12 如何在工作中不断进取 向别人推广你的想法.doc

12. How to Take Initiative at Work:selling your ideas to others
“ Although intelligence is very important as part of the work ethic, initiative takes a much more important role in workplaces. It is very easy for employees to think of good ideas, but it is often difficult to have someone take responsibility for those ideas. It's pointless1 to have good ideas ‘ just sitting around2’.Someone has to act on them.”--Stefan Nam, from the
“尽管才智是工作规范中十分重要的组成部分,但进取精神在工作场所中起着更为重要的作用。雇员想出好主意并不难,但让某人为那些主意承担责任通常是不易之事。让好主意“闲在那里”是毫无意义的,必须有人将其付诸行动。”——斯得番·南姆自因特网
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如何在工作中不断进取:向别人推广你的想法
Often, taking initiative requires that you convince others to support your point of view. Here are tips on presenting your ideas to others:
Outline your goals. What are you trying to plish?Do you want to convince your boss to try a new approach3 to solve a customer-service problem? Perhaps you'd like to form mittee to develop ways to improve the environmental friendliness of your firm?First outline your goals in writing, and then hone4 them before you present them to your target audience. Develop a list of the positive points of your plan. Decide on the key advantages of using your ideas and collect data--both qualitative5 and quantitative6--that support your plan. These major points will form the backbone7 of your presentation. Do a negative-objection analysis. Think through the question