"Bloom where you're planted," says Jung. "And follow your compass, not your clock," she adds, preaching patience in any career. She has certainly demonstrated that. Now at the helm for 12 years, Jung is No. 5 on the 2010 Fortune Most Powerful Women list and the longest-serving among the female Fortune 500 CEOs. "I feel like the wise old woman CEO, trying to pave the path for a lot more after me," she says.
鐘彬嫻說:“在哪里扎根,就在哪里綻放。追隨你的羅盤,而不是時鐘。”她還說,從事任何職業(yè)都要具備耐心。她自己就是最好的例子。目前,鐘彬嫻在2010年《財(cái)富》雜志最具影響力商界女性(2010 Fortune Most Powerful Women)中排名第5位;目前,她掌管雅芳已長達(dá)12年,是《財(cái)富》500強(qiáng)公司中任職時間最長的女性CEO。她說:“現(xiàn)在的我就像個上了年紀(jì)的女掌門人,靠著自己的智慧,努力為更多的后來人鋪平道路。”
Jung is on the boards of Apple Computer (APLL) and General Electric (GE), as well as Avon. And as a single mother of a daughter, 21, and a 12-year-old son, she has learned plenty about juggling work and family. "You can't, in my experience, necessarily have it all in one day," she says. "But you've got to make those choices." Now 52, she could well go and run another big global company after Avon, which had revenue of $10.9 billion last year. But she says, "I don't spend a lot of time thinking about that yet."
目前,鐘彬嫻是蘋果電腦公司(Apple Computer)、通用電氣公司(General Electric)和雅芳公司的董事會成員。她獨(dú)自撫養(yǎng)21歲的女兒和12歲的兒子,對于如何平衡工作和家庭,鐘彬嫻總結(jié)出了一套經(jīng)驗(yàn)。她說:“照我的經(jīng)驗(yàn)來看,沒必要非得在一天之內(nèi)就把所有問題都解決掉,但你必須要做出選擇。” 去年,雅芳的收入達(dá)到109億美元。現(xiàn)年52歲的鐘彬嫻完全可以離開雅芳,執(zhí)掌另外一家大型跨國公司,但她表示:“對于這個問題,我還沒有考慮太多。”
Right now, she is focused on Avon's longevity. As part of the company's 125th anniversary celebration this year, she has traveled to 15 cities around the globe and met with some 5,000 Avon representatives at each stop. The greatest satisfaction of leading Avon, she says, is helping 6.5 million representatives—entrepreneurs in 105 countries—build businesses from the ground up. By providing the money and products for reps to get started, "we're one of the largest micro-lenders in the world today," Jung notes. "Yes, we are a beauty company, but we do more than just sell beauty."
目前,她把主要精力都放在如何保證雅芳的長盛不衰。今年是公司成立125周年,作為慶祝活動的一部分,她訪問了全球15個城市,每一站都會見了約5,000多名雅芳的經(jīng)銷商代表。她認(rèn)為,領(lǐng)導(dǎo)雅芳最大的滿足感在于,能夠幫助650萬名經(jīng)銷商——來自105個國家的創(chuàng)業(yè)者們——白手起家,開創(chuàng)自己的事業(yè)。雅芳在創(chuàng)業(yè)初期為經(jīng)銷商提供資金和產(chǎn)品,鐘彬嫻強(qiáng)調(diào):“因此,我們是目前世界上最大的小額信貸機(jī)構(gòu)之一。不錯,我們確實(shí)是一家化妝品公司,但我們所做的不僅僅是兜售美麗。”