評論
打印
As adults, we are never this honest
作為成年人 我們從不如此直接
And that's not a bad thing
這未必是件壞事
I have borne two children
我也是兩個孩子的媽媽
and the last thing I needed were those comments
我最不想聽到的恐怕就是這些評論
which obviously could be made
當然這些評論用在我身上也確實沒錯
But it's not always a good thing either
但是那也不總是件好事
Because all of us, and especially leaders
因為我們所有人 尤其是領導者
need to speak and hear the truth
需要說真話 聽真話
The workplace is an especially difficult place
在工作環境中
for anyone to tell the truth
說真話尤其得難
because no matter how flat we want our organizations to be
因為無論我們多希望將組織架構扁平化
all organizations have some form of hierarchy
所有的組織都會有某種層級
And what that means is that one person's performance
這就意味著一個員工的表現
is assessed by someone else's perception
會由別人對其印象來評估
This is not a setup for honesty
這是不鼓勵真誠的設計
Think about how people speak in a typical workforce
想象一下人們在典型的工作環境中是如何溝通的
Rather than say
人們不說
I disagree with our expansion strategy
我不同意我們的擴張策略
or better yet,this seems truly stupid
或者更好 這看起來真傻
They say, I think there are many good reasons
人們會說 我知道進入這個新領域
why we're entering this new line of business
有眾多好處
and I'm certain the management team
而且我相信管理團隊
has done a thorough ROI analysis
一定做過細致的投資回報分析
but I'm not sure we have fully considered
不過 我不確定我們是否完整地考慮了
the downstream effects of taking this step forward at this time
在這個時刻采取這個方案會產生的所有后果
As we would say at Facebook or on the Internet
對此就該用我們在Facebook或者互聯網上
three letters: WTF
常說的三個字 WTF
Truth is better served by using simple language
事實最好用簡短的語言來表達
Last year, Mark decided to learn Chinese
去年 馬克·扎克伯格決定開始學中文
and as part of studying
作為學習的一部分
he would spend an hour or so each week
他每周會花大約一個小時的時間
with some of our employees who were native Chinese speakers
和一些來自中國的員工交談
One day
有一天
one of them was trying to tell him something about her manager
有一個員工談到了她的老板
She said this long sentence
她說了一通之后
and he said simpler please
馬克說 請說簡單點
And then she said it again
她再說了一遍之后
and he said no, I still don't understand
他說 不行 我還是沒明白
simpler please…and so on and so on
請再簡單點 就這樣來回了幾次
Finally, in sheer exasperation, she burst out
終于 她憤怒地說道
my manager is bad
我老板壞
