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Robin. Early Life Experiences. Career Milestones, Career Road Blocks, Obstacles and Challenges. Dealing with Difficult People

I asked Robin to tell me about the experiences in her early life which she believed had the greatest impact on her work life and career. She said it was probably her observation of her mom who was a stay-at-home mom who did everything in the household. Robin said: “She was the stability, love and nurturing for the four kids and in addition, did the cleaning, cooking, shopping, washing and ironing.  I would come home from school and watch her iron while I did my homework. I remember coming home from grade one when Kennedy had been shot and we cried together watching our black and white television, standing in front of the ironing board! It wasn’t that I disrespected ...

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 ...