The biggest problem in my company has to do with culture, in particularour different ways of looking at time. People from some countries think it isOK to show up late for a meeting and some people even don't think they need tocome at all! As president of the company, however, it is my responsibility totell them that this is not acceptable. Whereas in some other countriesattending meetings is not considered very important, in this country, andespecially in this company, meetings must be attended on time. Not being ontime causes inefficiency. I spent all night thinking about the exact words thatI would use to explain my feelings. I even wrote my words down. I planned todiscuss this problem at the meeting today, and entitled my speech "InternationalClock Talk". Unfortunately, I have a problem — no one came to the meeting!
最大的问题在我公司与文化,尤其是我们的观察时间的不同方式。一些国家的人认为这是好的为开会迟到,一些人甚至不认为他们需要!作为总统的公司,然而,告诉他们这是我的责任,这是不能接受的。而在其他一些国家参加会议不被认为是非常重要的,在这个国家,尤其是在这个公司里,会议必须准时出席。不守时会导致低效率。我花了一整夜思考的最确切的词,我将使用来解释我的感觉。我甚至写了我的话。我计划在今天的会议上讨论这个问题,和我的演讲题为“国际时钟说话”。不幸的是,我有一个问题,没有人来参加会议!