PART 1 Words and Expressions
1.align
to organize or change something so that it has the right relationship to something else v.使一致
align来自法语,“a”的意是"to" , "ligne" 的意思是line,有排成一条直线,使平行的意思。引申为与…保持一致,与…同盟,常与with 连用。
e.g. National policy should align with people's interests.
2.delegation
①a group of people who represent a company, organization etc n.代表团
e.g.I can see many country's delegations enterning the stadium at the opening ceremonyies of the Olympic Games.
②assigning sth. to someone 授权,委托
e.g.He was granted the delegation of authority.
注意delegate做名词代表时“a”发/ei/
做动词任命时“a”发短音I
3.cream
原句:They're stand behind the cash register and cream all the business during the slow times.
ice cream中cream意思是奶油,化妆品中的cream是护肤霜。这里的cream做动词,意思是彻底打败,我认为这里的意思是经理站在收银机的后面,做了所有的销售工作。
e.g.We creamed another team 77-57.
PART 2 Summary
This chapter serves as an introduction to five dimensions of win-win ,win-win processes and application suggestions.
Firstly, win-win comes from a character of integrity, maturity and the Abundance Mentality.Secondly, high-trust relationships is the essence of win-win. Thirdly, agreements giving definition and direction to win-win live on five elements as desired results, guidelines, resources, accountability and consequences.Fourthly, Win-win management training based on win-win agreements deal with methods, not results.Last but not least, win-win performance agreements focus on results;not methods. In win-win, people evaluate themselves, using the criteria that they themselves help to create up front.
In the end of the chapter the author says that win-win is achieved through four-step process and gives us six application suggestions.
Thoughts
老板想让员工团结协作却用竞争的体制来激励员工,这无异于缘木求鱼。对于出现的问题我们要多思考多分析,想清楚现在采用的方法是否有助于达成自己的目标。
作者和孩子达成共赢的协定,可是这是否是在和孩子讲条件呢,讲条件会让孩子觉得对自己没有好处的事就不去做,着重于即时利益。如果是一样的性质,那么这样的教育方法是否可取呢?还是说两者是有区别的?