Man: Wasn't it Charles Hamilton who started Healthway's beauty treatment centres?[qh]
男：開設健康之路美容中心的難道不是查爾斯·漢密爾頓么？[qh]
Woman: Yes, almost his first major action as Chief Executive was to set up a separate chain of stores that,[qh]
女：沒錯，他任職總裁后的首個首要舉措主要是建立一個單獨連鎖店[qh]
in addition to selling health and beauty products, provided massage and other treatments. This ran alongside the existing stores.[qh]
除了銷售健康美容產品外，還提供按摩以及其他美容項目。和現有的店面同步經營。[qh]
But even at the outset, few investors were taken in by his over-optimistic forecasts, and the doubters were proved right.[qh]
但即便是在一開始，大部分投資人都不認可他的這種過于樂觀的前景，事實證明這些持懷疑態度的人是對的。[qh]
Just before he left the company, he closed the centres and admitted his mistake.[qh]
就在他離開公司前，他關閉了這些中心并承認了他的錯誤。[qh]
Man: Hamilton also made drastic staffing changes, didn't he?[qh]
男：漢密爾頓還做了很大的人事變動，是么？[qh]
Woman: He certainly did: he slimmed down the head office,[qh]
女：沒錯：他對總公司進行了裁員，[qh]
he undertook a complete overhaul of the top management team and tidied up the company's international operations.[qh]
對管理層進行全面調整并整頓了公司的國際經營。[qh]
Of course, there was a danger that in changes on that scale, mistakes would be made and the company would lose individuals,[qh]
當然，全范圍變動存在危險，可能會出現失誤，公司會損失所需的員工[qh]
or even whole departments, that it needed. He managed to avoid that,[qh]
甚至整個部門。他想避免出現這種情況，[qh]
but he was quite unable to communicate the reasons behind the changes, so he created an enormous amount of ill will.[qh]
但是他無法溝通變動背后的原因，因此他創造出了大量憎惡。[qh]
Man: Hm. Has Robert Henlow announced any plans yet?[qh]
男：嗯。羅伯特·亨洛有沒有宣布任何計劃呢？[qh]
Woman: When he starts work next Monday, he'll find a report from consultants,[qh]
女：下周一上任時，他會從顧問那里拿到一份報告，[qh]
advising the disposal of several underperforming stores that are too small ever to do well.[qh]
建議關閉幾家經營不善的店面。[qh]
However, they do think the current total should be maintained, which would be achieved by ploughing money into more profitable large-store formats.[qh]
但是他們確實認為應對當前所有店面進行維護，他們會對利潤可觀的大型店面投入資金。[qh]
Even though this means adding to the payroll, the consultants say the increased profitability will make it worthwhile.[qh]
雖然這意味著增加工資單，但顧問們表示增長的利潤將證明這是值得的。[qh]
Man: So, all in all, it's quite a challenge for Robert Henlow.[qh]
男：所以總而言之，這對羅伯特·亨洛是個不小的挑戰。[qh]
Woman: It certainly is, not least because he's never run a quoted company of this size before,[qh]
女：確實是的，尤其是因為他之前從未經營過這么大規模的上市公司，[qh]
and he's one of the youngest chief executives of a business like this.[qh]
他是這個行業中最年輕的總裁之一。[qh]
He's taking a huge step from his previous position, though at least the health and beauty sector isn't entirely new to him.[qh]
他將從從前的位子上往前跨一大步，但至少健康美容部門對他而言并不完全陌生。[qh]
He's not going to find it at all easy to tackle all Healthway's problems.[qh]
要解決健康之路的所有問題，他會發現這并不容易。[qh]
Man: Lynne, thank you.[qh]
男：琳妮，謝謝。[qh]