????相比其他許多行當，當時營銷似乎為女性提供了更快獲得升遷的機會，而且入職之初，我有幸遇到了兩位好上司。他們不僅為我提供了大把的機會，使我得以學到新的技能和經驗，不斷提升自我，更重要的是，他們很樂意看到我的這種表現。

????28歲的時候，我通過管理層收購買下了之前兩年里聘用我的那家公司。我有這么做的經驗嗎？當然沒有！我是否已有足夠的自信，覺得至少應該好好試一試？當然。

????我們必須認識并領會到，如果英國在男女平等方面要想趕上美國（美國也不是完美典范——按營收排行最大的200家美國公司中，女董事所占比例約為20%，可比起英國來還是遙遙領先），就必須創造公平的競爭環境。對女性職業發展的期待、相關的教育方式和行為模式都必須改變。灌輸自信心和堅定信念不是一時半刻就能做到的，對任何女士來說，自信心都必須從娃娃抓起，然后在整個職業生涯中不斷培養與塑造。非如此不足以取得成功。

????多米尼?佩蒂法是英國dnx marketing公司聯席董事總經理，該公司專長于企業與企業之間的營銷與溝通。

????譯者：小宇

???Marketing seemed to present more rapid career advancement to women over many other professions and during my early career I was lucky enough to have two senior bosses who not only gave me ample opportunity to step up to the mark and gain new skills and experience, but importantly were happy for me to do so.

????At the age of 28 I conducted a management buy-out of the agency that had employed me for the previous two years. Did I have the experience to do so? I most certainly did not! Had I gained the confidence that I should at least give it a really good shot? I certainly had.

????What we really need is the realization and appreciation that if the U.K. is to emulate the U.S. (not the paragon of equality--female board representation at the 200 largest companies by revenue is about 20%--but streets ahead of the U.K.) then the creation of a level playing field is essential. Career expectations for women, along with the education and behavioral agenda has to change. Imbuing confidence and self-belief is not a short term fix; for any woman it has to start in the cradle and continue to grow and build throughout her whole working life. Nothing less will do the job.

????Domini Pettifar is joint managing director, dnx marketing, a U.K.-based agency that specializes in busines-to-business marketing and communications.