2. 外语
  3. Reading leadership literature, you’d sometimes think that everyone has the potential to be an effective leader. I don’t beli

Reading leadership literature, you’d sometimes think that everyone has the potential to be an effective leader. I don’t beli

admin2019-03-20  1
问题     Reading leadership literature, you’d sometimes think that everyone has the potential to be an effective leader.
    I don’t believe that to be true. In fact, I see way fewer truly effective leaders than I see people stuck in positions of leadership who are sadly incompetent and seriously misguided about their own abilities.
    Part of the reason this happens is a lack of honest self-assessment by those who aspire to(追求)leadership in the first place.
    We’ve all met the type of individual who simply must take charge. Whether it’s a decision-making session, a basketball game, or a family outing, they can’t help grabbing the lead dog position and clinging on to it for dear life. They believe they’re natural born leaders.
    Truth is, they’re nothing of the sort. True leaders don’t assume that it’s their divine(神圣的)right to take charge every time two or more people get together. Quite the opposite. A great leader will assess each situation on its merits, and will only take charge when their position, the situation, and/or the needs of the moment demand it.
    Many business executives confuse leadership with action. They believe that constant motion somehow generates leadership as a byproduct. Faced with any situation that can’t be solved by the sheer force of activity, they generate a dust cloud of impatience. Their one leadership tool is volume: if they think you aren’t working as hard as they think you should, their demands become increasingly louder and harsher.
    True leaders understand the value of action, of course, but it isn’t their only tool. In fact, it isn’t even their primary tool. Great leaders see more than everyone else: answers, solutions, patterns, problems, opportunities. They know it’s vitally important to do, but they also know that thinking, understanding, reflection and interpretation are equally important.
    If you’re too concerned with outcomes to the extent that you manipulate and intimidate others to achieve those outcomes, then you aren’t leading at all, you’re dictating. A true leader is someone who develops his or her team so that they can and do hit their targets and achieve their goals.
How will many business executives respond when their command fails to generate action?
选项 A、They reassess the situation at hand.
B、They become impatient and rude.
C、They resort to any tool available.
D、They blame their team members.
答案B
解析 事实细节题。题目考查的是“当命令没有落实到行动时，商务主管们是如何反应的?”文章第六段第一句中提到了business executives，但是没有给出问题的答案。第三句指出，当遇到没法全凭行动来解决的问题时，他们就会变得极度不耐烦。这句话基本对应了选项B)中的impatient一词。第四句指出，声音是他们的领导工具之一，如果他们认为你没有像他们期望的那么努力工作，他们的命令就会变得越来越大声和刺耳。这一句话对应的是选项B)中的rude一词，故答案为B)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/cEZ7777K
0

大学英语四级

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)