Some cannot bring themselves to wield the axe: big disposals are often triggered only when a new boss takes over or a financial crisis forces a chief executive's hand.

他们通常不会主动挥起大斧：只有当新老板接手公司或者发生财务危机而迫使其这样做时，通常才会引发这类大的交易改组。

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IN "UNDERCOVER BOSS", a British television programme, company chiefs disguise themselves and work on the shop floor of their own companies.

英国有一档电视节目叫“卧底老板”，公司老板乔装打扮后，下到自己公司一线与员工一起工作。

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When the boss has a pet passion, staffers can find themselves engaging in activities they've never tried -- probably because they never wanted to.

当老板有某种嗜好的时候，员工们会发现自己需要参与一些从未尝试过、而且根本也不想尝试的事情。

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Top CFOs have tried to reinvent themselves as the boss's "strategic partner", pulling back from day-to-day counting of beans, and focusing more on how demand and supply of beans may change in the future.

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Worthington handed first caps to eight players but the Irish boss insisted that none of the new boys had "let themselves down".

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Then perhaps we could let the Chinese and the Russians invade the systems of all the businesses that are too worried about squeezing the very last dollar of bonus for the boss out of revenues rather than protecting themselves and their property.

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