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Good afternoon, Donald. Your book. The Successful Board Meeting, will, I'm sure, soon be compulsory reading for directors. Please tell us first what you see as the chief role of the board meeting. Do people attending them really play the power games we see in TV dramas?
下午好，唐納德。我相信，你的書《成功的董事會會議》很快將成為董事們必讀的讀物。請先告訴我們你認為董事會的主要作用是什么？與會者真的在玩我們在電視劇中看到的權力游戲嗎？
That can happen, of course. Certainly, people who don5t attend them are often cynical about board meetings. The tendency is to see them as a place where fat cats congratulate each other on their success. But that public perception is false they're actually far more frequently used as the place where new strategic ideas are discussed.
當然，這是可能發生的。確實，不參加董事會的人往往對董事會持懷疑態度。人們傾向于把它們看作是肥貓們互相祝賀成功的地方。但公眾的這種看法是錯誤的，它們實際上更經常被用作討論新戰略思想的場所。
So what advice would you give a company wanting to make board meetings more successful? Is it just a matter of making sure the right people are on the board?
那么，對于一家希望讓董事會會議更成功的公司，你有什么建議呢？這僅僅是確保董事會中人選合適的問題嗎？
That's certainly important. As well as having someone who is skilled at chairing meetings effectively. But, I'm with a chairman I heard about the other day - he cancelled a board meeting because the papers weren't ready. It is no good inviting people to a meeting when they haven't got time to consider the issues in advance.
這當然很重要。還要有一個能夠有效主持會議的專家。但是，我和一位主席在一起，前幾天聽說他取消了董事會會議，因為文件還沒有準備好。當人們沒有時間提前考慮問題時，邀請他們參加會議是沒有好處的。
Then the meeting will be more effective, won't it?
這樣會議就會更有效，是嗎？
That's right. It also saves time as the presenters at the meeting don't have to formally present the conclusions of their report and can instead focus on fielding any questions that arise. This means there'll be more time for the chair to lead a more productive discussion of any issues raised by the report in general.
對。這樣還節省了時間，因為在會議上的發言者不必正式講出報告的結論，而是可以專注于回答出現的問題。這意味著主席將有更多的時間就報告提出的任何問題進行更有成效的討論。
