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It is only natural for leaders to try to make the most of their strengths. The theory of comparative advantage directs people, a
It is only natural for leaders to try to make the most of their strengths. The theory of comparative advantage directs people, a
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2015-02-09
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It is only natural for leaders to try to make the most of their strengths. The theory of comparative advantage directs people, as well as countries and firms, to focus on what they are good at. Management experts have tended to
concur
: one of the bestselling business books of recent years is called Now Discover Your Strengths. When business schools(and indeed business columnists)profile bosses, they often assume that more is better. But is this right? Three recent books express some doubts.
In Fear Your Strengths, Robert Kaplan and Robert Kaiser argue, "what you are best at could be your biggest problem." Forcefulness can become bullying; decisiveness can turn into pigheadedness; niceness can develop into indecision. In From Smart to Wise, Prasad Kaipa and Navi Radjou argue that the strengths that today’s leaders are most likely to overuse are what Americans called "smarts"—the sort of skills managers pick up studying at business school or working in consultancies. In Tipping Sacred Cows, Jake Breeden goes further, arguing that many so-called management virtues are just as likely to be vices in disguise.
These three books are all valuable exercises in iconoclasm—deliberate destruction of icons. But the trouble with iconoclasm when you apply it to the analysis of leadership is that you can go on forever. Many successful leaders are successful precisely because they push their strengths to the limit. Richard Branson has turned Virgin into a global brand by relentlessly exploiting his two biggest strengths: his ability to take on "big bad wolves"—firms that are overcharging and underserving the public—and his talent for infusing Virgin with a counter-cultural personality.
Leadership skills are context-dependent. Margaret Thatcher was undoubtedly a nightmare to work for. In 1981 her closest advisers were so angry with her that they produced a memo that criticized her for breaking "every rule of good man-management", including bullying her weaker comrades, criticizing her colleagues in front of officials and refusing to give praise or credit. It warned her that she was "likely to become another failed Tory prime minister sitting with Edward Heath". But her abrasive style was exactly what Britain needed in the 1980s.
The word that is too often missing from leadership studies is "judgment". Everybody involved in the business is desperate to appear scientific: academics because they want to get research grants and consultants because they want to prove that they are selling something more than just instinct. But judgment is what matters most, and it is hard to measure. It takes judgment to resist getting carried away with one quality(such as decisiveness)or one measure of success(such as the share price). It takes judgment to know when to modulate your virtues and when to pull out all the stops. Unfortunately judgment is in rather shorter supply than leadership versatility indices.
The story of Richard Branson shows that
选项
A、there are many successful leaders like Branson.
B、iconoclasm is not applicable to successful leaders.
C、strengths have contributed to many leaders’ success.
D、Virgin’s success is mainly attributed to his strengths.
答案
C
解析
Richard Branson的案例出现在文章第三段,文章第3句指出许多领导者成功的原因恰恰就是因为他们将他们的优势发挥到了极致,接下来文章利用Branson的案例来进一步说明Branson的成功在于他把自己的两大优势发挥到了极致。因此,Branson的故事恰好证明了上一句的观点,因此,选项C为最佳答案。
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考研英语一
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