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Fred Smith and FedEx: The vision that changed the world

弗雷德?史密斯与联邦快递：一个改变了世界的创想

1 Every night several hundred planes bearing a purple, white, and orange design touch

down at Memphis Airport, in Tennessee. What precedes this landing are package

pick-ups from locations all over the United States earlier in the day. Crews unload the

planes' cargo of more than half a million parcels and letters. The rectangular packages

and envelopes are rapidly reshuffled and sorted according to address, then loaded onto

other aircraft, and flown to their destinations to be dispersed by hand

—

many within

24 hours of leaving their senders. This is the culmination of a dream of Frederick W.

Smith, the founder, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of

the FedEx Corp.

—

known originally as Federal Express

—

the largest and most

successful overnight delivery service in the world. Conceived when he was in college

and now in its 28th year of operation, Smith's exquisite brainchild has become the

standard for door-to-door package delivery.

每天夜晚，在田纳西州的孟菲斯机场，都有几百 架带着白、紫、桔色图案的飞

机降落。而在每天此前的早些时候，这些飞机都在美国各地 收集包裹。工作人

员从飞机上卸下的包裹及信件数量超过五十万之巨。长方形的包裹和信 封又在

这里依据收件地址被迅速整理分拣，然后装载上其他飞机，飞往各自的目的

地，在那儿再由人工投递——到这时很多邮件离开寄件人之手还不到

2 4

小时。

这是弗雷德里克·

W.

史密斯的终极梦想，他就是联邦快递集团（最初为联邦快

递）这一全球 最大、最成功的隔夜送达服务企业的创始人、总裁、首席执行官

及董事会主席。如今，史 密斯这一源于大学时代的妙想已在现实中经营到了第

28

个年头 ，并已成为包裹快递入户行业的标杆。

2 Recognized as an outstanding entrepreneur with an agreeable and winning

personality, Smith is held in high regard by his competitors as well as his employees

and stockholders. Fred Smith was just 27 when he founded FedEx. Now, so many

years later, he's still the

company simply to leadership, something he deduced from his years in the military,

and from his family.

史密斯被公认为 是一位和蔼可亲、性格迷人的杰出企业家。无论是他的竞争

者、员工，还是他公司股票的 持有人，都对他十分敬重。弗雷德·史密斯创建

“联邦快递”时只有

27

岁。现在多年过去了，他仍然坐在“掌门人”的位置

上 。他将公司的成功简单地归因于领导力，而这一推论则来自于他的军旅生涯

及其家庭的影 响。

7 Smith completed two tours in Vietnam, eventually flying more than 200 missions.

individual desires and ambitions for the achievement of organizational goals,

says, fusing together his military and business experiences.

very measurable effects on a company's bottom line.

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史密斯在越南战场上服役两 期，完成了两百多次飞行任务。“在军队中，领导

力意味着能使团队中所有成员将个人的 期望与抱负置于从属地位，而以实现集

体目标为重，”史密斯说道，这其中融合了他军旅 生涯和经营管理的经验。

“而优秀的领导力对控制一个公司的盈亏底线来说具有相当重要 的作用。”

12 Although Smith avoids the media and the trappings of public life, he is said to be a

friendly and accessible employer. He values his people and never takes them for

granted. He reportedly visits FedEx's Memphis site at night from time to time and

addresses sorters by name. For years he extended an offer to any courier with 10 years

of service to come to Memphis for an

Smith's philosophy: People, Service, Profit (P-S-P). Smith says,

philosophy is like an unbroken circle or chain. There are no clearly definable points of

entry or exit. Each link upholds the others and is, in turn, supported by them.

articulating this philosophy and in personally involving himself in its implementation,

Frederick Smith is the forerunner of the new sphere of leadership that success in the

future will demand.

尽管史密斯回避媒 体采访和公众生活的荣耀，但他却被称为是一位友善而平易

近人的雇主。他重视自己的雇 员，从不认为他们理所应当该为自己工作。有报

道称，他会时不时在晚上造访联邦快递位 于孟菲斯的基地，并且称名道姓地与

包裹分拣人员打招呼。他会主动发邀请给任何一位已 在公司服务十年的快递

员，请他们到孟菲斯出席“周年庆典早餐”，这已经持续了很多年 。而这其中

包含了弗雷德·史密斯自己的哲学：人员，服务，利润（

P-S-P

）。史密斯说，

“

P- S-P

的哲学理念就好像一个不可分割的循环，没有清晰可辨的入口或出口，