● Your company CEO just sent you an E-mail asking you to make a presentation on your proj
(71)A.define the audience
B.determine the objective
C.decide on the general form. of the presentation
D.plan a presentation strategy
(71)A.define the audience
B.determine the objective
C.decide on the general form. of the presentation
D.plan a presentation strategy
A.define the audience
B.determine the objective
C.decide on the general form of the presentation
D.plan a presentation strategy
But with opportunity comes responsibility.Companies today aren't managing their employees' careers.Professional workers must be their own chief executive officers (CEO).It's up to you to strive for your place, to keep yourself engaged and productive during a working life that may last around 50 years.To do those things well, you'll need to have a deep understanding of yourself — not only what your strengths and weaknesses are, but also how you learn, how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution, because only when you operate from strength can you achieve true excellence.
History's great achievers — Napoléon, da Vinci, and Mozart — have always managed themselves.But they are so unusual both in their talents and in their accomplishments as to be considered rare exceptions.Now, most of us, even those of us with modest talents, will have to learn to manage ourselves.We will have to learn to develop ourselves.We will have to place ourselves where we can make the greatest contribution.And we will have to stay mentally alert and engaged during a 50-year working life, which means knowing how and when to change the work we do.
1.Companies today are responsible for employee's career.()
2.It is the CEO who decides your place.()
3.You need to understand your company well so that you can do things well.()
4.Understanding yourself means knowing well about your strengths, weaknesses, your values, how you learn, how you do with others and so on.()
5.Ordinary people cannot manage themselves well.()
The Right Way to Motivate Employees
It’s important for a CEO to be passionate and enthusiastic, but there’s a line of professionalism that must always be maintained.
According to a report from the technology website Venture Beat, PayPal CEO David Marcus wrote a critical letter to his employees blaming them for not using PayPal products and encouraging them to leave if they didn’t have the passion to use the products they work for.
According to the website, part of the leaked letter reads:
“It’s been brought to my attention that when testing paying with mobile at Cafe 17 last week, some of you refused to install the PayPal app, and others didn’t even remember their PayPal passwords.That’s unacceptable to me, and the rest of my team, everyone at PayPal should use our products where available.That’s the only way we can make them better, and better.”
“In closing, if you are one of the folks who refused to install the PayPal app or if you can’t remember your PayPal password, do yourself a favor, go and find something that will connect with your heart and mind elsewhere.”
While not obvious at first, the letter reveals a problem of morale and culture at PayPal.As an executive, you certainly want your employees to use and promote your products.However, when faced with a situation where staff isn’t embracing what they make, you need to investigate the root of the problem -- not threaten.
When faced with internal problems, good executives start by asking “why”.They reach out to their executive team first and then to the entire staff to find the root of a problem and how to fix it.Sending out a one-sided note about the problem is not leading, it’s retreating.
Leadership starts by listening.Good executives need to get out among the staff and ask questions and listen without judgment or reaction.The fact that company employees are not embracing and using its products is a failure of leadership that Marcus needs to address by self-reflection.At the end of the day, if his employees have to be forced to use the app, how can he expect consumers to want to willingly pay to use it? Marcus should have focused on three questions:
• Why are you not using the app?
• What is it that we can do to ensure you use our app?
• What do you need from me?
1.A CEO only needs to be passionate and enthusiastic.()
2.It is not professional that PayPal CEO blames his employees not to use PayPal or forget PayPal passwords.()
3.“A one-sided note” refers to the root of PayPal’s problem.()
4.When faced with internal problems, good executives find the root of a problem in their executive team first.()
5.Good executives need to give feedback immediately when they are listening to the staff.()
A.what their CEO was volunteering time for community service
B. that their CEO was volunteering time for community service
C. that was their CEO volunteering time for community service
A.reduce;/
B.relieve; of
C.decrease;/
D.cut down; on
"I guess it helps,' she says wryly(表情冷漠地)."You know, you go home and you try on a new mascara, and I guess a male CEO can't do that." She's joking, of course, but there's some truth to what she says.
Glamorous, poised and always impeccably (无瑕疵的) dressed, Jung knows what women want and how to sell it to them.That’s what has made her one of the most successful CEOs----male or female----in recent years.And that’s what placed her at number four in the ranking of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business, an annual survey by “Fortune.” The top on the list is Carly Fiorina, chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Pachard Company, a US computer hardware company.The oldest child of Chinese immigrants, Junggrew up speaking both English and Mandarin Chinese.She received a BA in English literature from Princeton University in 1979.After graduation, Jung joined themanagement trainee program at Bloomingdale’s (a world-renowned department store).She later joined I.Magnin (the premiere retail (零售) house in the US), in San Francisco, becoming senior vice president and general merchandise manager.In 1993 Jung became a consultant (顾问) for Avon, famous for selling beauty products door to door through sales representatives known as “Avon Ladies”.When Jung, now 43, took over Avon in November 1999, the company was in deep trouble.During the greatest economic boom in history, its stock was crumbling (崩溃).As fewer women wanted to go out onto the streets selling Avon products, its sales decreased.But Jung surprised a lot of people.Over the past 20 months she has overhauled (检查) nearly everything about the way Avon does business: How it advertises, manufactures, packages, and even how it sells its products.Most surprising, she has done it not by abandoning the seemingly outdated Avon Lady, but by reviving (使再流行) her.Under Jung, more Avon Ladies are signing up than ever before.6 Since Jung joined Avon, sales have risen by 30 per cent, profits by 40 per cent and the stock price has dramatically improved.And now, Avon is the second largest firm in the US headed by a woman, after Hewlett-Packard.
1.What is the truth to what Andrea Jung said?
A.A male CEO has not the ability to try on a new mascara.
B.A female CEO has to be more careful about her appearance.
C.A female CEO has to try on a new mascara each day.
D.When at home, a female CEO always tries on a new mascara
2.Which one is not true, according to the context?
A.The chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Pachard Company is a woman.
B.It seems that "Fortune" is the name of a magazine.
C.Andrea Jung is the chairman and CEO of a IB computer hardware company.
D.Avon is a beauty products company
3.What did Jung do after she graduated from Princeton University?
A.She became a trainer at Bloomingdale's.
B.She became a member of an American retail house.
C.She became president of an American retail house.
D.She became general manager of Bloomingdale's
4.What happened to Avon before Jung became CEO?
A.The stock price of Avon was Killing.
B.The sales volume increased dramatically.
C.Avon hired more women to sell its beauty products.
D.The stock price of Avon was rising
5.What measure did Jung take to make Avon a profit-making company?
A.She gave up Avon Lady that is no longer popular.
B.She did much research and obtained much information.
C.She employed more women as Avon Ladies
D.Both B) and C)
A.pay
B.paid
C.to pay
D.paying
A.Pretty well, I guess.
B.Thats fine.
C.Congratulations on your promotion.