向外交家学交际：四招建立职场人脉

Successful businesses are built on strong relationships. Business leaders often need to step into the shoes of a diplomat, developing and managing complex relationships with many diverse groups.

成功的职业生涯是建立在强大的人脉基础上的。商界领袖们常常需要用外交的眼光和各种各样的人发展和维持复杂的人际关系。

"There is a lot of common ground between diplomacy and business," says Carey Cavanaugh, a professor of diplomacy at the University of Kentucky and a former U.S. ambassador stationed all over the world for over two decades under both the Clinton and Bush administrations. "Entrepreneurs can draw from the diplomatic tool box to be more effective," he says.