商界女超人十大成功秘訣
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????5. 勇于冒險,。1999年,，谷歌公司（Google）現(xiàn)任副總裁瑪麗莎?梅耶爾從斯坦福大學（Stanford University）畢業(yè)，獲得了計算機專業(yè)碩士學位,。當時,，有多家知名公司向她伸出了橄欖枝，但她卻選擇了成立不久的初創(chuàng)公司谷歌,。對此,，她的解釋是因為“我希望能為聰明人打工，而且我希望能夠接受從未經(jīng)歷過的挑戰(zhàn),?！?/p> ????6. 做你自己,。當烏爾蘇拉?伯恩斯得知自己即將被任命為施樂公司（Xerox）CEO時,，她明白要想獲得成功,，最簡單的方法就是延續(xù)前任的老路。她的前任梅卡尼深受愛戴,，正是她力挽狂瀾,，使公司擺脫了瀕臨破產(chǎn)的困境。但據(jù)伯恩斯回憶,，梅卡尼曾告誡她：“你必須做你自己,。”伯恩斯稱,，這是她到今天依然堅持的原則之一：“你可以一輩子模仿別人,，但模仿別人注定不能成為領路人?！?/p> ????7. 放棄平衡,。學會變通。安妮?斯維尼有兩個孩子,，其中一個患有自閉癥,，同時她還要負責監(jiān)督迪斯尼公司（Disney）媒體網(wǎng)絡部的工作。她建議：“別再相信什么平衡,?！彼J為所謂的平衡“完全是胡說八道?！比绻袝r候沒辦法做完手頭所有的工作,，“最好的選擇就是說：‘知道嗎？我已經(jīng)盡了全力?，F(xiàn)在我要去睡覺了,，等明天一早醒來再說吧?！彼a充說：“有時候事事如意,，但這或許只是因為你有許多聰明的同事，他們出色地完成了工作,?！?/p> ????8. 善于感恩。盡管這聽起來過于樂觀,，但那些能始終身居高位的人極少居功自傲,，他們更懂得向他人表達感激之情。女性更是如此,，因為與男性相比,，人們對她們的評判更加苛刻,。吉娜?德羅索斯負責寶潔公司（Procter & Gamble）200億美元的美容業(yè)務。她認為：“在商界,，有一條不成文的原則,，那就是要對團隊和同事的努力工作表示感謝，這一點非常重要,?！闭绲铝_索斯所說，職位越高,，單打獨斗的機會就越少,。 ????9. 三思而后行。在為《財富》雜志2009年最具影響力商界女性?？珜懙囊黄恼轮?，F(xiàn)acebook公司首席運營官謝麗爾?桑德伯格提出了這條建議。她寫這篇文章完全是出于沮喪,，因為她發(fā)現(xiàn),，太多年輕女性因為考慮到將來要生孩子或要穩(wěn)定下來，因而束縛了自己的職業(yè)抱負,。桑德伯格建議：“路要一步一步地走,，除非迫不得已，不要提前做出決定,?！币驗檫^早“退縮”，最終必然會感到厭倦,。 ????10. 支配自己的權力,。13年前，當我們開始評選年度最具影響力商界女性時,，大部分人對于“權力”一詞都感覺不太自在,。桑坦伯格最終想通了【她在近期《紐約客》雜志（New Yorker）的一篇文章中描述了自己當年獲悉入選時最初的不適應】。奧普拉?溫弗瑞也有過類似的經(jīng)歷,。要自如地行使自己的權力,，訣竅就在于按照自己的方式對它進行定義。我最鐘愛的定義來自奧普拉?溫弗瑞,，她認為：“權力是能夠有目的地影響其他人的能力,。” ????翻譯：劉進龍/汪皓 |
????5. Take risks. Google (GOOG) VP Marissa Mayer had a slew of job offers from well-known companies in 1999 when she was coming out of Stanford University with a Masters in Computer Science. She chose Google, then a brand new startup, because, she says, "I wanted to work for smart people, and I wanted to do things I wasn't ready to do." ????6. Be yourself. When Ursula Burns learned that she was going to be named CEO of Xerox (XRX), she knew that one of the easiest ways to succeed would be to act like her popular predecessor, who brought the company back from near-bankruptcy. "You can't try to be me," Burns recalls Mulcahy telling her. Burns says this is one of her rules today: "You can be somebody else and follow all your life, but you cannot be somebody else and lead." ????7. Don't balance. Juggle. "Stop believing in balance," says Anne Sweeney, who has raised two children including an autistic son while overseeing Disney's (DIS) Media Networks. She calls balance "the B word because it just doesn't exist." On days when you can't get it all done, "the best thing you can do is say, 'You know what? I gave it my best and I'm going to wake up tomorrow morning and try again. She adds, "There are days when it falls into place, but chances are, it happened because you had a lot of smart people that you work with who were knocking it out of the park." ????8. Give thanks. While, this may sound Polyannish, the people who make it to the top and stay there--especially women, who are judged within a narrower band of acceptable behavior than men tend to be--give out more appreciation than they take for themselves. "One of the greatest unwritten rules of business," says Gina Drosos, in charge of a $20 billion beauty business at Procter & Gamble (PG), is that it's so important to appreciate the hard work of your team and the people around you." As Drosos notes, the higher you climb, the less you do it all yourself. ????9. Don't leave before you leave. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg introduced this advice in an essay that she wrote in Fortune's 2009 Most Powerful Women issue. She wrote the piece out of frustration--seeing way too many young women crimp career ambitions as they anticipate having children or otherwise settling down. Instead of "leaning back"--and then, almost inevitably getting bored--Sandberg advises: "Take life one step at a time and don't make decisions before you have to." ????10. Own your power. Most women on our MPW list cringed at the word "power" 13 years ago when we launched the annual rankings. Sandberg came around eventually (She describes her "a ha moment" in a recent New Yorker profile). Oprah Winfrey has too. The secret to getting comfortable with your power is to define it your own way. My favorite definition comes from Oprah, who told me: "Power is the ability to impact with purpose." |
