专业硕士英语教材第九章内容及翻译How to Deal with a Difficult Boss.docxVIP

Bad bosses often have a recognizable modus operandi! Harry Levinson, an American management psychologist, had catalogued problem bosses, from the bully to the indecisive jellyfish to the disapproving perfectionist. If you’re suffering from a bad boss, chances are he or she combines several of these traits and can be dealt with effectively if you use the right strategy.糟糕的老板都有众所周知的伎俩！美国管理心理学家哈里·莱文森将问题老板做了个分类，从欺压下属的恃强凌弱型到缺乏主见的优柔寡断型，再到求全责备的完美主义型。如果你正被一个糟糕的老板折磨，那很可能他或她综合了以上特征，只要方法运用得体，他们就能被轻松地应付过去。The Bully. DURING his first week on the job, a new account manager at a small advertising agency agreed to return some materials to a client. When he mentioned this at a staff meeting, the boss turned beet red, his lips began to quiver and he shouted that the new employee should call his client and confess he didn’t know anything about the advertising business, and would not be returning the materials.欺压下属类。一家小型广告代理公司新上任的会计主管在上班的第一个星期里被获准将一些材料退还给客户。当他在一次员工会议提到这件事时，他老板开始涨红了脸，嘴唇颤抖，然后大叫着说新进的员工应该告诉他的客户，自己对广告业务一无所知，而资料也不应该退还。Over the next few months, as the account manager watched co-workers cower under the boss’s brow-beating, he realized that the tyrant fed on fear. Employees who tried hardest to avoid his ire were most likely to catch it. “He was like a schoolyard bully,” the manager recalls, “and I’ve known since childhood that, when confronted, most bullies back down.”在接下来的几个月里，这位会计主管看到同事们在老板的恫吓下战战兢兢地工作，（下属的）畏惧使得暴君式的老板变本加厉，越发得意。那些卖力工作以求免于被他责骂的员工却往往沦为他发火的对象。“他就像操场上的小霸王，”这位主管回忆道，“而我从小就知道，当有人针锋相对时，大多数的恃强欺弱者都会退缩。”Armed with new-found confidence and growing knowledge of the ad business, he matched boss’s behavior. “If he raised his voice, I’d raise mine.” the manager recalls. True to type, the boss started to treat him with grudging respect. Eventually, the young man moved up the ranks and was rarely subjected to his boss’s outbursts.随着广告业务知识的增加和新建立起的信心，他开始和老板顶真起来。“如果他拔高嗓门，我也跟着拔高。”主管回忆道。本色的彰显使老板对他勉勉强强表现出了尊重。最后，这个年轻人被晋升了，很少再屈从于他老板的盛怒之下。Although standing up to the bully often works,