I Must Have Been Absent the Day “Steely Resolve” Got Redefined
This is what ousted Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina thinks is heroism (or is it heroine-ism?), based on this book excerpt noted at Business Week (subscription required; appears on Page 11 of June 5 print edition):
An excerpt of the book handed out at the show offers a glimpse of Fiorina’s steely resolve even as a young executive. At AT&T (T ) early in her career, she writes, a colleague arranged a business lunch at a strip club where women “would dress in completely see-through baby-doll negligees and dance on top of the tables while the patrons ate.” Fiorina insisted on going, and the next day at the office, she writes, “the balance of power had shifted perceptibly. I had shown…that I would not be intimidated, even if I was terrified.”
I’m sure women managers who are still subjected to coercion to attend these “business lunches” are REALLY grateful for your show of “steely resolve,” Carly.
I can empathize, having experienced almost the same. Naturally, my resolve was also steely but, to be more accurate, the term “woody” should probably be used.
Comment by mike — May 30, 2006 @ 3:26 pm
#1, funny.
Comment by TBlumer — May 30, 2006 @ 3:33 pm