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B Linda Abraham, co-founder of Scores, a leading digital analytic company, established her organizat...
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Linda Abraham, co-founder of Scores, a leading digital analytic company, established her organization on a simple premise(前提): hire people you respect, not necessary people you like. Since starting the business in 1999, she has intentionally brought in people she didn’t like but thought they would be good for the team. "They’re almost like allergy shots for your organization," she says.
A few years back, she hired Dan against the wishes of other people on her team. Even during the interview process, he rubbed people the wrong way. But Linda thought he had the right skills and experience. He came from a large tech company and tended to talk a lot about scale, which many people regarded as advocating bureaucracy(官僚主义) — a no-no (不可接受的事) in the start-up culture.
For the first six months, he made regular observations about one of the company’s products and how it could work better. "When I really dug into what he was trying to say, I was impressed," Linda says. While he wasn’t very experienced in his comments (he often described things as "dumb"), he was insightful. "We ended up scrapping (废弃) the job we hired him for and had him take on the improvements he suggested," she says.
Even in the new role, he wasn’t likable. But Linda tried to focus on the content of what he was saying rather than the way he was saying it, and she coached others to do the same. She also invested time in helping Dan understand how he was coming across and what he could do to change his style. Eventually her attitude toward him changed. "I’ve come to like him quite a bit," she says. "He’s ruffled more than a few feathers along the way, but he’s been promoted and has really crushed it."
1. Linda probably hires people who .
A. are very popular with others B. can benefit her company
C. respect others very much D. have different personalities
2.The underlined sentence "he rubbed people the wrong way" means " ".
A. he misunderstood what people said
B. he blamed others for their mistakes
C. he got lost on the way to the interview
D. he didn’t get on well with people present
3. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that .
A. Linda accepted Dan’s style B. Dan changed his style completely
C. Linda fell in love with Dan deeply D. Dan had to practice speaking a lot
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A. How to run a big company B. How to live with other people
C. How to change a person quickly D. How to manage someone you don’t like
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