I have just given a talk to sixth formers at my daughter’s school about my experience in business. I told them that all my promotions in a long career of 26 years in five different organisations have only come about because my boss liked me. As it turns out, these weren’t necessarily the times when I thought I deserved it most. I suggested to the students, therefore, that the best way of getting ahead was to make themselves likeable, but they stared at me in frank disbelief. The thanks I received from the head was somewhat lukewarm. Was this bad advice to have given? Manager, female, 48 ..................................................
我剛給我女兒所在中學(xué)的六年級(jí)學(xué)生做了一個(gè)報(bào)告，講的是我的職場經(jīng)驗(yàn)。我告訴他們，在26年的漫長職業(yè)生涯中，我曾先后供職5家不同的公司，而我得到的所有晉升都緣于我討老板喜歡。事實(shí)證明，這些升職未必出現(xiàn)在我認(rèn)為自己最該獲得晉升的時(shí)候。