双语新闻：后金融危机时代商界领袖3大必备品质

2014-07-08 17:09:48来源：可可英语

　　Corporations across the world and the leaders at its helm are often seeking answers to a much-debated question: What are the ideal qualities of a leader? There is no dearth of answers that one can find on this topic. For a simple reason that there are no easy answers. There isn’t a “one size fits all” response. In my own leadership journey spanning over three decades, my experience has been no different. Every corporation and every leader, I believe, discovers leadership qualities through their own unique journeys. What works for one may not necessarily work for another. What I have come to understand is that while certain fundamental qualities of a leader are time and context invariant, there are others that need to evolve with the changing times.

　　全球众多公司及其掌门人常常苦苦求解的一个问题是：领导者应具备哪些品质?这个话题历来都是众说纷纭，各执一词。它之所以不容易解答，原因很简单，即没有什么“一码通吃”的答案。在我三十多年的领导生涯中，我的体会也是如此。我深信，每个公司和每位领导者都会通过自己独特的领导历程发现领导者所应具备的各种品质。适合某个领导者的经验对另一个领导者可能并不适用。不过我已经明白，尽管领导者的某些基本品质不随时间和环境而变，但确实有一些品质需要与时俱进。

　　The primary role of a leader is to inspire hope. Leaders have a responsibility to raise the aspirations of their people and enable them to realize those aspirations. They have to lead by example and have to conduct themselves with fairness, honesty and integrity. Needless to say, they need to possess the required business acumen that comprises a deep understanding of current realities and also a firm view on the emerging future. This business acumen is much-needed to enable them to balance short-term organizational priorities with its long-term vision and to build an organization that will stand the test of time. I could talk at length about these widely acknowledged prerequisite qualities of a leader but I will focus on talking about the qualities that are most relevant today.

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