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http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/carly-fiorina-ceo-jeffrey-sonnenfeld-2016-213163>
>So far, we've had you betcha Sarah, machiavel Hillary, and mendacious Carly.
>Better than lots of guys, for sure.
>But hey, gals, can't you do better?
I think Fiorina is far more capable than the others.
The standard social media consensus is that Fiorina failed at HP. Social media is mistake...in the same way they are mistaken that Fiorina completely fabricated the PP video claim.
Yes, stock price and other indicators took a big nose dive. But those stabilized and rebounded after Mark Hurd took over, and Hurd acknowledged he was executing a similar plan to what Fiorina was laying out. Fiorina ultimately made some critical mistakes and Hurd corrected them....but you can make the argument that Hurd was able to adjust only because Fiorina pushed the merger to begin with. So in that sense, you have to look at the conditions of other companies at the time as well, and how much Fiorina was trying to play the role of pioneer of sorts. I believe I read somewhere that some corporate execs with knowledge of the entire history now believe that Fiorina deserves better than the criticism she's receiving. (I'll acknowledge the Lucent story is a different story)
These two articles paint a much clearer (and certainly less partial) picture than Sonnefeld's piece... (especially the 2nd one)
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-18/carly-fiorina-s-hewlett-packard-record-in-one-charthttps://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/compaq-hp-ultimately-urge-merge-was-right
