HelenaMorrisseyistheCEOofNewtonInvestmentManagement,aLondon-basedfirmwith$88billionundermanagement.Morrisseyisalsothemotherofninechildren.牛顿投资管理公司（NewtonInvestmentManagement）总部位于伦敦，共管理着880亿美元的资产。海伦娜o莫里西是这家公司的CEO——同时，她还是9个孩子的母亲。Yes,nine.没错，是9个孩子。Themassesmightthinkthatgettingtothetopofamajorfinancecompanywhileraisingafullgaggleofkidsisimpossible.YetMorrisseybelievesadisconnectexistsbetweenperceptionsofwomenleadersandwhatwomenareexperiencingontheground.Yes,Morrisseyhasanannyandherhusbandisastay-at-homefather,butthebusinesstycoonisconvincedthatchildrearingisnotabarriertogettingtotheverytopofthecorporateladder.Nowshehastheresearchtobackupherhunch.DuringaneventWednesdaynightatBloomberg’sNewYorkoffices,Morrissey’s30%Club,anorganizationcommittedtoadvancingfemalemanagersintheU.K.,debutedastudyforthefirsttimeintheU.S.onmythsthatpervadethecareerchoicesofwomeninbusiness.The30%ClubpartneredwithadvisoryfirmKPMGandbusinesspsychologycompanyYSCtosurveydatafrommorethan100globalcompanies,evaluatefeedbackonnearly10,000individuals,andinterviewroughly100women(plusseveralseniormen)fromallorganizationallevel.TheresultssupporttheideathatMorrisseyisnottheonlyonedefyingthegenderbarriersoftenprescribedtoworkingwomen.Hereare7majormythscalledintoquestionbythestudy:下面是这项研究针对的7个主要误解：Myth1:Raisingchildrenstopswomenfromgettingtothetop误解1：养育子女妨碍女性升迁Reality:Thetotalimpactofhavingchildrenonwomen’scareerchoicesislessthanpeoplemaybelieve.Thereisnostatisticallysignificantdifferenceinthenumberofpromotionsbetweenwomenwithchildrenandwomenwithoutchildren.Still,menarepromotedsignificantlymorethanwomenwith38%ofmenreceivingmorethanfivepromotionsthroughouttheircareersasopposedto29%ofwomen.真相：生育子女对女性职业发展的总体影响可能比人们认为的要小。统计数据上，有子女和没有子女的女性所得到的晋升次数没有明显的差异。然而，男性得到升职的机率还是比女性高得多：在整个职业道路上，男性得到5次以上晋升的比例是38%，而女性只有29%。Myth2:Womendon’tgettothetopbecausetheylackconfidence误解2：女性无法升至高层是因为缺乏信心Reality:Womenarekeenlyawareofrisk,whichkeepsthemmoregroundedinrealitythantheirmalecolleagues.Thisoftengetsinterpretedaswomenlackingconfidencecomparedtotheirmalepeers,yettheresearchfoundnodifferenceinthenumberoftimesthatmenandwomenmakeacareermoveonlyafterbeingnudgedbyasuperiortodoso.真相：女性的风险意识极高，这使得他们比男同事更为脚踏实地。这一点却通常被误解为：女性没有男性自信。然而，研究人员发现，在上级的鼓励下，男性和女性争取升职的机率没有任何差异。Myth3:Womendon’taspiretoseniorleadershiproles误解3：女性对高级领导角色没有渴望Reality:AlthoughmenstartingtheircareersinU.K.corporationsare4.5timesmorelikelytoreachanexecutivecommitteethantheirfemalepeers,women’scareeraspirationsdonotdifferfrommen’s.Infact,menandwomendefinewhatmattersmosttosuccesswiththesametoptwocriteria:Doingsomethingintrinsicallyinterestingandhavingpositiveworkingrelationships.真相：在英国商界开始职业生涯的人中，男性晋升到执行委员会的机率比女性大4.5倍。但是，女性的职业抱负一点不亚于男性。事实上，在判断成功的因素时，男性和女性给出的两项最重要标准是相同的：做真正有意思的事，建立积极的工作关系。Myth4:Womendon’tstickitouttomakeittotheverytop误解4：女性不会为达到最高管理层而坚持不懈Reality:Theresearcherscameawaywithnoevidencethatwomenaregivingupontheircareer...