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1、FromInternToCEO:How3ExecsClimbedToTheTop从实习生到CEO:三位高管的成功历程Whileit’seasytopointtopedigreeandtherightnetworkasthereasonsmanyoftoday’shigh-poweredexecutivesarewheretheyare,notallofthemwereraisedwithsilverspoonsintheirhands.Infact,quiteafewiconicCEOsgottheirstartwithveryhumblebeginnings.尽管人们很容易
2、把显赫出身和良好人脉归结为今天许多位高权重的管理者获得现有成就的原因,但是并非所有的企业高管都拥有先天的优势条件。实际上,有不少知名的首席执行官都是从底层起步的。Fromtakingunpaidinternshipstodroppingoutofcollegetotakeamailroomjob,takealookathowthesesuccessfulCEOsreallydidworktheirwayfromthebottomallthewaytothetop.从无薪实习、放弃大学学业到从事收发邮件的工作,让我们看看下面这些成功的首席执行官是如何依靠他们自身的努力,从底层员
3、工晋升为企业高管的。UrsulaBurns厄休拉•伯恩斯(UrsulaBurns)ChairmanandCEO,Xerox施乐公司(Xerox)董事长兼首席执行官Ifyoudon’ttransform,you’restuck.”“如果你不改变,你就完蛋了。”AftergrowingupinapoorneighborhoodinNewYorkCity’sLowerEastSide,earninghermaster’sdegreeinmechanicalengineering,andeventuallybecomingthefirstAfricanAmericanwomantol
4、eadaFortune500company,UrsulaBurnsknowsathingortwoabouttransformation.厄休拉•伯恩斯在纽约市下东区的贫民窟长大,她拥有机械工程硕士学位,最终成为领导一家《财富》500强企业的首位非洲裔美国女性,她对变革深有体会。Raisedbyhermother,Burnswastaughtatanearlyagethathardwork,determination,andflexibilitywerethekeystosuccess.AgreatstudentatherCatholichighschool,Burnswas
5、surprisedatthelackofcareeroptionsofferedtoherbyherguidancecounselor:nursing,teaching,orbeinganun.Atthispoint,Burnsknewshewouldhavetocreateherowndestinyandchosechemicalengineering(whicheventuallychangedtomechanicalengineering)ashercollegemajor.伯恩斯从小由母亲抚养长大,她在童年时期得到了这样的教导:努力工作、坚决果断和灵活性是获得成功的关
6、键。作为天主教高中的一名优秀学生,让伯恩斯感到惊讶的是,她的指导顾问提供给她的职业选择寥寥无几:只有护士、教师或修女。在那个时候,伯恩斯就知道,她必须创造自己的命运,于是选择化学工程(最终改为机械工程)作为她的大学专业。HerrisetothetopstartedatthebottomoftheXeroxladder,asanintern.Butmanagersquicklynoticedhertalent.OnesuchmanagerwasseniorexecutiveWaylandHicks,whoofferedherajobasanexecutiveassistant.
7、Althoughanassistantrolewasn’texactlywhatshehadinmind,afternowhavingearnedhermaster’sdegreeinmechanicalengineeringfromColumbiaUniversity,Burnsrememberedwhathermotherhadtaughther—whereyouareisnotwhoyouare—andacceptedthejob.晋升为企业高管前,她一开始从施乐公司的底层起步,是一位实习生。然而