In today's world of flexible work and intensive performance assessment1, careers are often measured in months rather than decades。
在当今这个工作灵活多样、营业额评估又十分苛刻的世界里，职业生涯一般是以月份而不是以年为单位计算的。
It's the people, stupid! Nigel Nicholson, professor of organizational behaviour at the London Business School, offers this important piece of advice to anyone starting a new job. It's not the job, it's the people in the organization, he explains. Get to know them, get to know their perspectives, get to understand what's driving them, get to figure out what the psychological issues are, what the tensions are. The more you know, the better.
人才是重点，傻瓜！这是伦敦商学院的组织行为学教授奈杰尔尼克尔森对职场新人提出的一条要紧建议。重点不在于工作，而在于公司里的人，他讲解道，去知道他们，知道他们的怎么看、动机，找出有什么心理疾病，重压又是什么。你知道得越多越好。
Nicholson has a simple rule about what people should bring to an organization: I call it 'VIP': vision, identity and passion. If you can bring some of all those things with you, then you will find it easier to communicate in future. What does he think is the most important thing to remember in the first 100 days? Don't worry about whether you're going to be able to do the job or not。That's never the issue. It's the relationships that matter; the first thing is, think about the relationships.
尼克尔森有一个简单的原则来概括大家应该为一家企业带来什么。我把它称作VIP法则，即眼界、个性及热情。假如所有这类东西在你身上都能找到一些，你就会发目前日后的工作中交流起来更为容易。在他看来，什么才是职场头一百天里最应该铭记的头等大事呢？别去担忧你是不是可以胜任这份工作。这一直都不是问题。最重要的是人际关系。最重要的一点就是考虑人际关系。
If you're planning to change jobs or start a new career, you need to understand the transition cycle, says Professor Nigel Nicholson of the London Business School. He identifies four specific phases requiring strategies for the first 100 days and beyond:
假如你正在考虑换工作或是开始新的职业生涯，你需要知道职场转变周期，伦敦商学院的奈杰尔尼克尔森教授说。他提出，在入职头一百天与之后的时间里，有四个阶段需要运用特殊策略：
1 Preparation
Get to know the company and organizational culture you are joining, the products/services it offers, and its key people。
1 筹备
知道你马上加入的公司及其企业文化，知道企业的商品/服务与公司中的要紧人物。
2 Encounter
Listen and learn when you start your new job. Keep your eyes open and ask questions, even if they seem stupid or you already know the answers. You won't get another chance to question as openly as this。
2 体验
开始新的工作后要多倾听，多学习。睁大眼睛，多问问题，即时问题看上去非常蠢，或是你早已了解答案。由于你不会再有可以如此坦诚提问的机会了。
3 Adjustment
In this phase, you aim to reduce differences between you and the organiztional environment by changing either the environment or your behaviour。
3 调整
在这个阶段，你的目的是通过改变环境或者自己行为来降低你和企业环境的差别。
4 Stabilization2
Finally, you put in place the things that are going to hold your new situation together and make you part of the organization||before you move on to the next stage of preparation for another change。
4 稳定
最后，把那些构成你的新局面、令你成为公司一分子的原因归位了解你要为下一次换工作做筹备为止。
