【Whenwethinkofleadership,weoftenthinkofstrengthandpower.Butwhatarethesereally,andhowdotheyoperate?Leadershiptodayisnotaboutforcingotherstodothings.Ifthisisevenpossible.itisshort-term,andtendstobackfire.】

　　Whenwethinkof leadership,weoftenthinkofstrengthandpower.Butwhatarethesereally,andhowdotheyoperate?

　　Leadershiptodayisnotaboutforcingotherstodothings.Ifthisisevenpossible.itisshort-term,andtendstobackfire.Ifyouordersomeonetodosomethingagainsttheirwill,theymaydoitbecausetheyfeeltheymust,buttheangertheyfeelwilldomoreharminthelong-term,Theywillalsoexperiencefear.

　　Fearcausesthethinkingbraintoshutdown,makingthepersonunabletofunctionathisorherbest.Iftheyassociateyouwiththisemotionoffear.Theywillbecomelessfunctionalaroundyou,andyouwillhavesucceededinnotonlyshootingyourselfinthefoot.butpossiblymakingaverygoodemployeeorpartnerunabletoperformeffectively.Fearhasnoplaceinleadership.

　　Thewayweinfluencepeopleinalastingwayisbyourowncharacter,andourunderstandinganduseofemotion.Wecanordersomeonetodosomething,whichmaybepartoftheworkday;orwecanemploythemattheemotionallevel,sotheybecamefullydevotedtotheprojectsandprovidesomeoftheirownmotivation(积极性)。Today’sworkplaceisallaboutrelationshipsasahumanbeingaswellasaworker.Everyoneproducesjustabitmoreforsomeonetheylike.Leadersunderstandthewaythingswork.Theyknowthepaycheckisnotthesinglemostmotivatingfactor(因素)intheworklifeofmostpeople.

　　Thetruestrengthofleadershipisaninnerstrengththatcomesfromtheconfidenceofemotionalintelligence---knowingyourownemotions,andhowtohandlethem,andthoseofothers.Developingyouremotionalintelligenceisthesinglebestthingyoucandoifyouwanttodevelopyourrelationshipswithpeoplearoundyou,whichisthekeytotheleadershipskills.

　　小题1:Anemployeemayhaveafeelingoffearintheworkplacewhen___.

　　A.heisforcedtodothings

　　B.becannotworkathisbest

　　C.hefeelshisbrainshutdown

　　Dhethinksofhisworkastooheavy

　　小题2:WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

　　APeopletendtoassociateleadershipwithfear

　　BWorkingconditionsaffectpeople’sphysicalhealth

　　CGoodrelationshipisthekeytobusinesssuccess

　　DSmartpeoplearemorefunctionalintheworkplace.

　　小题3:Topositivelyinfluenceemployeesaleadershouldfi