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Carly Fiorina as a boss: The disappointing truth
« on: August 16, 2015, 08:20:41 pm »
http://fortune.com/2015/08/14/carly-fiorina-president-2/

Carly Fiorina as a boss: The disappointing truth

    COMMENTARY by  Jeffrey Sonnenfeld


August 14, 2015, 5:36 PM EDT



She’s running for President on her track record as CEO of HP, but if that’s the case, Fiorina might want to rethink her strategy.

Fresh from strong debate quips, Carly Fiorina has improbably raced from 14th to fifth place in the New Hampshire Republican primary polls and now enjoys a 70% favorability rating in Iowa, ahead of such career politicians as Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Chris Christie, Rick Perry, George Pataki, and Lindsay Graham.

It is time to take her candidacy seriously and examine her leadership record. Having never held elected office, she has staked her reputation on her business career.

Fiorina is eager to be seen as the answer to Democratic slogans of a Republican war on women. She’s often been erroneously referred to as the first woman to lead a Fortune 500 firm, Hewlett-Packard HPQ 0.91% . That title actually belongs to The Washington Post Company’s Katharine Graham. Then there are the many other trailblazing women leaders preceding Fiorina, including Beechcraft’s Olive Ann Beech, Mattel’s Ruth Handler, Beatrice Food’s Loida Nicolas-Lewis, the Body Shop’s Anita Roddick, Martha Stewart, and Oprah Winfrey.

Still, with a scant 5% of Fortune 500 firms employing women CEOs, her leadership of a huge global enterprise in the macho field of IT is impressive. But how did she do?

The answer in short is: Pretty badly.

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Re: Carly Fiorina as a boss: The disappointing truth
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2015, 08:25:59 pm »
I like her when I hear her but like Trump she has no record in gvmnt so I've never considered her to be a serious candidate.  She needs more resume padding IMHO.
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Re: Carly Fiorina as a boss: The disappointing truth
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2015, 11:00:05 pm »
Quote from: bkepley on August 16, 2015, 08:25:59 pm
I like her when I hear her but like Trump she has no record in gvmnt so I've never considered her to be a serious candidate.  She needs more resume padding IMHO.

Having experience in the real world and no record in government are top tier reasons to consider Ms. Fiorina for the oval office. 
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Re: Carly Fiorina as a boss: The disappointing truth
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2015, 11:02:32 pm »
When you are taking flak you must be pretty close to the target!

GO Carly!
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Re: Carly Fiorina as a boss: The disappointing truth
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2015, 03:42:42 am »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on August 18, 2015, 11:00:05 pm
Having experience in the real world and no record in government are top tier reasons to consider Ms. Fiorina for the oval office. 

Exactly! I'm with you! Being a non-professional politician is a major plus for me!
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Re: Carly Fiorina as a boss: The disappointing truth
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2015, 07:02:57 am »
She gets a bump in the polls and the hit pieces start flowing.

It's so predictable it's ridiculous.
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Re: Carly Fiorina as a boss: The disappointing truth
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2015, 12:47:59 pm »
Quote from: EC on August 19, 2015, 07:02:57 am
She gets a bump in the polls and the hit pieces start flowing.

It's so predictable it's ridiculous.

Yep! It never fails!
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