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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.()
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is not only a way of greeting; it can also show your personality. Since we all want to set a good first impression, it is important to know the right shaking hands manners.
Stand up and maintain eye contact while shaking hands. If you are seated when someone comes for a handshake, stand up and shake his or her hand. It is impolite to be still seated. Keep right distance between the two of you; not too close, but enough distance to shake your hands well. Keeping eye contact makes the other person feel welcome and comfortable.
Keep a handshake brief and firm. You let go of each other’s hand after 2-3 seconds. Make sure your handshake ends before your conversation does. One’s handshake should show a feeling of strength and warmth. The hand should be firm and not lifeless like seaweed. Then, how firm should a handshake be? Just grasp the person’s hand completely and do not press it too hard.
21.The best title for this passage would be ().
A.Keeping Eye Contact
B.Shaking Hands Manners
C.Make Greetings
22.According to the passage, which of following statements is True()?
A.Handshake is just a gesture of greeting.
B.Handshake is just a way of greeting.
C.It is important to know the right shaking hands manners.
23.Which is the proper way to shake hands()?
A.When someone comes for a handshake, you are seated.
B.When someone comes for a handshake, you should stand up.
C.When someone comes for a handshake, you can talk with others.
24.One’s handshake should show a feeling of().
A.briefness and firmness
B.welcome and comfort
C.strength and warmth
25.How brief should a handshake be()?
A.Let go of each other’s hand after 2-3 seconds.
B.Just grasp the person’s hand completely.
C.Keep right distance between the two of you.
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C. JUST GO AHEAD.
D. WE DO FOR THE LIVE CABLE TV PROGRAMS.
E. EXACTLY, EVEN DIGITAL BOXES.
Liu Hui: Gordon, may I ask you a question?
Gordon: Hi, Liu Hui. {A; B; C; D; E}.
Liu Hui: Do I need to pay for a TV license if I only watch TV online in the UK?
Gordon: Yes, indeed. You need to be covered by a TV license if you watch or record programs as they're being shown on TV or live on an online TV service.
Liu Hui: Including watching TV on computers and mobile phones?
Gordon: {A; B; C; D; E}. It is the law.
Liu Hui: I see. How much is the license fee?
Gordon: It costs ?145.50 for a color TV license and ?49.00 for a black and white TV license.
Liu Hui: That's a lot of money for a year. {A; B; C; D; E}?
Gordon: It costs the same for all applicants under 75. When you reach the age of 75, you may apply for a free Over 75 TV License.
Liu Hui: I see.
Gordon: Do you need such a license in China?
Liu Hui: {A; B; C; D; E}.
Gordon: Oh, it sounds similar. But for BBC, the license fee is the main source of income. There is no advertising on the BBC channels.
Liu Hui: By the way, where should I go to pay for my license?
Gordon: {A; B; C; D; E}.
Liu Hui: Well, sure! Thank you!
Cooper's interests in stocks(证券) began at the age of nine, when he noticed his father reading something in the newspaper.So Bill asked his father what it was.His father explained that he was reading the financial pages.His father pointed to a column with some company's logo in it."If you owned a share of this company," he told his young boy, you have 25 cents more today than you had yesterday." Young Cooper asked, "You can make money without doing any work?" His father replied yes.So Bill responded, "Well, that's what I want to do."
With this idea, he made his way out of his secondary school and into the university.He worked very hard at his studies of finance.When he got his first job in a bank, he found that a university degree is not a sign that one in a finished product, but an indication a person is prepared for his career.He is now making big money, yet he knows clearly that is based on hard work.
21.In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the phrase "for nine years in a row" means().
A.for nine years in a line
B.for nine years continuously
C.for nine years as if rowing a boat
22.It was that Bill got an impression on finance when he was only nine years old().
A.through his father's explanation
B.from the financial pages in the newspaper
C.from his father's reading
23.It was the idea that that attracted the young boy()
A.one can make money without working in a bank
B.one can make money through buying stocks
C.one can make money without buying any stocks
24.From the passage, we know that Bill's success lied in his().
A.good luck
B.hard work
C.his father's help
25.Bill Cooper soon learnt after his graduation that a university degree().
A.meant nothing in a bank
B.did mean that one was finished
C.only indicated that one was ready to start his career
Then you place them in order of importance.The most important should be on top of the list.Once you are clear on your standards, you may get some idea of how your future boss operates by the way the interview is conducted.For example, did it start and finish on time? How formal or informal was the room?
When the interview gets to the "Do you have any questions?" stage, you might like to ask some questions.With well-prepared questions, you can develop a very good idea of your future boss's management style.
36、Many people leave an organization because ______.
A.the boss doesn't like the employees
B.they don't like the boss
C.the organization is not good
D.the organization is not important
37、If you place your questions in order of importance, you ______.
A.put the least important first
B.put the longest question first
C.put the most important last
D.put the most important first
38、You can judge your future boss by the following EXCEPT ______.
A.whether the interview started on time
B.whether the interview room was formal
C.whether the boss played funny jokes
D.whether the interview finished on time
39、From this passage we get to know ______.
A.the interviewee can ask any question to the interviewer
B.the interviewer asks many difficult questions to the interviewee
C.the interviewer asks questions first
D.the interviewee asks questions first
40、The best title for this passage might be ______.
A.How to Get Along with Your New Boss
B.How to Ask Your New Boss Questions
C.How to Select Your New Boss
D.How to Prepare for Interview
While we have complained about our jobs or fallen asleep in car-pool lines, our children have been noticing. They are worried about us. A new survey, "Ask the children," conducted by the Families and Work Institute of New York City, queried more than 1,000 kids between the ages of 8 and 18 about their parents' work lives. "If you were granted one wish to change the way your parents' work affected your life," the survey asked kids, "what would that wish be?" Most parents assumed that children would want more time with them, but only 10% did. Instead, the most common wish (among 34% ) was that parents would be less stressed and tired by work.
Allison Levin is the mother of three young children and a professional in the growing field of "work/ life quality". Levin counsels employees who are overwhelmed by their work and family obligations to carefully review their commitments-not only at the office but at home and in the community too—and start paring them down. "It's not about getting up earlier in the morning se you can get more done," she says. "It's about saying no and making choices."
We can start by leaving work, and thoughts of work, behind as soon as we start the trip home. Do something to get yourself in a good mood, like listening to music, rather than returning calls on the cell phone. When you get home, change out of your work clothes, let the answering machine take your calls, and stay away from e-mail. When your kids ask about your day, tell them about something good that happened. (In the survey, 69% of moms said they liked their work, but only 42% of kids thought their mothers really did. )
Parents can also de-stress by cutting back on their children's activities. If keeping up with your kid's schedule is killing you, insist that he choose between karate lessons and the theater troupe. Parents should also sneak away from work and family occasionally to have some fun. I keep a basketball in the trunk of my can. I might never be able to fix everything at work or at home, but at least I can work on my jump shot.
Which of the following sentences can be the best title of this passage?
A.Kids Say: Chill
B.Kids Stress Parents
C.Parents Complain about work
D.Parents Get in Good Mood