????在E.L.?詹姆斯的暢銷書《五十度灰》（Fifty Shades of Grey）中，克里斯蒂安?格雷最討人喜歡的品質(zhì)之一在于他是一名非常成功的商人。他甚至可能已經(jīng)兌現(xiàn)了自己的49度灰色性格。 27歲的格雷從哈佛大學(xué)退學(xué)后在西雅圖成立了自己的公司。根據(jù)詹姆斯的博客介紹，格雷擁有“30歲以下最成功美國商人”這一顯赫頭銜——他沒有入選《財(cái)富》“40位40歲以下商業(yè)精英”榜單，而且永遠(yuǎn)也不可能入選，因?yàn)樗翘摌?gòu)人物——并被評(píng)為美國五大CEO之一。格雷企業(yè)控股有限公司最初靠借來的100,000美元起步，短短幾年就發(fā)展成為一家價(jià)值數(shù)十億美元的大公司。雖然格雷控股的具體性質(zhì)依舊是一個(gè)謎，但該公司網(wǎng)站聲稱它是“通信技術(shù)、可持續(xù)能源和智能系統(tǒng)開發(fā)領(lǐng)域的世界領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者”。此外，該公司還致力于并購擴(kuò)張，往往會(huì)收購一些表現(xiàn)不佳的公司，然后進(jìn)行改造，幫助其走上正軌。雖然克里斯蒂安?格雷是一位虛構(gòu)人物，但他在董事會(huì)和床上的成功，依舊能夠讓我們學(xué)到一些領(lǐng)導(dǎo)之道。

????下面是成功CEO們可以從《五十度灰》中學(xué)到的七種品質(zhì)：

????有韌性

????克里斯蒂安?格雷努力保持私人生活某些方面的私密性，但他白手起家（生母吸食可卡因成癮，格雷后來被西雅圖一個(gè)小康家庭收養(yǎng)，25歲便成為億萬富翁）的故事已經(jīng)家喻戶曉。這段由貧窮到成功的歷程讓他獲得了堅(jiān)韌不拔的品質(zhì)——他也將這種特質(zhì)帶到了床上。韌性是一位優(yōu)秀公司領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人最重要的品質(zhì)之一，因?yàn)榇蠖鄶?shù)商界傳奇人物都是緩慢地攀登上成功頂峰的，比如房屋租賃公司Airbnb創(chuàng)始人在發(fā)展業(yè)務(wù)的同時(shí)，不得不依靠出售新奇的谷物早餐來維持運(yùn)營。最優(yōu)秀的CEO知道，最好的業(yè)務(wù)值得努力去追求，失敗只是成功路上的又一次教訓(xùn)。正如史蒂夫?喬布斯所說：“仔細(xì)觀察大多數(shù)一夜成功的故事，你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，主人公都經(jīng)歷了長時(shí)間的積累?！?/p>

????有激情

????激情是優(yōu)秀公司發(fā)展的推動(dòng)力。購鞋網(wǎng)站Zappos的創(chuàng)始人謝家華曾經(jīng)說過：“停止追逐金錢，開始追逐激情吧。”一位有激情的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者可以招聘同樣富有激情的團(tuán)隊(duì)成員，從驅(qū)動(dòng)型投資者那里獲得資金，使團(tuán)隊(duì)愿意并且能夠投入足夠多的時(shí)間來打造一家成功的公司。但激情也可能蒙蔽CEO的判斷，導(dǎo)致他們做出糟糕的選擇，讓領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者對(duì)公司的前景產(chǎn)生錯(cuò)誤的想法?？死锼沟侔?格雷有著非凡的激情，但他能夠完全控制這種激情，不在工作當(dāng)中爆發(fā)——他將激情升華為職業(yè)驅(qū)動(dòng)力。出色的公司領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者清楚如何平衡激情，利用激情推動(dòng)公司發(fā)展，同時(shí)能夠控制和運(yùn)用好這種激情。

????找到合適的團(tuán)隊(duì)成員

????克里斯蒂安與安娜初次見面時(shí)，可以說，他幾乎瞬間便確定他想要她成為他的團(tuán)隊(duì)成員。他知道安娜具備某些合適的特質(zhì)，這些特質(zhì)可以讓她成為一名有價(jià)值的伙伴。為了聘用她，他開始著手了解有關(guān)她的一切，然后才勸誘她加入他的團(tuán)隊(duì)。謹(jǐn)慎招聘是打造一家成功公司的關(guān)鍵。最優(yōu)秀的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者清楚他們不可能具備建立和經(jīng)營一家成功公司所需要的所有必要技能。他們必須自我評(píng)估自己的技能，然后利用這些信息招聘具備這些技能的人，作為對(duì)他們的補(bǔ)充和支持。CEO也需要了解團(tuán)隊(duì)成員的優(yōu)點(diǎn)和缺點(diǎn)，并拿出時(shí)間來了解哪些崗位能讓他們發(fā)揮作用，哪些會(huì)讓他們痛苦，又有哪些會(huì)讓他們感到興奮。這些知識(shí)可以幫助CEO或者像克里斯蒂安?格雷這樣的人，了解在什么情況下使用什么能力，以確保成功。

????致力于學(xué)習(xí)

????在書中，克里斯蒂安不僅對(duì)安娜做出了承諾，還致力于學(xué)習(xí)如何處理這種伴侶關(guān)系。好的CEO知道他們并非萬事通。隨著公司的發(fā)展，最有想法、最有效率的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者會(huì)將學(xué)習(xí)作為日常工作的一部分，尋求建議，向?qū)＜易稍?，同時(shí)鼓勵(lì)團(tuán)隊(duì)成員也這么做。如果學(xué)習(xí)可以成為公司文化中積極的一面，公司就能在快速變化的環(huán)境中保持靈活和敏感。

????做一名建設(shè)性的批評(píng)者

????CEO最重要的技能之一，是擅長進(jìn)行困難的對(duì)話。在書中，克里斯蒂安最具挑戰(zhàn)性的對(duì)話往往發(fā)生在臥室，而不是會(huì)議室，但CEO們確實(shí)需要有能力與員工、投資者和自己進(jìn)行令人不適的對(duì)話。正是由于他有極好的口才，所以他才能告訴安娜斯塔莎自己獨(dú)特的性癖好，并提供建設(shè)性的批評(píng)，讓她可以學(xué)習(xí)，并成為他的伴侶。好的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者應(yīng)該以鼓舞人心而非令人泄氣的方式提供批評(píng)意見；他們的反饋應(yīng)該教會(huì)被批評(píng)者如何成功。

????有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)意識(shí)（并具備風(fēng)險(xiǎn)承受能力）

????建立一家公司或一種關(guān)系，就是承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。最優(yōu)秀的CEO能夠意識(shí)到風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，并找出管理風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的方法，比如設(shè)立監(jiān)督團(tuán)隊(duì)，或利用情景規(guī)劃提前制定策略，更有效的方式是想辦法將風(fēng)險(xiǎn)轉(zhuǎn)化為機(jī)遇。此外，風(fēng)險(xiǎn)承受能力也很有必要，并且不要承擔(dān)可能危害公司發(fā)展的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

????雖然克里斯蒂安說：“我從來不會(huì)為有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的決定煩惱，”但他在揭開自己最大的秘密之前，還是要求安娜斯塔莎?斯蒂爾簽署了保密協(xié)議。

????尊重別人

????好的CEO明白，必須爭取客戶、員工、投資者和整個(gè)行業(yè)的尊重。而要贏得尊重，你要學(xué)會(huì)傾聽，要像對(duì)待普通人一樣對(duì)待自己的員工，而不是永遠(yuǎn)一副高高在上的架勢(shì)；努力工作，認(rèn)可和獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)員工的工作，真誠待人。尊重他人也可以帶來快樂，而你的客戶越快樂，就越可能留下來，與你的公司一起發(fā)展，并將你推薦給其他人。團(tuán)隊(duì)成員、投資者以及男女朋友之間同樣如此。克里斯蒂安盡量尊重安娜斯塔莎的界限，但他拒絕在兩人的關(guān)系中妥協(xié)，最終導(dǎo)致（小小劇透一下）她流著淚離開了他。盡管在后面的兩本續(xù)集中，克里斯蒂安與安娜重歸于好，但在商業(yè)中，一家公司可能不會(huì)有第二或第三次機(jī)會(huì)去贏回客戶。從最開始便以尊敬的態(tài)度對(duì)待所有人，才是更有成效的選擇。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：劉進(jìn)龍/汪皓

????審校：任文科

????In E.L. James’ bestselling Fifty Shades of Grey, one of Christian Grey’s most endearing qualities is that he is a very successful businessman. So successful he may have purchased 49 of his 50 shades. The 27-year-old dropped out of Harvard to start his own business in Seattle and now, according to James’ blog, Grey holds the illustrious title of Most Successful U.S. Businessman Under the Age of 30 (no, he hasn’t made Fortune‘s 40 Under 40 yet—and never will, since he’s not real) and ranks among the Top Five American CEOs. Grey Enterprises Holdings Inc., (GEH) was launched with $100,000 of borrowed cash and in just a few short years has become a multi-billion dollar business. While the exact nature of GEH’s business is a bit mysterious, the company’s website claims it is “a world leader in communication technologies, sustainable energy and intelligent systems development.” The company also focuses on mergers and acquisitions, buying underperforming companies and, ahem, whipping them into shape. While Christian Grey may be fictional, there are still some valuable lessons to be learned from his success in the boardroom and the bedroom.

????Here are seven traits that successful CEOs can learn from 50 Shades of Grey:

????Be Resilient

????Christian Grey may be private about some aspects of his personal life, but his rags-to-riches story (born to a crack addict mother, adopted by a well-to-do Seattle family, a billionaire by the age of 25) is well known. His journey from poverty to success taught him resilience—a lesson he took into his bedroom, too. Resilience is one of the most important traits of a good corporate leader, because business lore is filled with the stories of slow climbs to success, including the one about how Airbnb’s founders had to resort to selling novelty cereal to keep the lights on as they grew their business. The best CEOs know that the best businesses are worth pursuing and that failure is just another lesson on the road to success. As Steve Jobs said, “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

????Be Passionate

????Passion is what drives the best companies. As Zappos founder Tony Hsieh said, “Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.” A passionate leader can recruit equally passionate team members, raise capital from driven investors, and keep their teams willing and able to put in the long hours necessary to build a successful company. But passions can also cloud a CEO’s judgment, lead to poor choices, and mislead a leader about their business prospects. Christian Grey has very singular passions, but keeps them completely controlled and entirely out of the workplace— sublimating his passions into career drive. Great corporate leaders know how to balance passions, letting them drive a company, but keeping them in check and in perspective.

????Find the Right Team Members

????When Christian first met Ana, he almost instantly knew that he wanted her to become his, shall we say, team member. He knew that she had certain desirable characteristics that would make her a valuable partner. To recruit her, he set about learning everything he could about her before wooing her on to his, um, team. Careful recruiting is the key to growing a successful business. The best leaders know that they alone don’t have all the required skills to build and run a successful company. They must self-assess their own skill sets and then use that information to hire people with skills that will complement and buttress their own. CEOs also need to know their team members’ strengths and weaknesses and take the time to learn what makes them tick, what makes them miserable, and what makes them excited. This knowledge can help a CEO — or someone like Christian Grey —know which skill to apply in which situation to ensure success.

????Commit to Learning

????Over the course of Fifty Shades, Christian makes a commitment not just to Ana, but to learning how to be in a committed relationship. Competent CEOs know that they don’t know everything. As companies grow, the most thoughtful and effective leaders make learning an active part of their day, seeking advice, consulting with experts, and encouraging their team to do the same. If learning becomes an active part of corporate culture, companies can stay agile and responsive in a quickly changing environment.

????Be A Constructive Critic

????One of the most important skills for a CEO to have is the ability to be great at difficult conversations. While in Fifty Shades Christian’s most challenging conversations were usually held in the bedroom and not the boardroom, CEOs do need to be able to have uncomfortable talks with employees, investors and themselves. Because of his capable way with words, Christian was able to tell Anastasia about his singular sexual proclivities, and offer constructive criticism so she could learn and grow as a companion. Good leaders need to be ready and able to deliver critical feedback in a way that that is encouraging and not demoralizing; to give feedback that teaches the recipient how to succeed.

????Be Risk Aware (and Tolerant)

????Building a business—or a relationship—is all about taking risk. The best CEOs recognize risks and figure out ways to manage it whether bringing in oversight teams or using scenario planning to devise strategies in advance or, even better, devise ways to leverage risk and turn it into opportunity. Still, there is being risk tolerant and there is taking unnecessary risks that can jeopardize a business.

????While Christian says, “risky decisions have never bothered me,” he did have Anastasia Steele sign a Non Disclosure Agreement before revealing his big secret.

????Be Respectful

????A good CEO knows that respect is something you earn: from the customer, employees, investors and, eventually, the industry at large. To earn respect, listen to people, treat your employees like people; not like subordinates, work hard, recognize and reward effort and be genuine. Treating people with respect also breeds happiness and the happier your customers are the more likely they will stay, grow and refer others to your company. Same goes for team members, investors, and, of course, boyfriends or girlfriends. Christian tried to be respectful of Anastasia’s boundaries, but his refusal to compromise about their relationship resulted in [SPOILER ALERT] her leaving him in tears at the end of the book. While Christian had two sequels in which to make it up to Anastasia, businesses may not get a second or third chance to woo a customer back. Treating everyone with respect from the get-go is a far more productive choice.