通。
- China's strained railroads already become a bottleneck for the economy.中国紧张的铁路运输已经成为经济增长的瓶颈。
愤怒( fume的现在分词 )； 大怒； 发怒； 冒烟
- She sat in the car, silently fuming at the traffic jam. 她坐在汽车里，心中对交通堵塞感到十分恼火。
- I was fuming at their inefficiency. 我正因为他们效率低而发火。
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