进入公司高层的秘诀

    MPW内部网络是一个邀请最有影响力的商界女性及时解答职业与领导力问题的在线社区。本周，我们的问题是：女性如何进入公司高层？以下是罗德公关公司CEO步春歌的回答。

    根据我的经验，不论在职场还是生活当中，满怀斗志是成败的关键，也是一个人能否进入公司高层的决定性因素。你必须对自己从事的事业充满激情，永远不要自满。最成功的商界女性往往深藏着一种难以遏制的渴望感：她们渴望学到知识，渴望个人进步，愿意接受能够拓展自身能力的挑战，虽然这些挑战在最开始看起来像是不可能完成的任务。

    而这通常意味着要面对痛苦和不适应——将自己放到完全陌生的环境中，接受超出能力范围的任务，承担风险——这些最终都可能令你面临失败。听起来有些可怕！但只有当你努力强迫自己去达成看起来不可能实现的目标时，你才能学到最多。面临潜在失败的时刻，往往是领导者展现其最佳潜能的时候。

    尤其是在市场与行业瞬息万变的今天，你必须有勇气迫使自己突破极限，质疑自己，愿意打破固有的思维模式和执行方式。满怀斗志并且相信一个目标，是真正领导力的标志。它将赋予团队力量，令你能够实现艰难的目标，在我看来，这也是进入公司高层的秘诀。（财富中文网）

    译者：刘进龙/汪皓

    MPW Insider is one of several online communities where the biggest names in business answer timely career and leadership questions. Today’s answer for: How can women rise to the C-suite? is written by Kathy Bloomgarden, CEO of Ruder Finn.

    In my experience, inspiration is the difference between success and failure in work and in life, and is a key deciding factor for those who rise to the C-suite. You have to be passionate about what you do and never slip into a feeling of complacency. The most successful women in business have an insatiable hunger deep inside; a hunger for knowledge, for personal improvement and deep challenges that stretch abilities in ways that at first might seem impossible.

    This often means living with some pain and discomfort – putting yourself in situations that are unfamiliar, signing up for assignments that seem out of your reach and taking risks – all of which ultimately amount to exposing yourself to potential failures. This all feels and sounds scary! But these moments are actually when you learn the most; when you push yourself the hardest and achieve what seemed like the unachievable. Moments of potential failure are when leaders are at their best.

    Especially today when markets and industries are changing so fast, you must have the courage to go beyond pushing boundaries, to question yourself, to be willing to disrupt how you think and how you execute. Being inspired and believing in a purpose is a sign of true leadership. It empowers teams, it makes tough goals reachable, and it is, in my view, the secret path to the C-suite.