敏感的問題不要拖

許多時候，我們會遇到一些與人相關的敏感問題，為了顧及當事人的尊嚴而一再避免直接觸及，進行溝通。 即使感覺有必要讓對方知道自己的顧慮，但是我們總是繞著彎說，希望用暗示的語彙讓對方有自知之明，進而改善。

然而這樣隱晦的溝通方式，多半不能見效，一方面問題沒有得到解決，自己還一直生悶氣，而周遭的員工已經對你不能斷然處置而開始有微言了。

因此，無論當事人在公司的地位有多資深，過去在公司的貢獻有多少，一旦他的表現出現確實離譜的狀況，嚴重到損害了公司的利益，並且持續了一段相當的時間未見改善，你必須採取果斷行動，開門見山的與當事人溝通，讓他知道你的關切與可以接受的底線。

這樣做，你不僅有機會做好損害控制，並且能夠顯示你的領導權威不能受到要脅 

– 他可能會以為在公司位高權重而有特權空間。

你可以先比較溫和的給他一個LINE或是郵件通知，將你想要溝通的主題與你的顧慮要點先讓他知道，和他先約個時間。這樣，當你們坐下來談的時候，他已經知道你的基本立場，並且有所準備，可以告訴你真實的狀況，以及他預備採取的行動。

也許這樣的溝通會進行幾次，直到你和他達成具體的最終解決方案。不過，儘管涉及敏感，但是你的斷然行動，可以將損害就此打住。

Don't procrastinate on sensitive issues 

In many cases, we will encounter sensitive issues related to people, in order to take into account the dignity of the person repeatedly avoid direct contact and communication. Even if we feel the need to let the other person know our concerns, we are always saying things around the corner, hoping to let the other person know what he or she is aware of and then improve by using the words of cues. 

However, this obscure way of communication, mostly not effective, on the one hand the problem has not been resolved, he has been sullen, and the surrounding staff can not deal with you have started to complain. 

Therefore, no matter how senior the party is in the company and how much contribution he has made in the company in the past, once his performance appears to be truly outrageous, it is so serious that it harms the interests of the company and has not been improved for a considerable period of time. You must take decisive action to communicate directly with the client and let him know your concerns and acceptable bottom line. 

In doing so, you not only have a chance to do harm control, but also can show that your leadership authority cannot be threatened-he may think that he has the privilege of being in a high position in the company. 

You can gently give him a LINE or email notice, let him know the subject you want to communicate with your concerns, and make an appointment with him first. In this way, when you sit down and talk, he knows your basic position and is prepared to tell you the real situation and the actions he intends to take. 

Perhaps this communication will take place several times until you reach a concrete final solution with him. However, despite the sensitivity involved, your resolute action can put a stop to the damage.

考慮員工的發展前程

沒有一位老闆樂見失去明星員工。但是，這是你的責任去幫助你的員工能夠找到他下階段的發展。

以下三件事是你可以幫助你的直屬下級員工的成長：

1. 定義好現有的職位。確保他的職位描述可以符合他的興趣、價值與技能。這樣做能夠幫助他在成長中能夠面對挑戰。
2. 幫助他建立人脈。在公司里幫他認識可以提供給他機會、指導、見解的人，或是可以連接上其他的人脈網。
3. 評估他的選項。幫他評估哪一個機會可以給他最大的學習機會。以公司的角度，而非你部門的需求來考慮，包含著他可能會因此離開你的團隊。

Consider the future of employee development

No boss likes losing star employees. But it's your responsibility to help your employees find their next stage of development.

The three things are that you can help your subordinates grow:

1. Define existing positions. Ensure that his job description can meet his interests, values and skills. This will help him face challenges in his growth.
2. Help him establish connections. Help him get to know people in the company who can offer him opportunities, guidance, insights, or connect to other networks.
3. Assess his options. Help him assess which opportunity can give him the greatest learning opportunity. Think in terms of the company, not your department's needs, and include the possibility that he will leave your team.

要懂得原諒

身為領導主管，你的工作是讓每個人都必須負責。但是，你也必須知道何時讓人們卸下責任。讓人們能夠免於犯下的錯誤而必須承擔的責任與懲罰，可以讓你的團隊有更光明的未來。

當然，你會憤恨那些躲在你背後的員工，也會惱怒那些不能達成自己的工作目標又在詆毀你的團隊名譽的同事。

但是，抱怨這些人，是無濟於事的。你應該讓他們知道他們的錯誤與行為會帶來哪些後果，然後做檢討，看以後如何能夠改進。告訴他們，你相信他們會改進， 會以新的行動來彌補他們所發生的錯誤。

生氣與抱怨是沒有生產力的。讓犯錯的人有第二次，甚至第三次的機會會對你和他們都比較好，你們也能夠因此合作相處得比較長久。

To understand forgiveness

As a leader, your job is to make everyone responsible. But you also have to know when to let people off the hook. By freeing people from the responsibility and punishment they must take for their mistakes, you can give your team a brighter future.

Of course, you will resent those who hide behind you, and you will also resent those who fail to achieve their own goals and are tarnishing your team's reputation.

But it's no use complaining about these people. You should let them know the consequences of their mistakes and actions, and then review them to see how they can be improved in the future. Tell them that you believe they will improve and take new actions to make up for their mistakes.

Anger and complaint are unproductive. It's better for the wrong person to have a second or even a third chance to work with you and them, and you can work together for a long time.

以散步開會

愈來愈多企業經理會約同事以散步來開會，而非坐在咖啡館或是正式的會議室內。

在散步時，可以順便活動筋骨。

以散步來開會，確實有好處。這樣做，不僅可以輕鬆而坦誠的對話，而且也可以激發許多創意。散步完，心情愉快，工作效率就高。

以下是在做散步會議時的幾個小提示：

1. 最好選定一個有趣的散步目標地點。這樣會讓散步可以有趣，激勵大家一起走。最好沿路空曠，可以呼吸新鮮空氣，并瀏覽沿路風光。
2. 維持小群體。一個散步會議，最好只有2 – 3人，大家可以緊密並行，聽到彼此在說些什麼。
3. 要事先約好。事先通知，讓一起參加者可以有合適的穿著。

Meeting on a walk

More and more corporate managers invite colleagues to take a walk to meetings instead of sitting in a cafe or formal conference room.

When walking, you can move your bones and muscles by the way.

It's really good to take a walk to the meeting. By doing so, we can not only have a relaxed and frank dialogue, but also stimulate many creative ideas. After a walk, you will be happy and efficient.

Here are some tips for walking meetings:

1. It's better to choose an interesting walking destination. This will make walking fun and inspire everyone to walk together. It's better to be open along the road. You can breathe fresh air and browse the scenery along the road.
2. Maintain small groups. A walking meeting, preferably only 2 - 3 people, you can closely parallel, hear what each other is saying.
3. Make an appointment in advance. Notify in advance that participants can wear appropriate clothes.

如何讓跨功能的項目團隊獲得成功？

當企業想要推展創新、或是行銷推廣等，經常要組織不同功能的部門，將具有不同能力的人組織起來，成為一個項目合作團隊。

但是如此跨功能部門的組合，經常會發生不能在預算之內，或是期限之內完成任務。這最主要的原因是企業組織一套有系統的組織發展與建立體系。許多企業缺乏清楚的治理原則，責任體制，或是不知道應該如何衡量成功的指標。

要推動這樣跨部門專案組織能夠成功，企業層峰領導必須針對每一個專案任務指派一位可以負責的專案領導。這個人必須能夠做出關鍵決策，讓組織作業順暢，並且可以與各單位資深主管做好協調工作。

每個專案項目都要有清楚的目標，分配的資源，專案項目的進度表，被批准的預算，以及管理優先次序的規範，還要大家都明白專案項目達成的模樣。

由於每個參與的部門都會有自己的優先次序，專案項目的領導主管必須能夠平衡專案項目與各部門原有任務，協調出適當的績效評量與報酬形式。

How to make a cross functional project team succeed?

When enterprises want to promote innovation, or marketing promotion, they often organize departments with different functions, organize people with different abilities and become a project team.

But such cross functional departments often fail to complete tasks within budget or deadline. The main reason is that the enterprise organizes a systematic system of organization development and establishment. Many enterprises lack clear governance principles, responsibility systems, or do not know how to measure success indicators.

To promote the success of such an inter departmental ad hoc organization, enterprise level leaders must appoint a responsible project leader for each project task. This person must be able to make key decisions to make the organization work smoothly and coordinate with the senior managers of various units.

Each project should have clear goals, allocated resources, schedule of project projects, approved budgets, and management priorities, and everyone understands the appearance of a project.

As each participating Department has its own priorities, the leader of the project must be able to balance the original tasks of the project and the various departments, and coordinate the appropriate form of performance evaluation and reward.

讓你的團隊如企業家般思考

在大組織里的團隊很容易卡在官僚體系中，他們需要很長的時間來執行項目、獲得批准、以及得到所需要的資源。但是，你也可以協助你的團隊如企業家般的思考與行動。

請參考這麼做：

1. 實驗看看。指定在你的團隊中的1~2名成員不露聲色的推動一個新項目，保護他們避免受到質疑。
2. 公佈成果。將項目實驗成果公佈給公司內的其他主管，并請求他們支持這個項目。
3. 密切管理。在整個項目過程中，確保所發生的成本不會超過公司可以承擔的損失。如此，你的團隊才可以盡早看到行動的正面成果，也能夠體會一名企業家會如何思考。

Make your team think like an entrepreneur

Teams in large organizations can easily get stuck in bureaucracy, and they take a long time to execute projects, get approval, and get the resources they need. But you can also help your team think and act like an entrepreneur.

Please refer to how to do this:

1. Experiments. Assign one or two members of your team to work quietly on a new project to protect them from being questioned.
2. Publish the results. Publish the experimental results of the project to other executives in the company and ask them to support the project.
3. Close management. Throughout the project process, ensure that the costs incurred do not exceed the losses that the company can afford. In this way, your team can see the positive results of the action as soon as possible, and also understand how an entrepreneur will think.

改善讓人煎熬的工作場所

繁重的工作，壓力，競爭的氛圍，種種的因素，在一個煎熬的工作場所里是非常不愉快的，甚至會讓人非常痛苦。

以下的幾個作法能夠幫助將工作場所產生正面的變化：

1. 開始面談。以隱秘的一對一面談方式，與你的員工開始對談。讓他們有機會發洩，然後參與解決他們所提出來的問題。
2. 幫助，而非強迫。幫助員工將面臨的問題作完整的思考，但是不要告訴他們如何去解決。讓他們自己承擔起改善問題的責任。
3. 不要光說不作。請求員工將抱怨轉化為改善承諾。你會因為你願意聽取的傾訴，而所做出的改變，來贏得員工的信任。

Improvement of torturous workplaces

Hard work, stress, a competitive atmosphere, all kinds of factors, in a tortured workplace is very unpleasant, and even very painful. 

The following practices can help bring about positive changes in the workplace: 

1. Let's start the interview. Start a conversation with your employees in a secretive one-on-one interview. Give them a chance to vent, and then get involved in solving the problems they raise. 
2. Help, not force. Help employees think through the issues they face, but don't tell them how to solve them. Let them take responsibility for improving the problem themselves. 
3. Don't just talk about it and not do anything. Ask employees to translate complaints into a commitment to improvement. You will win the trust of your employees for the changes you make because of what you are willing to listen to.

員工在好天氣還是壞天氣生產力高？

這些天，陰雨綿綿。如果你問人究竟在晴朗的好天氣，還是在下雨天中，員工的生產力高？相信多數人會回答：“好天氣”

不過，事實可能不是如此。

在好天氣中，員工的心思很容易飛到外頭去，會不斷在想著午休時間可以到咖啡店去與朋友聊天，或是想著下班去shopping，或是想著反正不必趕工，多加班一點時間就是了。

相反的，在陰雨天氣中，她無處可去，反而會專心工作，或是她急著將工作趕快結束，擔心會下班太晚要塞在車陣中。

至少，你可以觀察到，在陰雨天中，辦公室內通常比較安靜。

Are employees productive in good weather or bad weather?

These days, it's raining. If you ask people whether it is sunny or rainy, is the productivity of employees high? I believe most people will answer: "good weather."

However, this may not be the case.

It's easy for employees to fly outside in good weather, constantly thinking about lunch breaks when they can go to a coffee shop to chat with friends, or when they want to go shopping after work, or when they don't have to rush anyway and work overtime.

On the contrary, she has nowhere to go on a rainy day, and instead concentrates on her work, or she is in a hurry to finish her work, fearing that she will be stuck in a traffic jam after work too late.

At least, you can see that in rainy days, offices are usually quieter.

讓你的員工有較舒適的辦公空間

許多人一天待在辦公室的時間比躺在家裡床上的時間還要長。你應該盡可能提供給員工一個比較舒適的辦公空間。

以下的作法能夠讓員工可以在辦公桌上做出最佳的工作表現：

1.    座位最好是可以保持一些隱私。以隔間（cubicle）來隔離鄰座，會讓員工比較不受干擾，可以專心工作。

2.    讓員工的背部可以隱蔽。曝露一個人的背部，通常會讓他感覺不安。最好能夠讓員工坐在一個有靠背的椅子上。

3.    讓員工可以自行稍作辦公桌裝飾的調整。例如，讓員工可以在辦公桌上添加一盞燈，有個小風扇；讓他可以將座位裝飾的有個性化，例如，擺放家庭照片，或是掛一張畫片，放任何對他有意義的重要小裝飾。

Let your employees have more comfortable office space

Many people spend more time in the office each day than in bed at home. You should provide employees with a comfortable office space as far as possible.

The following tips enable employees to perform best on their desks:

1. The best thing to do is to keep some privacy. Using cubicle to isolate neighbors will make employees less disturbed and concentrate on their work.
2. Let employees hide their backs. Exposing a person's back usually makes him feel uneasy. It's best to have employees sitting on a backrest chair.
3. Let employees adjust their desk Decoration on their own. For example, let an employee add a lamp and a small fan to his desk; let him personalize the seat decoration, such as putting family photos or hanging a picture, putting any important small decorations that are meaningful to him.

讓員工吃的好，能夠提高團隊士氣

員工餐廳很久以來就提供了一種神秘力量。它對企業經營的幫助大極了！

如果能夠在餐廳中提供味美的食物，你會發現員工在用過餐後，走在辦公室或是戶外園地，看來就心情愉快，人人笑眯眯。

但是，有些公司會疏忽創造這樣的氛圍，而讓員工外出用餐，或是在自己的辦公桌上用餐，或是，即使是有員工餐廳，但是疏忽於定時變更功能表，而讓員工食不下嚥。這樣都會降低員工工作的士氣。

公司在能力範圍所及，應該盡可能把握能夠讓員工吃的好，並且能夠互動的機會。

Encouraging employees to eat well can boost team morale

Staff restaurants have long provided a mysterious force. It is very helpful to the business operation.

If you can provide delicious food in the restaurant, you will find employees walking in the office or outdoor gardens after dinner. It seems that they are in a happy mood and everyone is smiling.

However, some companies neglect to create such an atmosphere, and let employees eat out, or at their desks, or even in restaurants, but neglect to change the menu regularly, so that employees can not eat. This will reduce the morale of employees.

As far as the company can go, it should grasp the opportunity to make employees eat well and interact as much as possible.

A small kitchen, well laid out, providing self-service coffee or other drinks, a small table for two or four, or several high chairs, can also play a good role in promoting the spirit of employees.