Purpose and the employee使命和员工

Some people want to change the world. But not everyone.

 mayonnaise [ˌmeɪəˈneɪz] 蛋黄酱

 For Unilever, a consumer-goods giant whose products are all meant to stand for something, the purpose of its Hellmann’s brand is to reduce food waste by making leftover tasty. 消费品巨头联合利华的所有产品如今都为了某种主张而存在，它的赫尔曼斯品牌的使命就是让剩饭变得好吃，从而减少食物浪费。

 disquiet: a feeling of worry or anxiety忧虑不安 e.g. There is considerable public disquiet about the safety of the new trains. 公众对新型列车的安全深感忧虑。

 The very idea of a purposeful employee conjures up a specific type of person. 提起有使命感的员工，总会让人联想起一种特定类型的人。■conjure up: If something such as a word or sound conjures up particular images or ideas, it makes you think of them.使想起/使联想到 e.g. Jimmy Buffett's music conjures up a warm night in the tropics. 吉米•巴菲特的音乐让人想起热带地区温暖的夜晚。

 Bain identifies six different archetypes, far too few to reflect the complexity of individuals but a lot better than a single lump of employees. 贝恩确定了六种最典型的员工类型，这个数目远不能反映个体的复杂性，但还是把所有员工一概而论好得多。■lump: a small piece or mass of something e.g. a lump of coal一块煤块

 六种类型：Pioneers拓荒者；Artisans匠人；Operators操作者；Strivers奋斗者；Givers给予者；Explorers探险者。

 Archetype典型 e.g. She is the archetype of an American movie star. 她是典型的美国影星。

 Head up the career ladder在职场平步青云；类似表达：progress/advance up the career ladder或者forge ahead on the career ladder; 反义：drop off the career ladder

 Career progression职业发展

 A handful of its most gifted technical employees少数最有才干的技术人员■a handful of少数/少部分 e.g. She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers. 她抓了一把沙子，然后让它们从指缝间慢慢漏掉。

 Another mistake is to conflate an employee’s commitment with good performance. 还有一个错误是将员工的工作热情和良好表现混为一谈。■conflate with把…混为一谈

注：外刊观点与本人无关，仅用于英语学习