太聽話的員工拯救不了美國經濟

????他聽完我的話，遞給我一個古怪的眼神，可能在想這是不是一個惡作劇。但隨后我們進行了相當坦誠的討論，只有我們兩個人。

????當我們關注經濟問題時，當一些老板開始反思并考慮改變他們的行為方式時，我們還需要觀察當今世界的狀況。我們知道，不論是公司、政府機構，抑或是傳統的教育、社會或者宗教組織，這些機構并不能解決我們面臨的問題。我們對這些機構的效能已經不再持以往的觀點。但我們也不該感到無助。現在，公司和其他機構的力量比他們包含的各部分加總起來要弱一些。換句話說，公司內部人士的能量、能力和技術遠比公司所展示出來的要強。有鑒于此，我們必須停止向其他個體（和我們自己）灌輸思想，自我設限，畫地為牢。

????如果公司員工認為自己不需要身邊的組織結構，他們可能會更難控制。但如果我們不再需要以那種方式去控制他人，我們也許能發現新的可能性：老板不會再感到孤立無援；人們會認識到自身的力量也能夠推動國家經濟發展；員工會意識到惡劣老板的所想所為可能在短期內有影響，但其實到頭來并不重要。

????Eleanor Bloxham是價值聯盟公司和公司治理聯盟（http://thevaluealliance.com）的首席執行官。公司治理聯盟是一家董事會咨詢公司。

????譯者：李玫曉/汪皓

????Yes, I got a quizzical look in return and he was probably wondering if it was a trick. But we then proceeded to have a frank discussion. Two people on a journey, nothing more, nothing less.

????While we address the economy -- and while some bosses start to look in the mirror and consider changing how they behave, we also need to see what the world has been showing us lately. We know our institutions -- whether they are corporations, government agencies, or even traditional educational, social, or religious organizations -- don't seem up to tackling the problems we face. Our view of their efficacy has changed. But that shouldn't make us feel weak. Corporations and other institutions today just happen to be smaller than the sum of their parts. Or, put another way, the power, ability, and skills of the individuals inside our corporations far exceed the capabilities that corporations are demonstrating. For that reason, we need to stop stuffing individuals (and ourselves) mentally into spaces that are too small to contain us.

????If people who work for companies do not believe they require the structure that surrounds them, they may be harder to control. But in giving up the need to control others in that way, we may discover new possibilities: corporations where bosses won't feel so lonely, individuals who recognize their power to get the national economy moving, and employees who know that what bad bosses think and how they act may have short-term consequences but don't really matter in the end.

????Eleanor Bloxham is CEO of The Value Alliance and Corporate Governance Alliance (http://thevaluealliance.com/), a board advisory firm.