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????圣誕節(jié)的周末，謝莉爾?桑德伯格給我發(fā)了封郵件，聽起來有點不太順心。 ????桑德伯格是Facebook的首席運營官（COO）。她在郵件中提到，周日的《華盛頓郵報》（Washington Post）刊登了一篇關(guān)于《財富》（Fortune）“最具影響力商界女性”榜單的大幅報道。報道中引用了我的一句話——女性在美國企業(yè)的高層職位中所占比例永遠達不到50%。桑德伯格問我這句話是否是媒體搞錯了。“你可不能打擊我！”她寫道。 ????抱歉了，謝莉爾，《華盛頓郵報》的引述沒錯。 ????事實上，我確實認為，在企業(yè)高層，女性不會——永遠不會——和男性平分秋色。“這并非因為所謂的“玻璃天花板”，也不是什么歧視，而是因為女性會做出各種不同的選擇。而且，女性也的確擁有更多的選擇?！闭缥以陔娻]回復中對她說的那樣：“這沒什么不好。它表明女性將更多的精力投向了商業(yè)之外的領(lǐng)域。關(guān)鍵在于，我們必須推動優(yōu)秀的女性在商業(yè)之外的領(lǐng)域同樣能夠攀上頂峰。” ????桑德伯格是怎么回復的呢？她覺得我所說的可能是正確的，但她補充說：“我真心認為，女性完全可以在各個層面中擔任50%的職位，而男性也完全可以分擔一半的家庭責任。在實現(xiàn)這一點之前，我們都必須繼續(xù)努力?！?/p> ????對極了。這是2012年到來之際的明智建議。如今，許多女性都擁有非凡的動力和潛力，但卻安于扮演輔助性的角色。正如桑德伯格在一篇關(guān)于女性和職業(yè)的約稿中精辟地寫道，她們在職業(yè)生涯中主動“退縮”，她們“在放下工作之前心就不在工作上了”。 ????確實，就連《財富》雜志選出的“最具影響力商界女性”——那些登上“財富500強企業(yè)”首席執(zhí)行官職位的女性，包括即將于下周出任IBM公司首席執(zhí)行官的吉尼?羅曼提在內(nèi)，有時都必須說服自己，才能接受自身所擁有的權(quán)力。 ????《華盛頓郵報》的報道不禁讓我開始思考，權(quán)力以及我本人是否能夠欣然接受權(quán)力。這篇報道從內(nèi)部視角出發(fā)審視了《財富》雜志編制“最具影響力商界女性”年度榜單的工作，回顧了這份年度榜單發(fā)展成業(yè)界盛事、不斷吸引更多精英在世界各地投身于社會福祉的歷程。這篇報道本來應該關(guān)注“最具影響力的商界女性”（以下簡稱MPW）榜單本身，但卻花了很多筆墨在我身上；因為1998年，該榜單首創(chuàng)之時，我就有幸參與其中，而我恰好也是至今仍然在職的領(lǐng)頭人。 ????事實上，MPW榜單的蓬勃發(fā)展歸功于時代公司（Time Inc.）高層堅定不移的支持，其中包括《財富》雜志總編賽安迪，以及時代公司前任首席執(zhí)行官安?摩爾。MPW榜單的成功還應歸功于業(yè)內(nèi)最頂級的會議團隊【感謝尼達姆合伙公司（Needham Partners）】，以及“最具影響力女性峰會”的聯(lián)席主席、《財富》雜志執(zhí)行主編斯蒂芬妮?梅塔，和《財富》雜志華盛頓辦事處主編妮娜?伊斯頓。如果沒有他們以及許多其他充滿激情的合作伙伴，MPW項目就只是一個夢。 ????昨晚，我仍然在為《華盛頓郵報》那篇報道把焦點放在我身上而耿耿于懷，這時候我突然收到了一封郵件。發(fā)件人是希拉里?羅森，她是華盛頓SKDKnickerbocker公關(guān)公司一位杰出的公關(guān)專業(yè)人士，參加過多屆MPW峰會。她說：“人物才是講故事的最好載體。還有誰比你更清楚這一點呢？ ” ????好吧，我懂了。我會遵循自己給別人的建議：接受榮譽，欣然擁抱自己的力量。 |
????Over Christmas weekend, Sheryl Sandberg emailed me, sounding a bit distressed. ????Referring to a big story about Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Sunday's Washington Post (WPO), the Facebook COO asked if I'd been misquoted in saying that I believe women will never have 50% of the top jobs in corporate America. "Don't depress me!" Sandberg wrote. ????Sorry, Sheryl, the Post quoted me correctly. ????I do, in fact, believe that women won't ever—ever!--reach parity at the top "not because of glass ceilings, not because of any kind of discrimination, but because women make different choices. And have more choices." As I told Sandberg in my reply to her email: "That's OK. It implies more female power distributed to other spheres beyond business. The trick is, we have to urge great women to rise to the top in the right places beyond business." ????Sandberg's response? She worries that I'm right but added: "I really believe that there is no reason women can't have 50% of the jobs at every level and men can't run 50% of the homes. We all have to keep trying until we get there." ????Right on. This is wise advice for starting 2012. At the moment, there are too many women of extraordinary drive and potential who feel too comfortable in support roles, who "lean back" in their careers, who "leave before they leave," as Sandberg put it perfectly in her classic Guest Post about women and careers. ????It's true, even Fortune Most Powerful Women rising to Fortune 500 CEO posts—including Ginni Rometty, who takes the top job at IBM (IBM) next week—sometimes have to convince themselves to embrace the power that lies within them. ????The Post story got me thinking about power and my own comfort with it. The piece is a terrific inside look at how we at Fortune developed the annual Most Powerful Women rankings and expanded the annual list into hot-ticket events and a growing community that does socially good work around the world. But what was supposed to be a MPW story focuses way too much on me--who was present at the creation in 1998 and happens to be the lead survivor. ????The truth is, MPW thrives because of unwavering support at the top of Time Inc.—including Fortune managing editor Andy Serwer and former Time Inc. (TWX) CEO Ann Moore--plus the best conference team in the business (credit to Needham Partners) and my Most Powerful Women Summit co-chairs, Fortune Executive Editor Stephanie Mehta and Washington Editor Nina Easton. Without these and many other passionate partners, MPW is just a dream. ????Last night, as my stomach still churned over my center-stage role in the Post story, an email popped into my mailbox from Hilary Rosen, who is a prominent PR pro at SKDKnickerbocker in Washington and has been to many MPW Summits: "Who knows better than you that people are the best vehicles to tell a story? " ????Alright, I got the message. I will do what I advise others to do: accept the credit and own my power. |
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