The maxims of female CEOs in Fortune 500 list 发布时间：2012-05-24 文章出自：财富中文 原文链接： 点击查看 Meg Whitman Company: Hewlett-Packard Fortune 500 rank: 10 The former eBay CEO, California gubernatorial candidate and current HP CEO told Fortune in 2005: "Remember that you can do anything you want to do. Don't let anyone say, 'You're not smart enough... it's too hard... it's a dumb idea... no one has done that before... girls don't do that.' My mom gave me that advice in 1973. And it allowed me to never worry about what others were saying about my career direction." Virginia M. Rometty Company: IBM Fortune 500 rank: 19 "You always have to do something that puts you in a zone you don't know," Rometty advised the audience at the 2011 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit , less than a month before she was elected as the successor to IBM's then-CEO Sam Palmisano. "Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it's a really good thing to remember." Patricia A. Woertz Company: Archer Daniels Midland Fortune 500 rank: 28 When Pat Woertz became the CEO of ADM in 2006, the management challenges she faced were subtle. "It's very difficult, I think, in a company that's not failing to get people's attention," she said at the 2008 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit. Her advice? Stay on the edge of your seat, even if it's tempting to lean back. "When things are going well, leaders should probably be the most paranoid types... looking over our shoulder and worrying what's on the next horizon." Indra K. Nooyi Company: Pepsico Fortune 500 rank: 41 Though PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has been criticized by some shareholders for focusing less on soda and more on healthy snacks, she remains steadfast in her fight for what she calls Performance with Purpose. "Corporate social responsibility is something you do in the evening and something that can be shut down if the CEO changes or you don't have the money. For us, purpose is not something you can shut down," Nooyi told Fortune executive editor Stephanie Mehta at the 2011 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit. "Performance with purpose only means deliver great performance while keeping an eye to all of the stakeholders... If you weave purpose into the way you think about your performance, that's now part of the business model." Angela F. Braly Company: WellPoint Fortune 500 rank: 45 As the keynote speaker of Marquette's 10th Annual Business Leaders' Forum Luncheon in 2008, Wellpoint CEO Angela Braly shared her best leadership practices with the audience. "To move an organization forward, to get it from where it is to where it needs to be, you have to live the change you want to see in your organization.," she said. "And you have to do it openly, you have to be visible, and you have to do it enthusiastically." Irene B. Rosenfeld Company: Kraft Foods Fortune 500 rank: 50 "Engage the hearts and minds of employees. It is very tempting to talk about the business situation and show all kinds of charts, but at the end of the day if we can't engage people's hearts, it's very difficult to get them mobilized," Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld told executives at the 2008 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit. She has turned around the company since taking over in 2006. She credits modeling expected behavior at the highest levels of the company. "The fastest way to create cultural change is to start acting the way you wish the company would start to act, and very soon it starts to catch on." Ellen J. Kullman Company: DuPont Fortune 500 rank: 72 DuPont CEO Kullman has added sparkle to the chemical giant over the past three years - and has managed to keep her home life intact. She gives credit to her husband (who also works at DuPont) and University of Delaware students as babysitters, and Kullman acknowledges she's still learning both professionally and personally. "What I do is a labor of love, right? And you don't always get it right. You know, as a parent you don't always get it right, but you learn," she told Fortune assistant managing editor Leigh Gallagher at the 2011 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit. "And I'm a big believer that people and organizations -- if they keep learning, they'll figure it out. If we stop learning, we stop growing." Carol Meyrowitz Company: TJX Fortune 500 rank: 125 As the head of discount chain TJ Maxx, Meyerowitz believes loyalty is the key ingredient to successfully getting companies' to agree to sell their brands in the lower-priced storefronts. "We're not fair-weather friends. When we buy it, we own it," she told USA Today last October. Ursula M. Burns Company: Xerox Fortune 500 rank: 127 Xerox CEO Ursula Burns made history in 2009. Succeeding Anne Mulcahy, Burns was the first African-American female CEO -- and the first recipient of a woman-to-woman handoff -- in the Fortune 500. She stays grounded by staying true to herself. "When it became clear that I would become the CEO of Xerox, Anne Mulcahy said to me, 'It's going to be hard for you anyway, but don't try and be me. You can't try to be me,'" Burns told Fortune editor-at-large Pattie Sellers last May. "And that's one of the things I learned. You can probably be somebody else and follow all your life, but you cannot be somebody else and lead." Sherilyn McCoy Company: Avon Products Fortune 500 rank: 234 Taking over the troubled beauty icon from Andrea Jung (the second woman-to-woman handoff in Fortune 500 history), former Johnson Johnson executive McCoy had her work laid out for her at Avon. But, as Fortune editor-at-large Pattie Seller notes, McCoy's focus on work-life balance may be just the key for the struggling Avon. "She is known as a collaborative manager who talks openly about juggling career and family and urges people at JJ to pay attention to both... such work-life experience is practically the price of entry at Avon." Deanna M. Mulligan Company: Guardian Life Ins. Of America Fortune 500 rank: 250 "I don't feel any added pressure being a woman, but I do feel added responsibility," Guardian Life Insurance CEO Deanna Mulligan told Nebraska's NET Radio. Growing up, she had few role models and hopes to inspire young women to dream beyond state lines. "I want young girls out there to know that if this is the career opportunity that appeals to them, they can do it." Debra L. Reed Company: Sempra Energy Fortune 500 rank: 266 Sempra Energy CEO Debra Reed began her college education as a pre-med student, only to realize the cutthroat environment was not for her. She went into business, keeping her distaste for that kind of competitive culture in mind. "There's room for everyone to be successful," she wrote in the New York Times in 2008. As she climbed the corporate ladder, Reed became the boss of men twice her age. She often asked herself, "How would my father react to having a 24-year-old woman giving him instructions on what to do?" That respect for others was a key component to Reed's rise to the top. Denise M. Morrison Company: Campbell Soup Fortune 500 rank: 334 Morrison, whose sister, Frontier CEO Maggie Wilderotter, is also on the list, raised two daughters while ascending to the top of the food industry. Her advice to parents with young girls? "I believe the source of happiness is achievement and self esteem. And that comes from contributing. So I took the attitude that my job as a parent was to bring my girls up to let them go," she told Fortune in 2008. And her advice for ambitious rising star women? "Ambition is a part of femininity. So you can be ambitious and you can be feminine and that's both okay." Ilene S. Gordon Company: Corn Products Fortune 500 rank: 390 Staying positive is one of the secrets to Corn Product CEO Ilene Gordon's success -- as is patience. "It's important to have a plan... but to enjoy every position you have and not be looking for the next position," she told the Chicago Tribune in January. "I think a lot of people in their career who have a plan, they're very transparent: That's just a steppingstone to the next job. I think it's very important to build credibility and enjoy and learn from every position you have." Heather Bresch Company: Mylan Fortune 500 rank: 396 Involved in a 2008 scandal involving an MBA she technically didn't earn, Bresch kept a relatively low profile. As the daughter of U.S. Senator (and former West Virginia Governor) Joe Manchin III, her missteps were splashed all over the media. She's never openly discussed the events, but her silence may be her best advice yet. Keeping calm and carrying on, Bresch held her head high and went on to become Mylan's CEO last October. Maggie Wilderotter Company: Frontier Communications Fortune 500 rank: 464 Maggie Wilderotter and Denise Morrison are the much-discussed sister act of the corporate world. As the CEOs of Frontier Communications and Campbell Soup, respectively, the duo claims their parents are the source of their confidence and business savvy. Onstage at the 2011 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit with her big sister, Wilderotter reminisced, "Every Saturday morning, we had jobs in jars and we were responsible to do those to get our allowance." "And we could barter," Morrison interrupted. "We did business plans on anything we wanted," Wilderotter continued. "Like getting our ears pierced... We had to wear screw back earrings to prove to our dad that it wasn't a fad - for a year!" Morrison added. The attention to detail, being thorough, and being innovative at a young age, the sisters say, helped them with future business plans. Fun fact: Bruce Springsteen's dad pierced their ears in New Jersey. Gracia C. Martore Company: Gannett Fortune 500 rank: 465 Gracia Martore has been at the Gannett for over 25 years, so it's no surprise she nabbed the CEO spot in 2011. Focus and enthusiasm helped her get promotion after promotion. "Good managers and leaders observe that and will give you more responsibility. With those responsibilities come opportunities," she wrote to Fortune last month. "But you have to be willing to accept new challenges and opportunities outside your comfort zone -- because that allows you to grow and expand. It's also important to keep your eye on the larger picture." Beth Mooney Company: Key Corp Fortune 500 rank: 499 KeyCorp CEO Beth Mooney takes the fact that she's the only female CEO of a top-20 bank very seriously. "As role models, I think we all know that every day in every way, people are watching us... They're particularly aware of how do we conduct ourselves, how do we extend ourselves, and how do we recognize and celebrate other women," she said at the 2011 Women in Banking Conference. That kind of pressure shouldn't intimidate, but inspire. "If somebody hands you a torch, what do you do with it? And I think the answer is easy. You light the way for others to follow." 《财富》500强女CEO的职场箴言 发布时间：2012-05-24 文章出自：财富中文 原文链接： 点击查看 提到《财富》500强公司的女性CEO们，读者并不陌生。在任职期间，她们的一些奇闻趣事和职场箴言我们都曾有所耳闻。本文为读者精选了其中的一部分。 梅格•惠特曼 公司：惠普 《财富》500强排名：10 梅格•惠特曼曾担任过易趣（eBay）公司CEO，竞选过加利福尼亚州州长，目前担任惠普公司（Hewlett-Packard）CEO。2005年，惠特曼接受《财富》杂志（Fortune）采访时称：“要记住，只要是自己想做的事情，就一定能做到。有人可能会说：‘你不够聪明……太难了……这个想法愚不可及……以前从没有人那么做过……女孩不能那么干。’1973年，我妈妈就给了我一条建议：不要管别人怎么说。不论别人对我的职业方向怎么评论，我从不关心。” 弗吉尼亚•M•罗曼提 公司：IBM 《财富》500强排名：19 2011年《财富》最具影响力商界女性峰会（Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit）上，罗曼提给观众的建议是：“要经常让自己尝试陌生的领域。曾有人说谋求发展与舒适是无法并存的。我认为很有道理。”峰会召开之前不到一个月，IBM确定罗曼提成为时任CEO彭明盛的继任者。 帕特里夏•沃尔茨 公司：阿彻丹尼尔斯米德兰公司 《财富》500强排名：28 2006年，沃尔茨成为ADM公司（Archer Daniels Midland，ADM）CEO，当时她面临的管理挑战非常微妙。她在2008年《财富》最具影响力商界女性峰会上说：“对于一家被人们逐渐遗忘的公司，形势非常艰难。”听听她有哪些宝贵建议吧：就算座椅要倒了，也要尽量坐稳。“顺境之中，公司领导应该居安思危，审时度势，同时考虑接下来会发生什么。” 卢英德 公司：百事公司 《财富》500强排名：41 百事公司（Pepsico）CEO卢英德减少了对碳酸饮料的关注，并将公司重心转移到健康零食，这招致了个别股东的批评。但她仍坚定不移地执行“目的性绩效”的战略。在2011年《财富》最具影响力商界女性峰会上，卢英德在接受《财富》杂志执行主编斯蒂芬尼•麦塔采访时表示：“（对有些企业来说）社会责任可以利用业余时间来做，而且当CEO变更或缺乏资金时可以停止。对于我们而言，（注重社会责任的）目标是不能被中止的。目标性绩效是指实现出色业绩并关注所有利益相关方的需求。如果把目标融入绩效观，它就是商业模式的一部分。” 安吉拉•F•布拉莉 公司：维朋公司 《财富》500强排名：45 2008年，在马凯特大学（Marquette）第10届年度商界领袖论坛（Annual Business Leaders' Forum）上，维朋公司（Wellpoint）CEO安杰拉•布拉莉担任论坛正式午宴的主讲嘉宾。她和与会的观众分享了自己对最佳领导艺术实践的体会。“要想带领公司向前发展，实现公司愿景，必须率先垂范，以身作则，给团队带来希望看到的变化”她说。“这个过程要公开，要让周围的人们看见、还要有高度的热情。” 艾琳•B•罗森菲尔德 公司：卡夫食品公司 《财富》500强排名：50 在2008年《财富》最具影响力商界女性峰会上，卡夫（Kraft Foods）CEO艾琳•罗森菲尔德称：“要使员工全身心地投入工作。许多人经常喜欢与员工谈论公司的业务情况，并拿各种表格来说话，但最终，如果无法抓住员工的心，那就很难调动他们的积极性。”自从2006年接管公司以来，艾琳•罗森菲尔德带领公司实现了扭亏为盈。她把所有成就都归功于公司高层的榜样作用。“要想尽快改变公司文化，最快的方法是按你心中所希望的运作模式来行事，这样很快就会在公司里蔚然成风。” 柯爱伦 公司：杜邦公司 《财富》500强排名：72 过去三年间，杜邦公司（DuPont）CEO柯爱伦为这家化工业巨头增添了活力，却并未影响到自己的家庭生活。她认为，她的丈夫（目前也在杜邦公司任职）和特拉华大学（University of Delaware）的学生可谓功不可没，那些学生都会帮她照看孩子。此外，柯爱伦表示，不论是职业还是个人，她仍需要不断学习。 在2011年《财富》最具影响力商界女性峰会上，她在接受《财富》杂志总编助理采访时说：“我做的是我喜欢的事情。当然，没有人能够事事都做好。比如，作为父母，有些事情做得可能并不正确，但我们在不断学习。而我坚信，不论是个人还是公司，只要不断学习，就能找到解决办法。如果我们停止了学习，也就停止了成长。” 卡罗尔•梅罗维茨 公司：时尚零售商TJX公司 《财富》500强排名：125 作为低价折扣连锁店TJ Maxx的负责人，梅罗维茨认为，说服品牌公司同意在其折扣连锁店销售产品，成功的关键在于对品牌的忠诚度。去年10月，梅罗维茨在接受《今日美国》（USA Today）采访时表示：“我们并不是酒肉朋友。我们采购一个品牌，就会把它当成是自己的品牌。” 乌苏拉•M•伯恩斯 公司：施乐 《财富》500强排名：127 2009年，乌苏拉•伯恩斯接替安妮•穆尔卡希，成为施乐公司（Xerox）CEO，创造了历史。她成为《财富》500强公司中首位非洲裔美国人女性CEO，而且这种权力交接也是首次在两位女性CEO之间进行。她一直脚踏实地，坚持做真实的自己。去年五月，伯恩斯在接受《财富》杂志高级编辑佩蒂•塞勒斯采访时说：“确定我将继任施乐公司CEO时，安妮•穆尔卡希跟我说：‘你将面临很多困难，但不要走我的老路。’这是我从她那里学到的东西之一。你可以一辈子都跟随别人的脚步，亦步亦趋，但那样的话就无法实现超越，领导他人。” 谢林•麦考伊 公司：雅芳公司 《财富》500强排名：234 原强生公司（Johnson Johnson）高管麦考伊接替钟彬娴，成为雅芳（Avon Products）新任CEO【《财富》500强公司历史上第二次女性之间的交接】。面对这家身陷困境的化妆品公司，麦考伊任重而道远。但正如《财富》杂志高级编辑佩蒂•塞勒斯所说，麦考伊对事业和家庭之间平衡的关注或许正是深陷困境的雅芳所需要的关键要素：“她是一位著名的协作型管理者，经常公开谈论如何平衡职业与家庭，在强生公司时，她就经常鼓励人们要做到两者兼顾……实际上，她的这种工作生活兼顾的经历，也正是她能够入主雅芳的资本。” 迪安娜•M•穆里根 公司：美国守护者人寿保险公司（Guardian Life Ins. Of America） 《财富》500强排名：250 美国守护者人寿保险公司（Guardian Life Insurance）CEO迪安娜•穆里根在接受内布拉斯加NET Radio电台采访时说：“我不觉得身为女性有什么额外的压力，反而我感觉到额外的责任。”在她的成长过程中，几乎没有偶像，因此，她希望能激励年轻女性敢于梦想。“我希望年轻的姑娘们明白，职业机遇正等待她们去垂青，她们能够做到。” 黛布拉•L•里德 公司：塞莫拉能源公司 《财富》500强排名：266 塞莫拉能源公司（Sempra Energy）CEO黛布拉•里德开始读大学选择的是医学预科，但后来她发现，严酷的环境并不适合自己。于是，她选择了商务，但是对于激烈竞争的文化依然没有好感。2008年，她在《纽约时报》（New York Times）上发表的文章中写道：“任何人都有成功的机会。”她在职场中不断晋升，有些男性下属的年纪甚至比她大一倍。她经常问自己：“如果一个24岁的小姑娘对我父亲发号施令，他会有什么反应？”尊重别人是里德职场成功的关键。 丹尼斯•M•莫里森 公司：金宝汤公司（Campbell Soup） 《财富》500强排名：334 莫里森的妹妹边疆通信公司（Frontier）CEO麦基•维尔德罗特同样上榜。莫里森不仅攀上了食品行业的巅峰，同时还抚养了两个女儿。2008年，她在接受《财富》杂志采访时，对有女儿的父母提出了建议：“我相信快乐的源泉来自成就和自尊。而这些都来自于奉献。所以，我的态度就是，作为一名家长，我的职责就是将孩子抚养成人，然后放手让她们去闯。”她对抱有雄心壮志的女性明日之星们的建议是：“雄心勃勃与女性气质并不冲突。所以，既可以雄心勃勃，也可以很女人。” 伊琳娜•S•戈登 公司：食品原材料供应商Corn Products公司 《财富》500强排名：390 保持积极乐观的心态是Corn Product公司CEO伊琳娜•戈登成功的秘诀之一。她的另一个秘诀则是耐心。一月份，她在接受《芝加哥论坛报》（Chicago Tribune ）采访时说：“有规划非常重要，但同时要热爱正在从事的每一个岗位，不要好高骛远。我认为，许多有职业规划的人，他们非常坦率：而这正是获得下一份工作的垫脚石。我认为，建立职场信用非常重要，我们应该热爱每一个职位，并不断从中学习。” 海瑟•布莱什 公司：迈兰制药 《财富》500强排名：396 2008年，布莱什深陷丑闻。从严格意义上讲，她本没有资格获得所持有的MBA学位。此后她一直低调做人。身为美国议员（兼前西弗吉尼亚州州长）乔•曼钦三世的女儿被媒体大肆曝光，引起轩然大波。不过，布莱什却从未公开谈论过此事，但沉默或许正是她能给出的最佳回应。保持冷静，一直向前，如今的布莱什仍在职场上骄傲地前行，并在去年10月份成功当选迈兰制药公司（Mylan）CEO。 麦基•维尔德罗特 公司：边疆通信公司 《财富》500强排名：464 麦基•维尔德罗特与丹尼斯•莫里森一直是企业界最热门的“姐妹花”。两人分别担任边疆通信（Frontier Communications）与金宝汤公司的CEO，并且都说自己的信心和商业头脑是拜父母所赐。2011年《财富》最具影响力商界女性峰会上，在与姐姐一起上台时，维尔德罗特回忆道：“每到周六上午，我们就得收集罐子，这样我们才能得到零花钱。” 莫里森打断她说：“我们可以进行实物交换。”然后，维尔德罗特继续说道：“不论我们想要什么，首先都会制定商业计划。”莫里斯补充道：“比如，穿耳孔。为了向父亲证明，扎耳孔不是三分钟热度，我们带了整整一年的螺帽！”两姐妹都说，年轻时对细节的关注、大局观、以及创新意识，都在后来的商业规划中起到了很大的帮助。 趣事：布鲁斯•斯普林斯汀的父亲在新泽西给她们穿的耳孔。 格雷西亚•C•马托利 公司：甘尼特公司 《财富》500强排名：465 格雷西亚•马托利在甘尼特（Gannett）的工作时间超过了25个年头，所以，2011年，当她成为公司CEO时，外界并不感到奇怪。得益于专注和热情的品性，她一路平步青云。在上个月为《财富》杂志撰写的文章中，她写到：“优秀的管理人员和公司领导会发现你的优点，并让你承担更多职责。而伴随这些责任，也就产生了更多机遇。但要勇于放弃安逸，愿意接受新的挑战和机遇——因为这会让你不断成长和拓展。此外，着眼全局也非常重要。” 贝丝•穆尼 公司：科凯国际集团 《财富》500强排名：499 作为银行业20强中唯一一位女性CEO，科凯国际集团（Key Corp）贝丝•穆尼非常看重这一点。在参加2011年银行业女性大会（Women in Banking Conference）时，她说：“作为榜样，我想时时刻刻都有人在全方位地关注着我们。他们特别关注我们的行为方式，我们如何自我扩展，以及我们如何认可和赞美其他女性。”但这种压力不应该使人望而生畏，而应成为一种激励。“如果有人将火炬传递到你手中，你会怎么做？我认为答案非常简单——那就是，为后面的人照亮前行的道路。”
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