名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第186期:一切皆有可能(8)

[00:00.01]This not only proved unfair, it also proved to be a poor business decision. 這不僅不公平，也是一個(gè)很糟糕的決策。 [00:07.35]The lack of women in management came to hurt Avon. 沒(méi)有女性參與的管理層開(kāi)始給雅芳的業(yè)務(wù)帶來(lái)?yè)p害。 [00:13.43]Between 1975 and 1985, more than twelve and a half million women entered the United States work force. 在1975年到1985年間，超過(guò)1250萬(wàn)婦女加入美國(guó)的就業(yè)大軍。 [00:21.06]These working women had to be served in new ways. 這些職業(yè)婦女需要新的服務(wù)。 [00:24.43]But, at that time, Avon's leadership team was still made up entirely of men. 但是，那時(shí)雅芳的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)團(tuán)隊(duì)還是全部由男性組成， [00:32.09]Women's voices weren't heard as we planned our marketing strategy and as a result, sales in our largest market suffered. 我們規(guī)劃市場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)略時(shí)聽(tīng)不到女性的聲音，結(jié)果便是我們?cè)诿绹?guó)這個(gè)最大市場(chǎng)上的銷(xiāo)售情況受到?jīng)_擊。 [00:41.38]Fortunately, Avon learned to change. Men and women now work together as equal business partners. 幸運(yùn)的是，雅芳學(xué)會(huì)了改變。男性和女性現(xiàn)在作為平等的商業(yè)搭檔一起工作， [00:49.07]They learn from each other and respect each other. 他們互相學(xué)習(xí)，互相尊重。 [00:52.24]We still offer our male executives an outstanding career opportunity, but now women have an equal chance to succeed. 我們?nèi)韵蚰行愿呒?jí)管理者提供最佳的職業(yè)發(fā)展機(jī)會(huì)，但現(xiàn)在，女性有了同樣的成功的可能性。 [01:01.46]Today, six out of eleven of Avon's board of directors are women. My number two executive is a woman. 今天，雅芳的11位董事會(huì)成員中有6位是女性，我的助手是一名女性， [01:10.13]Almost half of our management staff around the world are women. 我們?nèi)虻墓芾韺訋缀跻话胧桥浴? [01:14.39]And importantly, we have put in place special programs to develop the next generation of women 重要的是，我們?cè)O(shè)立了專(zhuān)門(mén)的項(xiàng)目來(lái)培養(yǎng)下一代女性職員， [01:22.05]who are being trained and prepared to become General Managers in markets all over the world. 準(zhǔn)備把她們培養(yǎng)成全球各個(gè)市場(chǎng)的總經(jīng)理。

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