成功并不只垂青女漢子

Back in the Eighties, women who wanted to succeed in business were expected to power dress and act like a devil dog. Thirty years on it seems the reverse might be true.

在上世紀八十年代，想在商業(yè)上取得成功的女性給人們留下的印象就是身著職業(yè)裝，作風彪悍。三十多年過去了，似乎情況發(fā)生了巨大轉變。

According to a top woman boss, girls should keep their femininity and refuse to become a ‘she-man’ as they rise up the greasy pole.

一位女性高層建議，在商業(yè)上打拼的女性應保持自己獨特的女性魅力，而不是變成女漢子。

Sacha Romanovitch, the incoming chief executive of accountants Grant Thornton UK, said embracing so-called feminine characteristics is the best way to succeed in business.

英國致同會計師事務所即將上任的首席執(zhí)行官薩莎·羅曼諾維奇稱，保持女性特色是取得成功的最佳途徑。

Many women make the mistake of trying to dress and behave like men, which is a waste of energy and resources, she said.

她說，很多女性錯誤地認為要穿衣舉止都像個男人才可以取得成功，這簡直是浪費精力和資源。

Instead, they should use traditionally ‘female’ traits like listening and interpersonal skills as a way to get the best out of their staff.

相反，她認為女性應當好好利用傾聽和人際交往等女性擅長的技巧，充分挖掘員工的潛力。

The businesswoman, a mother-of-two, is thought to be the first woman to lead a major accountancy firm in the UK.

這位養(yǎng)育了兩個孩子的女強人是英國會計界首位女性領軍人物。

Speaking at the Girls’ Day School Trust conference lately, she urged other women to have the confidence to ‘celebrate their difference’.

近日，她受邀在女子日間公學聯(lián)合組織大會上發(fā)言時，鼓勵其他女性更加自信地“享受與男性的不同”。

She said: ‘One of the things that happened when I was promoted to partner was people saying “that’s really great because I thought you would have to be a she-man to be promoted”.

她說：“我晉升為合伙人時，有人對我說：‘看到你這樣真是太好了，我還以為只有女漢子才能升職。’”

‘The model of leadership that we currently have [favours] typically male characteristics...'

“人們總是喜歡把領導人的形象與男性特征聯(lián)系起來。”

‘Earlier in my career, someone said to me that my challenge was that I was not male, middle-aged and balding.'

“之前甚至有人對我說，我事業(yè)面臨的重大挑戰(zhàn)是，我不是男人，未到中年，而且沒有禿頂。”

‘You have to get the confidence to celebrate your difference rather than try to conform to something that you may never be.’

“但我還是認為，我們要自信地享受自己的不同，而不是強迫自己變成不像自己的樣子。”

Vocabulary

power dress: 穿職業(yè)裝

femininity: 女性氣質(zhì)

greasy pole: 滑竿

she-man: 女漢子