URSULA BURNS ON KEYS TO SUCCESS (HINT: THEY’RE NOT WHAT YOU’D EXPECT)

Take it from thefirst African-American woman to head a Fortune 500 Company: the keys to success? “Be selfish sometimes” and “find a good (older) husband”. These cheeky sounding one-liners are two of five tidbits of wisdom that Ursula Burns, Xerox Corp CEO, has for young, ambitious women. We understand the brow lifting these tips may elicit at first, but click the link and read on, Ladies. Burns’ well-rounded approach to accomplishing career goals tells us it’s okay to put ourselves first, and to recognize that in life – most of the time - it’s just not that serious.

 

MAYER SAYS ‘WORK@HOME’ AIN’T WORKING

Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer is putting a stop to its @home workers. Why? Because, as the article says, she is “no fool”. This swift overhaul comes 7 months in to her post, and it can’t be a far stretch to suggest she’s identified the difference in productivity between the employees that work at work and those that, well, don’t. Yes, in support of Mayer’s naysayers, there are cultural issues and implications of distrust to consider. But let’s be real: if something is broke – ie. the efficiency of staff at a slacking Silicone Valley giant – you better fix it. We say “Good on Mayer” for taking a bold step to haul her company back on track.

CAN WHITMAN MAKE HP THE COMEBACK KID OF SILICON VALLEY?

Wow. Hewlett-Packard’s has fallen fast, and head honcho Meg Whitman says she needs 5 years to seriously turn things around. 

HP’s been through the ringer with a dwindled share price, sales drops, mounting debt, botched management, blame games and brain drain since 1990 aka ‘the dawn of its decline’. But all is not lost: leadership could be the real answer to the tech giant’s resurgence. Good start, Meg, with the focus on innovation and “preach(ing) frugality and humility”. We really want to see how she pulls this off; and the fact that she believes this will be “one of the great comeback stories in American business.”?  Love the attitude!