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Fiorina defends rocky tenure as HP CEO (Victim of sexism?)
The Hill ^ | 4/29/15 | Kevin Cirilli

Posted on 09/18/2015 7:02:58 AM PDT by jimbo123

Carly Fiorina’s political future depends on whether she can defend her record as CEO of Hewlett-Packard.

The likely GOP presidential candidate is aiming to do just that in her new book Rising to the Challenge, set to be released May 5, a day after the expected launch of her 2016 campaign. Fiorina now claims the company’s decision to fire her in 2005, after a turbulent six-year tenure, was a result of a dysfunctional board of directors and not her leadership.

In an interview with The Hill, Fiorina said members of her own board leaked confidential information to the media to undermine her decisions, though she stopped short of alleging outright sexism. She was the first female CEO of a Fortune 20 company. “Men understand other men’s need for respect, but they don’t always understand women’s need for respect,” Fiorina said. “The situation that transpired in the boardroom was all about certain board members wanting to protect their position when they felt threatened, because their behavior was against the code of conduct, and they knew that I as a leader would not tolerate that conduct.”

When asked again if she thought underlying sexism contributed to her firing, she said, “There’s no question that women in positions of authority are scrutinized differently, criticized differently and characterized different.”

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Still, she said President George W. Bush called to offer her a job in his administration the day after she was fired, though she declined to say which one.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: failedceo; fiorino; gope; hp
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1 posted on 09/18/2015 7:02:58 AM PDT by jimbo123
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She might actually get away with that. Look at how America has swallowed seven years of Obama blaming Bush for everything.

What she won’t survive are the bleeding heart ads of ex-HP employees who lost their jobs under her tenure, lost their health care, and then had a spouse die of cancer. She’s gonna be “Romney Swiftboated” by p*ssed off ex-employees.


2 posted on 09/18/2015 7:05:02 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: jimbo123

Yep—Being a woman means you’re never held to the same standards of performance as a man; despite being biologically, cognitively, and socio-emotionally equal, or superior, to males.


3 posted on 09/18/2015 7:06:08 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: jimbo123

People are negative towards her on the majority of Internet sites I have frequented recently. There is outrage over what she did to people at HP and Lucent. There are things people are saying about what happened that I didn’t even know!


4 posted on 09/18/2015 7:06:48 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (JESUS CHRIST IS MY LORD AND SAVIOUR!)
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To: jimbo123

Ah, yes...the gender card.

When the world finds out you’re incompetent and emotionally unstable, play that gender card.

Good move, Cara. Megyn would be proud of you.


5 posted on 09/18/2015 7:08:44 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: jimbo123

Of course, it is either racism or sexual discrimination that the incompetent fall back upon..


6 posted on 09/18/2015 7:08:49 AM PDT by Parmy
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To: jimbo123

So tired of this feminist hag


7 posted on 09/18/2015 7:09:52 AM PDT by MARKUSPRIME
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"The likely GOP presidential candidate"...?!?

Sheesh. Attempted fait accompli, much?

8 posted on 09/18/2015 7:12:42 AM PDT by paladinan (Rule #1: There is a God. Rule #2: It isn't you.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
I really have to look at HP's performance during the tech bubble burst vs. her industry equivalents. The period of her tenure was a terrible time for the entire industry. It was way overvalued and way due for consolidation and cut backs.

It's very easy to hire people and feel nice. It takes courage to fire people and lead your way out of something difficult.

She is no "Chainsaw Al Dunlap" of the 80's. I have seen several "Chainsaw" references to her.

9 posted on 09/18/2015 7:13:10 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: jimbo123

Does she think that respect is granted, not earned?


10 posted on 09/18/2015 7:14:58 AM PDT by wastedyears (Iron Maiden's new album is majestic.)
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She will brilliantly defend right up to the end of the gop convention. After that the defense will be impossible as the media hordes will assail it without letup.


11 posted on 09/18/2015 7:15:25 AM PDT by BRL
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To: jimbo123; BlackFemaleArmyCaptain; MichaelCorleone; Parmy; MARKUSPRIME

My first choice is Ted Cruze but I’m not so quick to dismiss Carly. It seems to me she’s getting the Sarah Palin treatment from many on this board whom I suspect are Trumpies.

Look at Trumps background and his politics - but he’s given a pass because he’s “evolved”. Give me a break….


12 posted on 09/18/2015 7:15:39 AM PDT by demkicker (My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
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To: blackdog

Fact check: Carly Fiorina didn’t have a great run as CEO of Hewlett-Packard

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3338161/posts

Trump’s Right: Here’s The Proof Carly Fiorina Was A Disaster For HP Shareholders

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3338164/posts


13 posted on 09/18/2015 7:16:27 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: blackdog

It takes no courage for a sociopath to fire or hurt anyone.


14 posted on 09/18/2015 7:16:28 AM PDT by BRL
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To: All

Sorry about the Cruz typo.


15 posted on 09/18/2015 7:16:47 AM PDT by demkicker (My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
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To: demkicker
Karl Rove wants to run this woman because she will lose to Hillary.



16 posted on 09/18/2015 7:18:34 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: BRL

Fiorina a sociopath?


17 posted on 09/18/2015 7:18:34 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: MARKUSPRIME

Hag/Secretariat = horse. FACE. Trump was right again


18 posted on 09/18/2015 7:18:53 AM PDT by hoosiermama ( Read my lips: no more Bushes)
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To: jimbo123

Please provide proof that Karl Rove wants to “run this woman”. And I don’t give a rat’s @ss if she bought a yacht with her money.

So desperate to smear her you’re throwing in a little class warfare?


19 posted on 09/18/2015 7:23:24 AM PDT by demkicker (My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
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To: demkicker

Palin is a conservative. Fiorina is not.


20 posted on 09/18/2015 7:24:32 AM PDT by Calpublican (Boehner,McConnell,Corker,McCain,Alexander,Hatch,Graham+More=Corrupt)
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