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Dear Annie:My company is on a June fiscal year, so we’re having our annual round of employee evaluations now, and mine was (again) pretty discouraging. I’m really good at what I do, with great technical skills, which my boss acknowledged. But he also said I’m not ready to move up to the next level of management because I lack “executive presence.” 亲爱的安妮：我的公司在六月份结束一个财政年度，因此我们现在正在进行一年一度的员工绩效评估，而我的评估结果（再一次）令人失望。我对自己的工作非常擅长，有着出色的技术能力，我的老板也承认这一点。但他说我还没有做好在管理岗位上更进一步的准备，原因是我缺少“高管风度”。 One of the reasons I left my last employer was that my boss at that company kept saying I was “not ready” for a promotion despite being great at my job, so unfortunately this isn’t the first time I’ve heard this. But what can I do about it? What exactly does “executive presence” mean, anyway? —Stymied Again 我之所以离开上一家公司，原因之一正是由于那家公司的老板总是认为，虽然我的工作非常出色，但我还没有做好升职的“准备”。所以，很可惜。这已经不是我第一次听到同样的评语。但我该怎么办？“高管风度”到底指的是什么？——S.A. Dear Stymied:Interesting question, since “executive presence” often determines whose career takes off like a rocket and whose doesn’t. Yet it’s hard to define. Most of us know it when we see it, in any CEO or public figure who commands attention with a seemingly magical combination of charisma and credibility. And, since this kind of personal magnetism seems to come naturally to the people who’ve got it (which is usually a carefully cultivated illusion, but more about that in a minute), it’s tempting to think you have to be born with it. | 
