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Anthony, distinguished guests and speakers, ladies and gentlemen,
胡定旭主席、各位嘉賓：
Thank you very much for this opportunity to join you today, and to share with you some of my thoughts on leadership.
很高興今日有機會和大家分享我對領袖之道的看法。
Leadership is but a single word, and yet it encompasses so much.
領袖這個詞語只有兩個字，但包含的意義非常豐富。
Anyone who is married — in particular those who have shared a long and happy marriage — will know that even in the home environment leadership is required on a daily, sometimes even hourly, basis. Now, many of us men like to think that we are the head of the household and the family leader. And that’s certainly true… but only for as long as our wives let us think we are!
在座的已婚人士，特別是婚姻長久而幸福的朋友，一定明白家中時刻都需要領袖主持大局。現今的男士一般都認為自己是一家之主。這當然是千真萬確的…要是我們的太太同意的話。
And anyone who has had the good fortune to enjoy a happy married life and a loving family environment will also know that it involves a lot of love, a lot of trust, a lot of patience, a lot of communication, a lot of perseverance — basically a lot of hard work. But the results far outweigh the effort. And I think it is true that many of the lessons — sometimes hard lessons — we learn at home can be applied in any discussion on leadership. Confucius once said: “The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”
要維系愉快婚姻和美滿家庭，大家要付出大量的愛和信任，努力溝通和忍耐。簡而言之,就是要不懈努力。幸好，收獲往往會比付出多。我相信，我們在家里學到的，亦可應用于領袖的討論。孔子說：“欲治其國者先齊其家”，就是這個道理。
I mention this because, in discussing leadership, we need to frame the context of what we are talking about. History is full of great military and political leaders — but the leadership required during war is different to that required during peace time. Captains of industry and enterprise are often held up as leadership role models — but the leadership required of a multi-national chairman of the board may not be the same as that needed by an eager entrepreneur hoping to start a cha chaan teng franchise. What lessons can we learn from the leaders of great sporting teams? What are the secrets of leadership in the cultural sphere? What makes a good headmaster at a local school?
我之所以這樣說，因為我們需要為討論領袖這題目定下一個框架。歷史上有不少偉大的軍事和政治領袖。但是在戰亂中當首領，與在和平日子當領袖，要求截然不同。工商業界的主管往往被奉為領袖的模范，但在跨國企業當主席所需的素質，與正在開展連鎖茶餐廳業務的企業家所需的素質不一定相同。我們可從成功的運動隊伍領隊身上學到什么？在文化界當領袖又有什么秘訣？在學校又如何做一個稱職的校長？
