DougRoss: Happened to be perusing an article in HBR on how companies engage employees (you can probably guess the punchline: there is no single formula to success) and I spotted this interesting tale regarding GOP establishment favorite Carly Fiorina:
It takes years to build a strong purpose- and values-driven high commitment, high performance culture. It cannot be done with a simple training program. Every policy and practice has to be evaluated in the context of espoused purpose and values. Culture is, however, very fragile. A few decisions and behaviors by top management or leaders of key businesses or operating units can undermine decades of culture building.
Consider what happened to HP… more here
“Cold fish” was never a more apt description, unless we added “incompetent” to it.
Man, I wasn’t going to vote for her, but now am 100% positive she doesn’t need to be anywhere near the white house.
GOP Establishment endorsements are like the Kiss of a Cobra….
She lost me over a lot of stuff, but the one about her being a secretary and moving up to CEO is the worst. She briefly worked as an office functionary while going to school — in other words a typical job that a lot of majors take as underclassmen. She was fast-tracked in a mgmt program by HP (undoubtedly a grow-your-own affirmative action program for which HP was subsidized).