A mild secular analog, he says, might be an executive who commits a horrific social gaffe at the instant of a crucial promotion.

一种温和的世俗分析认为，这也许像一个公司高层在经历了突然的提升之后开始有了一种心理上的失衡。

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Do your homework so you understand not only the job or promotion for which you are applying, but also the job of the senior executive above it.

提前做好功课，不但要了解你申请的工作或要求晋升的职位，还要了解主管这个职位的资深经理的工作。

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The junior executive was impatient for promotion but knew that he would only get it by stepping into a dead man's shoes.

这位下级行政管员急不可待地想晋升，但他知道只有待某人退休后接替其职位，才能获得晋升。

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Executive Order 13534 also established the Export Promotion Cabinet to develop and coordinate the implementation of the eight priorities of the NEI, which include, but are not limited to, improving advocacy and trade promotion efforts on behalf of U.S. exporters, increasing access to export financing, and removing barriers to trade and enforcing U.S. trade laws and agreements.

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Several years ago, an executive vice president of a cell-phone refurbishment firm rejected a department manager's request for an executive post because he doubted her claim that the promotion would benefit the business.

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