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哈里王子给小公司打工,雇主称并非炒作

哈里王子给小公司打工,雇主称并非炒作

Terence Chea, Andrew Dalton, 美联社 2021-03-30
萨塞克斯公爵加盟旧金山新创企业BetterUp,担任首席影响官。

3月24日,BetterUp公司(BetterUp Inc.)的首席执行官表示,之所以聘请哈里王子担任公司高管,是因为他对该公司心理健康服务的深刻认同,而此举引来的公共关注不过只是一项额外的福利。

BetterUp的首席执行官亚历克西斯·罗比肖在发表声明,宣布萨塞克斯公爵(Duke of Sussex)将担任旧金山BetterUp公司首席影响官这一消息的隔天,接受了美联社(The Associated Press)的采访。该公司主要致力于提供企业员工培训与心理健康援助。

“多年以来,哈里王子始终是心理健康事业的积极推动者。”罗比肖举例说,哈里王子曾经与英国国防部(U.K. Ministry of Defense)合作,推出了Head Fit平台,“这项事业是他个人生活历程与使命的重要组成部分。”

罗比肖也承认,哈里王子是世界范围内最出名的那群人之一,他和他的妻子梅根·马克尔似乎常常会成为新闻的焦点。

“这简直太棒了。我的意思是,我们能够吸引到媒体的关注,这绝对是个加分项。”他随即又补充说,“但我不是冲着这一点聘用他的。”

罗比肖称,先前,他和哈里王子的一位共同朋友发现他们的想法非常一致,于是介绍了他俩认识。在经过几个月的交流之后,他才做出了这样的决定。

“我们都对该如何利用科技、如何利用科学,以及如何借助专家之力帮助人类实现个人成长与转变的使命充满了兴趣,也愿意投入大量精力。”罗比肖说,“这就是合作的基础。”

然而,因为新冠疫情的影响,他无法与哈里王子会面,可以说,这在短期之内都无法实现。该公司会通过短信和视频会议向企业员工提供帮助,即便是在正常的工作模式下,这也是很常见的一种选择。因此,哈里王子也将以远程办公为主。

罗比肖表示,旧金山总部不会为萨塞克斯公爵设立办公室,也不会有员工需要直接向他汇报工作。

罗比肖说:“等到疫情结束,恢复正常办公之后,哈里才会来办公室工作,出席公司的各项活动。”

对于让王子在大厅里游走,或是出席会议的可行性,他毫无顾虑,并且也不会利用他的王室头衔谋利。

“在工作场合,他更希望别人叫他哈里。”这位首席执行官称,“所以我们都叫他哈里。他非常平易近人,也很有气度。但在我看来,最酷的一点是,他愿意卷起袖子,实打实地帮助别人,也很热衷于提升价值。”

罗比肖说,虽然从严格意义上来讲,他算是哈里的老板,但他还是会尽量淡化这种关系。

“挺有意思的,直到这周接受采访,记者们问我这是种什么感觉的时候,我才意识到这一点。”他说,“我不认为自己和他之间是上下级关系。我真的把他当成了一位合作伙伴。”

3月24日,哈里王子又获得了一个新身份:与智库合作,致力于打击虚假信息。

位于华盛顿特区的阿斯彭研究所(Aspen Institute)宣布,哈里将成为信息失调委员会(Commission on Information Disorder)的18名成员之一。

在一份声明中,萨塞克斯公爵表示,如今“铺天盖地的错误信息”应当被视为“人道主义范畴内的问题——因此,多方利益相关者都有必要作出回应,包括游说组织、各大媒体、学术研究者,以及政府和各民间团体的领导人。”

自从哈里和梅根搬到美国加州以来,他们已经完成了多项新工作。他们签署了一项协议,将推出一系列Netflix节目;眼下,他们还在与Spotify合作制作播客。

在过去的一年里,哈里夫妇一直在努力摆脱与英国王室的联系。3月7日,在接受奥普拉·温弗瑞的采访时,他们的言论引起了轩然大波,与王室关系的破裂逾趋明显。

同样是在3月24日,Lifetime TV宣布将拍摄第三部关于这对王室夫妇的电影,讲述他们理想幻灭、与白金汉宫决裂的故事。继2018年的《哈里与梅根》(Harry & Meghan)和2019年的《哈里与梅根:成为皇室》(Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal)之后,《哈里与梅根:逃离皇宫》(Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace)将于今年秋季在美国有线电视频道播出。(财富中文网)

译者:殷圆圆

3月24日,BetterUp公司(BetterUp Inc.)的首席执行官表示,之所以聘请哈里王子担任公司高管,是因为他对该公司心理健康服务的深刻认同,而此举引来的公共关注不过只是一项额外的福利。

BetterUp的首席执行官亚历克西斯·罗比肖在发表声明,宣布萨塞克斯公爵(Duke of Sussex)将担任旧金山BetterUp公司首席影响官这一消息的隔天,接受了美联社(The Associated Press)的采访。该公司主要致力于提供企业员工培训与心理健康援助。

“多年以来,哈里王子始终是心理健康事业的积极推动者。”罗比肖举例说,哈里王子曾经与英国国防部(U.K. Ministry of Defense)合作,推出了Head Fit平台,“这项事业是他个人生活历程与使命的重要组成部分。”

罗比肖也承认,哈里王子是世界范围内最出名的那群人之一,他和他的妻子梅根·马克尔似乎常常会成为新闻的焦点。

“这简直太棒了。我的意思是,我们能够吸引到媒体的关注,这绝对是个加分项。”他随即又补充说,“但我不是冲着这一点聘用他的。”

罗比肖称,先前,他和哈里王子的一位共同朋友发现他们的想法非常一致,于是介绍了他俩认识。在经过几个月的交流之后,他才做出了这样的决定。

“我们都对该如何利用科技、如何利用科学,以及如何借助专家之力帮助人类实现个人成长与转变的使命充满了兴趣,也愿意投入大量精力。”罗比肖说,“这就是合作的基础。”

然而,因为新冠疫情的影响,他无法与哈里王子会面,可以说,这在短期之内都无法实现。该公司会通过短信和视频会议向企业员工提供帮助,即便是在正常的工作模式下,这也是很常见的一种选择。因此,哈里王子也将以远程办公为主。

罗比肖表示,旧金山总部不会为萨塞克斯公爵设立办公室,也不会有员工需要直接向他汇报工作。

罗比肖说:“等到疫情结束,恢复正常办公之后,哈里才会来办公室工作,出席公司的各项活动。”

对于让王子在大厅里游走,或是出席会议的可行性,他毫无顾虑,并且也不会利用他的王室头衔谋利。

“在工作场合,他更希望别人叫他哈里。”这位首席执行官称,“所以我们都叫他哈里。他非常平易近人,也很有气度。但在我看来,最酷的一点是,他愿意卷起袖子,实打实地帮助别人,也很热衷于提升价值。”

罗比肖说,虽然从严格意义上来讲,他算是哈里的老板,但他还是会尽量淡化这种关系。

“挺有意思的,直到这周接受采访,记者们问我这是种什么感觉的时候,我才意识到这一点。”他说,“我不认为自己和他之间是上下级关系。我真的把他当成了一位合作伙伴。”

3月24日,哈里王子又获得了一个新身份:与智库合作,致力于打击虚假信息。

位于华盛顿特区的阿斯彭研究所(Aspen Institute)宣布,哈里将成为信息失调委员会(Commission on Information Disorder)的18名成员之一。

在一份声明中,萨塞克斯公爵表示,如今“铺天盖地的错误信息”应当被视为“人道主义范畴内的问题——因此,多方利益相关者都有必要作出回应,包括游说组织、各大媒体、学术研究者,以及政府和各民间团体的领导人。”

自从哈里和梅根搬到美国加州以来,他们已经完成了多项新工作。他们签署了一项协议,将推出一系列Netflix节目;眼下,他们还在与Spotify合作制作播客。

在过去的一年里,哈里夫妇一直在努力摆脱与英国王室的联系。3月7日,在接受奥普拉·温弗瑞的采访时,他们的言论引起了轩然大波,与王室关系的破裂逾趋明显。

同样是在3月24日,Lifetime TV宣布将拍摄第三部关于这对王室夫妇的电影,讲述他们理想幻灭、与白金汉宫决裂的故事。继2018年的《哈里与梅根》(Harry & Meghan)和2019年的《哈里与梅根:成为皇室》(Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal)之后,《哈里与梅根:逃离皇宫》(Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace)将于今年秋季在美国有线电视频道播出。(财富中文网)

译者:殷圆圆

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The CEO of BetterUp Inc. said on March 24 that he hired Prince Harry as an executive because of his tenacious advocacy for the kind of mental health services that his firm provides, and the publicity brought by the move is merely a perk.

Chief Executive Alexi Robichaux spoke to The Associated Press a day after the announcement that the Duke of Sussex will play the specially created role of chief impact officer at the San Francisco-based BetterUp, which sells companies employee coaching and mental health help.

“Prince Harry has been one of the the the fiercest advocates for mental wellness or mental fitness for many years,” Robichaux said, citing Harry's work for organizations like Head Fit, a service he launched in partnership with the U.K. Ministry of Defense. “This has been a big part of his personal life’s journey and his personal life’s mission.”

It doesn't hurt, he conceded, that Harry is among the world's most famous men, who seems to constantly be making news along with his wife, Meghan Markle.

“It’s awesome. I mean, look, we’ll take the press, it certainly helps," he said. But was quick to add, “that’s not the driving motivation here.”

Robichaux said the role emerged out of months of conversations he and Harry had after they were introduced by an unnamed mutual friend who rightly thought the two thought alike.

“There was a lot of energy and enthusiasm on both sides around this mission of how could we use technology, how could we use science, how could we use human experts to help people go through a personal growth and transformation journey?” Robichaux said. “And so that was the start.”

The pandemic has kept him from meeting Harry in person, however, and that might not happen soon. The company, whose work deals in helping employees via text and video conference, is naturally friendly to working remotely even under normal circumstances, and that's what Harry will primarily do.

The Duke of Sussex will not have an office at the company's San Francisco headquarters or have employees who report directly to him, Robichaux said.

“He will come into offices and attend company events, once that's safe and things reopen," Robichaux said.

He said he's not worried about the practicalities of having a prince roaming the halls or appearing at meetings, and that he won't use any royal titles.

“In the workplace, he prefers to be called Harry," the CEO said. “So we address him as Harry. He’s extremely approachable and accessible, and he certainly is very stately and dignified. But I think one of the coolest things is he likes to roll up his sleeves and be helpful and very focused on adding value.”

And he said while he's technically Harry's boss, he's going to avoid that approach to the relationship.

“It’s funny, I never thought about it until this week when reporters have been asking me what it feels like,” he said. “I don’t think of it that way. I really think of him as a as a partner.”

Prince Harry got another new role on March 24, this one on a think tank's commission to fight disinformation.

The Washington D.C.-based Aspen Institute announced that Harry will be one of 18 members of its Commission on Information Disorder.

The Duke of Sussex said in a statement that the current “avalanche of misinformation” should be approached as “a humanitarian issue — and as such, it demands a multi-stakeholder response from advocacy voices, members of the media, academic researchers, and both government and civil society leaders.”

The new gigs for Harry are among several he and Meghan have taken on since moving to California. They have signed a deal to create content for Netflix and are creating podcasts for Spotify.

In the past year the two have been working on disentangling their lives from the British royal family, a separation that was made more stark up by a wave-making March 7 interview they gave to Oprah Winfrey.

Also on March 24, Lifetime TV announced that it will focus on the royal couple's disillusionment and break with Buckingham Palace in its third movie about them. “Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace” is set to air on the U.S. cable channel in the fall of this year. It follows 2018's “Harry & Meghan” and 2019’s "Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal."

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