與你的員工維持情感聯繫

你在組織上的層級愈高，與你的員工維持個人關係就愈重要。你應該讓員工感受到你的工作對你們之間的關係，比起工作職務本身還有另外一層特殊的涵義。

以下是建立這種合作關係的幾個作法：

1. 專注于你們之間的對話。這聽起來很簡單。但是在你日理萬機之際，你有無數的電話與郵件，實際做起來，就不容易了。當你約見員工做對話，請擱下電話，離開電腦，傾聽他的聲音，專注回復他的意見。
2. 注意情緒是有感染力的。如果你已經感到焦慮或是有負面的情緒，要設法讓自己隔離起來。如果你感到與員工之間的關係有疏離了，可能不是只是與這名員工之間的關係而已，你最好多開會議並且多與其他員工接觸，鞏固個人連接關係與工作關係。
3. 走出去，接近員工。即使你是名內向者，你也應該去擁抱群眾，和他們見面談話，並且主動給予回饋意見。你沒有辦法躲在辦公室門後來做領導與決策。

Maintain emotional ties with your employees

The higher your organizational hierarchy, the more important it is to maintain personal relationships with your employees. You should make employees feel that your job has a special meaning to you than the job itself.

The following are some ways to establish such a cooperative relationship:

1. Focus on the dialogue between you. That sounds simple. But when you're in a hurry, you have countless phone calls and emails. It's not easy to actually do that. When you meet an employee for a conversation, please put down the phone, leave the computer, listen to his voice, and focus on answering his comments.
2. Attention to emotions is infectious. If you already feel anxious or negative, try to isolate yourself. If you feel alienated from the employee, it may not be just the relationship with the employee. You'd better have more meetings and contact with other employees to consolidate personal and work relationships.
3. Go out and approach employees. Even if you are an introvert, you should embrace the masses, meet them and talk to them, and give them feedback on your own initiative. You can't hide behind the office door for leadership and decision-making.

設定做決策的期限

我們每天都要花許多時間來做各種選擇，有些比較容易，而有些則很重要。然而，我們是有可能作出很有效率的決策的。

其中的一個要訣是，無論這個決策有多麼複雜，無論你是否感覺有足夠的信心，給自己必須作的決策設定期限，期限到了，就必須做出決定。

你可以預估做決策必須要的時間，然後設定一個期限，一個鬧鐘。你可能會有幾種選擇，時間到了，無論還有多少顧慮不安，無論是否是最正確的，都做出你的選擇，然後往前進行。

你可以先選擇一些比較容易的題目，用你最小的投資來測試你的決策能力。如此多練習幾次，你會發現不僅能夠節省你的決策時間，你作決策的能力也提高了，你的生產力提高了。秘訣是因為你對做決策的期限設定了要求，因此你會更專注，考慮更周密了。

Setting deadlines for decision-making

We spend a lot of time making choices every day, some of which are easier and some of which are important. However, it is possible for us to make efficient decisions.

One of the keys is that no matter how complex the decision is, whether you feel confident enough or not, you have to set a deadline for the decision you have to make. When the deadline is up, you have to make a decision.

You can estimate the time it takes to make a decision, and then set a deadline, an alarm clock. You may have several choices. Time is up, no matter how worried you are, whether it's the right one or not, make your choice and move on.

You can choose some easy questions first and test your decision-making ability with your smallest investment. By practicing so many times, you will find that not only can you save your decision-making time, but your decision-making ability and productivity are also improved. The secret is that you set deadlines for making decisions, so you'll be more focused and thoughtful.