A dream job for a bold leader.

• Author: Himsel, Deborrah
• Position: THOUGHT LEADERSHIP - Beauty Queen - Book review

From Beauty Queen by Deborrah Hi ruse!. Copyright [c]2014 by the author. Published by Pa/grave Macmillan (www.palgrave.corn).

SOME NEWLY MINTED CEOs step into the role with caution and moderation; they don't want to make a huge mistake right off the bat. In the spotlight for perhaps the first time, they are hesitant to take risks until they've figured out the lay of the land.

Andrea Jung had more reason than most to take it slowly. At the time of her appointment, only three other Fortune 500 companies had female CEOs. As strange as it may seem now, in 1999 the jury was still out as to whether a woman could be the successful head of a major corporation. Jill Barad was struggling at Mattel, as was Carly Fiorina at Hewlett Packard.

As the first female head of the "company for women," Andrea was under tremendous scrutiny. But she was not a slow and careful leader. She was bold and willirq to take reasonable risks, and from the moment she assumed the top job at...