团队精神=忘记“小我”_大学英语阅读

团队精神=忘记“小我”

当准备新进入一家企业时，企业常常这样要求，必须懂得团队合作。这是每个人在职场都会面临的至关重要的人际关系问题，即使是生活在孤岛上的鲁滨逊也要和仆人“星期五”打交道。对于如何建立良好的人际关系，我们应该怎样做呢?

Louis Gerstner, the man who turned IBM around in the Nineties, described a company as “Great teams coming together to build great products and services for customers.” Any company you work for, whether it delivers pizzas, builds bridges, makes cookies or develops software, all of these companies require PEOPLE to get the job done. Unless you are a sole-proprietor working alone, your are part of team. Teams work with other teams. Teams work with teams of internal clients and teams are supported by teams of support teams (facilities, phone services, even cafeteria workers). Your success in your career depends on how you interact with your teams and other teams. Respect, integrity and equality are some of the virtues of this teamwork.

Your Team

Ok, after all of this talk about working with teams, I am first going to talk about the relationship with your manager (if you are a manager, the same applies in reverse). Your manager sets the tone for the team. She needs to make sure the people in the group are working together. Make sure you understand the tone, raise any major issues with your manager regarding interpersonal relationships. Jamie Dimon, of JP Morgan Chase, was quoted as saying “Personality issues don’t age well”.