It takes a certain amount of narcissism to claw your way up the ranks of a company. But it takes as much humility to be successful once you’re there.
要爬上公司的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層當(dāng)然需要一點(diǎn)自戀的精神，但是當(dāng)你已經(jīng)置身領(lǐng)導(dǎo)級(jí)，要想在這里取得成功，還得具有與自戀同樣多的謙遜態(tài)度。

Executives who curb their confidence in their vision by admitting mistakes and limitations and acknowledging the contributions of others tend to command the most respect and loyalty from their teams, who thereby deliver results, according to a new study from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management. However, humility, like meditation or golf, may take some practice.
根據(jù)美國(guó)楊百翰大學(xué)麥里特商學(xué)院新近的一項(xiàng)研究表明，如果一位管理人員能夠節(jié)制自己的主觀觀念，承認(rèn)自己的錯(cuò)誤和能力的局限性，能夠首肯他人的貢獻(xiàn)，他將更能夠得到團(tuán)隊(duì)成員的尊敬和忠誠(chéng)心。不過，這種謙遜精神就像冥想術(shù)或高爾夫球一樣，也需要勤加練習(xí)才能得心應(yīng)手。

And even so, narcissism is often a necessary tool for success -- as it was for the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, whose obsessive commitment to his vision for the iPhone maker helped shape it into the world's most valuable company.
不過即便如此，自戀往往仍是成功的必備要素——比如說已故的蘋果公司聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人，史蒂夫·喬布斯就是一個(gè)頗為迷戀、執(zhí)著于自己的觀點(diǎn)的人，正是他這種固執(zhí)己見將蘋果公司塑造成為了世界上身價(jià)最高的公司。

“Humility is not meant to replace some of the quintessential aspects of leaders,” Bradley P. Owens, assistant professor of business ethics at the university, told The Huffington Post. “It’s meant to supplement and buffer them from the extremes of narcissism.”
該校商務(wù)倫理學(xué)助理教授布雷德利·P·歐文對(duì)《華盛頓郵報(bào)》記者說，“對(duì)那些管理人員來說，謙遜精神不應(yīng)該取代他們身上的那些精神精髓?！薄爸t遜精神只是用來對(duì)他們極端的自戀主義做補(bǔ)充和緩沖的?！?/div>

The study surveyed 876 employees at a large Fortune 100 health insurance company and asked them to rate 138 leaders in the company on their humility and effectiveness, and how motivated the employees were by their supervisors.
這項(xiàng)研究對(duì)876名在一家躋身財(cái)富100強(qiáng)名單的大型健康保險(xiǎn)公司供職的職員進(jìn)行了調(diào)查，研究人員請(qǐng)他們?yōu)檫@家公司的138名管理人員進(jìn)行測(cè)評(píng)，選出他們的謙遜程度，工作效率高低，以及后者是否能夠?qū)β殕T起到激勵(lì)作用。

Researchers measured the narcissism of the leaders by asking them to describe themselves by choosing between statements such as “I am an extraordinary person,” or “I am much like everybody else.”
研究人員還對(duì)管理層的自戀程度作出了測(cè)評(píng)，請(qǐng)后者在“我是一個(gè)無與倫比的人物”或“我和其他人沒什么不同”等陳述中選出最符合自己的陳述。

“The leaders that performed the best were those who had high narcissism and high humility.”?Owens said.
歐文稱，“最好的管理者是那些即有高度的自戀態(tài)度又有高度的謙遜精神的人?！?/div>