Postcards
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Yahoo's bosses get boosts from their boards
How many public-company boards should a top exec at a Fortune 500 company join?
That's debatable, particularly in these tumultuous times. But I hardly expected a harsh retort from my colleague Adam Lashinsky after I touched on this topic in Postcards yesterday. I said that Sue Decker, Yahoo's (YHOO) outgoing president, has a "breadth of experience" and an "impressive resume" because she's on the boards of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Intel (INTC) and MORE
Patricia Sellers - Jan 14, 2009 2:25 PM ETPosted in: blogging, boards, Carol Bartz, CEOs, Cisco, FORTUNE MPWomen, Intel, Jerry Yang, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, management, media, Postcards, Power Shift, Silicon Valley, Sue Decker, technology, Yahoo -
This week: Leadership lessons and Dimon's mystery execs revealed
Happy Friday! At least we have an auto bailout -- some reassurance to end another rough week.
As I've monitored the page views on Postcards (way up this week!), I've noticed a pattern: lots of interest in good news and lessons in leadership -- maybe because this is so hard to come by these days. Thursday's post on Execution dispensed management advice from successful CEOs like IBM's (IBM) Sam Palmisano and MORE
Patricia Sellers - Dec 19, 2008 3:05 PM ET -
The Palin Effect: Here to stay
Sarah Palin changed the game for women and power, and it'll never be the same again. So say a few well-known women -- Arianna Huffington, former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, White House Project president Marie Wilson, and More magazine editor in chief Lesley Jane Seymour -- who met in New York this morning for "The Spin Room: Gender, Politics and Media in the 2008 Election." The lively panel was MORE
Patricia Sellers - Nov 13, 2008 1:44 PM ETPosted in: Arianna Huffington, Barack Obama, blogging, CBS, eBay, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, FORTUNE MPWomen, Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton, Huffington Post, John McCain, Katie Couric, Lesley Jane Seymour, Marie Wilson, Matt Lauer, media, Meg Whitman, More magazine, NBC Today, New York Women in Communications, politics, Postcards, Power Point, presidential race, Sarah Palin, sexism, Spin Room, Valerie Jarrett, Washington, White House Project -
In defense of the expense-account lunch
I went out to lunch today. Really. Even as you've read this week about the slashing and shrinking inside my company, Time Inc. (TWX), and across the magazine industry (even Conde Nast, the proud, privately-held protector of privilege and perks is axing), I have to eat. I have to schmooze. My job depends upon it.
Allow me to defend the expense-account lunch. Here are my rules of (lunchtime) engagement, honed over MORE
Patricia Sellers - Oct 31, 2008 3:56 PM ET -
How to stretch your talent
My Fortune colleague Geoff Colvin reminds us in his Guest Post that the best time to test and stretch your talent is during tough times. Ever since we published Geoff's piece on Postcards yesterday, I've been thinking about this a lot. Last night, at a Bank of America (BAC) dinner at Manhattan's Four Seasons restaurant to benefit the International Women's Media Foundation's Courage in Journalism Awards, I sat with a MORE
Patricia Sellers - Oct 21, 2008 12:28 PM ETPosted in: 60 Minutes, Allen & Co., Anne Finucane, Bank of America, banks, blogging, CBS News, CEOs, Fortune Most Powerful Women list, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, FORTUNE MPWomen, General Electric, Geoff Colvin, Guest Post, Jim McNerney, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, Lelsey Stahl, management, Martha Stewart, Nancy Peretsman, Noeing, Postcards, Power Shift, Sam's Club, Sears, talent, Talent is Overrated, Wal-Mart, Wall Street
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Pattie Sellers has written some of Fortune's most talked-about cover stories, including "Oprah's Next Act," "Can Meg Whitman Save California?" "The $100 Billion Woman" (Melinda Gates), "MySpace Cowboys," Martha Stewart ("I cannot be destroyed"), Ted Turner ("Gone with the Wind") and Oprah Winfrey ("Oprah Inc."). Since its launch in 1998, Pattie has helped oversee Fortune's "Most Powerful Women" cover package.
A specialist at dissecting larger-than-life personalities, she has also profiled former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, Morgan Stanley chairman John Mack, and countless CEOs.
Pattie co-chairs the annual Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, the preeminent gathering of women leaders in business, philanthropy, government, academia, and the arts. She started at Fortune in 1984, covering the big brand companies.
In Pattie's blog, Postcards, she provides insight into the lives of super-achievers through commentary, career advice, and Guest Posts by CEOs and other leaders.
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