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Pattie Dunn – An Obituary

Pattie Dunn died on December 4, at her home in California. I did not know her. However, when she died her death was covered in many papers and I found her obituary fascinating reading. It tells the story of a woman who had many of the qualities we all aspire to have, achieved much in a very short life, faced challenges greater in number and severity than many of us will ever know and dealt with each of them in ways which demonstrate character and class and so much more.  Her board room struggles as the Non-Executive Chairman of Hewlett-Packard are instructive for any one of us who is sitting on a board or aspires to do so.  And without ...

The 10 Worst Stereotypes About Powerful Women

My daughter forwarded me this link because she thought I might like to see it.  One of her friends had posted the link on facebook.  I saw the same link referenced by a member of one of the linkedin groups in which I am a participant. Given all of this social media attention, I thought I would share the link with you.   http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2011/10/24/worst-stereotypes-powerful-women-christine-lagarde-hillary-clinton/   I would love to hear your thoughts about the Forbes article and your views about social media and your participation in the whole phenomenon. You can share your thoughts and views in the Comments section below.