追求职业发展的女性：从伏案工作中抬起头来，多参加社交

    幸运的是，进行社交活动的机会越来越多。非营利性研究机构Catalyst公司或科技行业的UPWARD，以及安妮塔博格学院（Anita Borg Institute）等机构，都在致力于扩展正式和非正式的社交活动，其真正目的是增强职场女性之间的联系。

    女性很快就会明白，每一次用餐——即使在办公室餐厅里——都应该是一次分享想法、培养新友谊和巩固关系的机会。此外，女性还应该清楚，在参加会议的时候，最糟糕的事情就是立刻回到自己的房间，去“完成工作”。在商务旅行过程中，你可以去了解其他人。而且，这种社交活动不止是分发名片的场合：女性在这里可以寻求职业建议，为初创公司寻找资金，或者听其他人分享她进入高层的经历。

    不要以为用于社交的时间会影响工作效率。国际数据公司（International Data Corporation）和麦肯锡全球研究院的数据显示，我们每周的工作时间有28%被用于阅读、删除、归类和发送电子邮件，19%被用于搜索和收集信息。

    因此，更多女性应该离开她们的办公桌，走出办公室。领导力的核心，是要分享经验，与他人接触，向公司内部和外部的人学习。

    如果更多女性用更多时间抬起头来扩展人脉，而不是只知道低头伏案工作，她们会发现推动职业发展、进步和成就自我的更多途径。

    本文作者卡洛尔•巴茨曾担任雅虎（Yahoo）公司、欧特克（Autodesk）公司CEO。丽莎•兰伯特为女性高管社区UPWARD的创始人兼英特尔投资公司（Intel Capital）副总裁。巴茨与兰伯特将于11月20日，在硅谷为600多名女性高管举办的一场UPWARD社交活动上，就本文涉及的话题展开对话。（财富中文网）

    译者：刘进龙/汪皓

    Fortunately, the opportunities for networking are growing. Groups like Catalyst, or in the technology industry, UPWARD, and the Anita Borg Institute, are busy expanding formal and informal gatherings whose real purpose is to let women professionals connect with one another.

    The women quickly learn that every meal – even in the office cafeteria – ought to be a chance to share ideas, forge new bonds and solidify relationships. Women also learn that the worst thing you can do at a conference is to quickly retreat to your room to “get work done.” Business travel is the time you can really learn from other working women and men. And increasingly, these networking gatherings are not just about Rolodex padding: they are the places to seek career advice, find funding for start-ups, or hear from someone eager to share their journey to the top.

    Don’t believe that time spent networking hurts productivity. Data by International Data Corporation and the McKinsey Global Institute has shown that 28% of our working week is spent reading, deleting, filing and sending emails, and 19% is spent searching and gathering information

    That is why more women should get away from their desk and out of the office. A central part of leadership is sharing experiences, meeting others, and learning from people inside and out of the office.

    As more women invest time keeping their heads up building relationships, instead of keeping their heads down at their desk, they might find many new avenues for career development, advancement, and self-fulfillment.

    Carol Bartz is former CEO of Yahoo and Autodesk. Lisa Lambert is founder of UPWARD, a community of like-minded female executives, and Vice President of Intel Capital. Bartz and Lambert will convene a conversation on the topics related to this article at an UPWARD (www.upwardwomen.org) networking event for more than 600 female executives on Nov. 20 in Silicon Valley.