“My Immediate Superior in the “Haichuan Gratitude Season” [Foreign Languages Region 003]

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The last edit to this post was made by The sound of the waves remains the same 8228 on 2016-2-15 at 10:53. Before joining my current company, I was a rather timid girl who preferred to stay in my comfort zone; I was satisfied with a limited range of tasks. At my new company, my boss is an American who is twelve years older than me. On my very first day, my new boss told me that I could do whatever I wanted because “we’re not a large company.” Instead of the criticism I was used to from my previous Chinese bosses, my new boss gave me plenty of compliments and encouragement. He said that I needed to put myself in uncomfortable situations, as that was the only way to improve myself. He encouraged me to speak during meetings with foreigners and to make cold calls. He told me that I knew more than I thought. Even when I made small mistakes, he wouldn’t criticize me harshly; instead, he would say, “You could have done it better.” Most of the time, he remained positive. Whenever we faced difficulties, the first thing we discussed was how to resolve them. For example, we recently received the bad news that one of our biggest clients had gone bankrupt. I thought he would become depressed, but he wasn’t. He simply said, “We should be proud of ourselves. Although we’re not as big as they were, we’re still here and continuing to achieve things.” I feel lucky to have such a great working partner; he has helped me to become a better version of myself.