by Jonathan Gifford | Jan 22, 2010 | Business & Leadership
Carly Fiorina and the HP Compaq merger In September 2001, Hewlett Packard’s gutsy new CEO, Carly Fiorina – ‘the most powerful woman in business,’ according to Fortune magazine in 1998 – announced the acquisition by Hewlett Packard of the major PC manufacturer,...
by Jonathan Gifford | Nov 9, 2009 | Business & Leadership
When Carly Fiorina was employed as the CEO of Hewlett Packard in July 1999, her brief was clearly to bring about change. She soon decided that she and her top team were not merely ‘change agents’; what was needed were ‘change warriors’. So far, so macho. We must...