On today's Satellite Sisters, I have a tale of corporate governance to tell.  I was the subject of a story in the Wall Street Journal this week based on my resignation in protest from the Board of Directors of a publicly-traded company.  Please listen to the whole conversation with Julie, Lian and me.  I promise it has a a few laughs along the way, like the sound effects I make of my head exploding. 

I resigned from the board of Quicksilver because my fellow directors left me out of their conversations about firing one CEO and appointing another CEO.

Hiring and firing the CEO is the most important job of a corporate director.

Because I had a previous professional relationship with the (now-former) CEO, the board assumed they knew how I would have voted based on a biased assumption that I'd vote to keep my "friend. " Because that's what girls do, right??  Make emotional decisions about friends instead of strategic decisions based on business facts?

They said to me "we thought you would be too conflicted." What?  Too conflicted to carry out my duties as a director?  Too conflicted to act in the best interests of the shareholders?  Thanks for the vote of confidence, guys.

The second more critical issue is that instead of letting my voice be heard, and simply outvoting me, they chose to SILENCE me.

I learned an important lesson here.   Even when you have earned a seat at the table, they can put you in a soundproof booth.

The third issue is that the four directors I spoke to personally after the fact all reinforced the idea that "it was very important that the CEO not know in advance what was happening."  These four fellow directors were completely unselfconscious about saying this to my face.

In other words, girls can't keep a secret.

To several of them I actually said "Do you even hear yourself??"

What I wanted my fellow directors to hear from me when I spoke to them one-on-one was this:

Some directors are not more equal than other directors.

I was elected to the board because I am a very accomplished global marketer, which is what Quiksilver needed, not because I was Andy's friend.  I wish you had seen me as a accomplished professional, as your peer.  You did not.

I believe the assumptions about me were the result of an unconscious gender bias (girls can't make tough calls, girls can't keep secrets, girls won't speak out when we marginalize them). I do not believe that a male former colleague of the CEO would have been marginalized in the same way. I also do not believe that I would have been treated this way if there were other women on that board.

I know that women are underrepresented on corporate boards of publicly-traded companies.  I was proud to be one of them. I am disappointed that I could not continue.  I decided that I could not continue to serve on the board because the rest of the board clearly did not trust or respect me.  Because of this breach, I could not rebuild my trust in them.

On today's Satellite Sisters, we also cover some other subjects:

Lian has an astronomy report.  Are you familiar with the behavior or Pluto's moons? They tumble and wobble chaotically in space.  Sound like your life?? Ours, too!

Julie has a royalty reports.  She salutes Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah, French Open and 20 time Grand Slam Winner Serena Williams and, of course, Prince George and Prince Charlotte just for being so dang adorable.

To listen to more Satellite Sisters shows, go here.  For a previous discussion between Lian and Liz specifically on the subject of the importance of women speaking up in the workplace, go to our March 29 show.  It develops many of the themes we pick up today.

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Julie and Lian Dolan on the Tuesday podcast. 

The Outlander Season 1 Finale: For one Satellite Sister, it was all too much. Gobsmacked is not a strong enough word. What did you think of this controversial episode? Our Outlander re-cap takes a shocking turn.

 

Plus:

Caitlyn Jenner: Our first impressions about the revolutionary Vanity Fair cover. 

Men Adrift: The Economist's cover story about just how far men are failing behind in Western educted countries. What are the solutions to solving the Men Crisis, unemployed, uninvolved in family life and socially adrift. Read the story here. 

The Locks are off: Romantic Gesture? Or Vandalism? Julie and Lian discuss the locks on various bridges around the world. Find the No Love Locks website here. 

Mandatory Community Service, Pros and Cons. Well, mainly just cons from Lian

Whole Foods meets Stand-up Comedy. What could be better for Enetertaining Sheila. 

Add a little Scandanavian into your life. And we're not talking meatballs! 

Plus, More Triscuits! We discuss more flavors, lian test tastes the Balsamic Vinegar & basil flavor. Plus, another riduculous recipe! Thanks, Triscuit. You're more than a cracker. 

 

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Listen to Lian Dolan interviewed on Reading with Robin on Friday afternoon at 4:30 EST. Find the podcast and live streaming information here. Robin has lots of great interview with writers. happy to be on her list. http://readingwithrobin.com

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On today's Satellite Sisters show, Julie buys and unbuys a house. What? Wait. Why? Blame it on the hatch. And no, this is not an episode of LOST.

Monica has good news for Julie about parallel parking. No need to ever learn. Monica also has good news for Liz about an unstainable shirt. It's a potential lifesaver for Liz, a lifelong stainer.

Liz has a terrifying tale of her ferocious Ferris trapping an unsuspecting painter in her bedroom. Sorry, Steve. It's not the first time Liz has gotten a message at work about a wild animal in her home. Who remembers the tale of the raccoon enjoying life on her living couch?

Julie has a movie quiz for the sisters about the new movie Aloha. Despite what you've heard on Rotten Tomatoes,  Julie enthusiastically endorses Aloha.  She calls it  "pleasant" and ""it's not going to kill you." Really makes you want to run right out and buys your tickets, right? Julie's attitude:   A fine movie to see in Texas during a 300 year storm. 

Breaking news on Triscuits, people.  Have you heard about Martha Stewart's new flavor?  It's all part of a "celebrity Triscuit" effort.  We've got some ideas about Satellite Sisters triscuits, including Monica's completely breakthrough flavor idea.  So new we can't even write it here.  You have to listen. We are not in business with Triscuits in any way, but we are longtime lovers of the savory cracker.

Other items:

Mindy Kaling is going to have her own Satellite Sister on The Mindy Project this year.  Yeah. Congratulations, Sister.

Paul McCartney has changed his policy on pot.  Thanks, grandpa.

Don't forget to watch the Women's World Cup that starts Saturday June 6.

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Julie Dolan and Lian Dolan on the Tuesdya Satellite Sister Podcast.

 

Julie has more tips for Machu Picchu. Plus, Yosemite, Appalachian Trail and Mt. Kilamanjaro 

The End of High School: One parent is thrilled to no longer be a school parent. Read Joe Queenan's piece in the Wall Street Journal called School's Out Forever  Are you happy your school daze are over? 

Poor Little Rich Wibes  One athropologist's look at the women of the Upper East Side. We discuss the lives of these modern women and whether or not the "wife bonus' is a real thing. Read the article here by Wednesday Martin.  

 

Food trends: 

Chefs want you to eat every, even the cauliflour core

The Doritos Effect  Why junk food is like heroin. Read about the book here. 

 

Vermont Country Store:

Lemon Up and Snoopy Pajamas. Whaaaat? Yes, only at the store that time forgot. Find the link to Lemon Up here. 

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Julie Dolan, Liz Dolan and Lian Dolan on the show this Memorial Day Weekend. A special show as we remember our cousin Anne. 

Plus, Julie's trip to Macchu Pichu: 7 Highlights of Machu Picchu and Peru

Lian tells us about the importance of Awe in our lives. Can experiencing awe make us better people? Yes it can, according to Social Scientists. Read the article from the New York Times here. 

Liz has been watching TV all week for work and she gives each Satellite Sister a recommendation for the Fall TV Season: Oil, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Family. 

Medical Update from Liz! Why is her eye-twitching? She'll tell us. 

Lian has a toast moment, thanks to Pepperidge Fram Cinnamon Swirl

 

Plus, we say goodbye to our beautiful cousin Anne. 

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Satellite Sisters WordWrite Festival 2015 author interview with writer Eleni N. Gage about her latest novel ,The Ladies of Managua. 

 

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When Maria Vazquez returns to Nicaragua for her beloved grandfather's funeral, she brings with her a mysterious package from her grandmother's past--and a secret of her own. And she also carries the burden of her tense relationship with her mother Ninexin, once a storied revolutionary, now a tireless government employee. Between Maria and Ninexin lies a chasm created by the death of Maria's father, who was killed during the revolution when Maria was an infant, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother Isabela as Ninexin worked to build the new Nicaragua. As Ninexin tries to reach her daughter, and Maria wrestles with her expectations for her romance with an older man, Isabela, the mourning widow, is lost in memories of attending boarding school in 1950's New Orleans, where she loved and lost almost sixty years ago. When the three women come together to bid farewell to the man who anchored their family, they are forced to confront their complicated, passionate relationships with each other and with their country--and to reveal the secrets that each of them have worked to conceal. 

Lushly evocative of Nicaragua, its tumultuous history, and vibrant present, Eleni N. Gage's The Ladies of Managua brings you into the lives of three strong and magnetic women, as they uncover the ramifications of the choices they made in their pasts and begin to understand the ways in which love can shape their futures.

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The Satellite Sisters author interview series, the Word Write Festival 2015, continues with novelist Elyssa Friendland talking about her book Love and Miss Communication, a modern rom-com about digital detox

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Synopsis

Evie Rosen has had enough. She’s tired of the partners at her law firm e-mailing her at all hours of the night. The thought of another online date makes her break out in a cold sweat. She’s over the clever hashtags and the endless selfies. So when her career hits a surprising roadblock and her heart is crushed by Facebook, Evie decides it’s time to put down her smartphone for good. (Beats stowing it in her underwear—she’s done that too!)

And that’s when she discovers a fresh start for real conversations, fewer distractions, and living in the moment, even if the moments are heartbreakingly difficult. Babies are born; marriages teeter; friendships are tested. Evie just may find love and a new direction when she least expects it, but she also learns that just because you unplug your phone doesn’t mean you can unplug from life.

 

Host and author Lian Dolan and guest Elyssa Friedman talk about love in the time of social media what it's like to bring our a first novel and what all lawyers seem to want to be writers. 

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On today's podcast, Liz, Monica and Lian offer a Satellite Sisters Fall TV Preview, an App review and more news of the Snoopy comeback.

Lian steps in for Urban Nana this weekend and hosts Julie's son, daughter-in-law and baby Josephine.  But first there's some babyproofing to be done and some Martha Stewart guest room standards to be applied.  It's all starts with the floors.

Liz describes what she's up to this week - "the best week of the year on my job" means she just sits around and watches TV all week.  Yes, people actually do that for a living but not usually her.  She's happy to report that the new Rob Lowe/Fred Savage comedy The Grinder is hee-larious and kinda heartwarming.  She also got to meet Snoopy, who is hard at work on his new Peanuts movie for the end of the year.  Lian was not kidding on Tuesday's show.  The beagle's on a major comeback trail.

In other media news, major Satellite Sisters congratulations to Pitch Perfect 2, for being the #1 movie of the weekend.  The actual words in the Wall Street Journal headline are PITCH PERFECT 2 TROUNCES ITS COMPETITION .  Take that, Mad Max.   And kudos to Mindy Kaling and The Mindy Project for moving to Hulu.  We'll be there for you, sister. Glad we could save your show.  That's what sisters are for.  

Monica announces that Uber has finally come to Portland, Oregon.  Now she wants to know how it actually works.  Plus, she's got questions about some other new apps including Airpnp, which Lian and Liz agree sounds awful for all involved.

Good health news:  even walking for two minutes during your work day is good for you, so Monica's on it.

Bad health news: Are twitchy eyelids a medical thing, a stress thing or not a thing at all? Liz needs to know. Does it have anything to do with this news about stress?

On the Satellite Sisters Facebook group, there are discussions about skorts - both pro and con.

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On today's Satellite Sisters,  Liz, Sheila and Monica start and finish with Mother's Day wishes, first for all the mothers in the Satellite Sisterhood and last for our niece and Satellite Sister Next Gen Meghan who will become a mom for the first time next month.

In other news, Monica files a complete trip report on her beachfront bargain hunt on Annamaria Island in Florida.  Let Monica be your personal Trip Advisor.  Sounds like it was a total winner plus it allowed her to hone an important skill to land the perfect rental.  Negotiation. That's  a first for her. She's also got some Portland food trends to share:  Hams (yes) and Crickets (no). 

Sheila checks out the new sushi place in South Pasadena with less success, but she did hear about a couple of made-for-TV characters Rufus and Lucas.  Or at least that's what she thought she heard over the din of the train.

Liz wants to get everyone on the Save Mindy bandwagon.  Minday Kaling is a longtime fave.  We can do it, sisters! Liz also envisions a crossover Satellite Sisters episode for the fall.  Mindy's got a new book coming out in September.  Ours comes out in October.  We are thinking joint tour!  Or at least a little Mondy visit to the show.  Yes! It's fate.

Liz also recruits some help in the dream interpretation area.  She does not understand a recent dream but is super glad that Don Cheadle is her new boyfriend.  

Thanks to Betty for posting this great story about growing old with your friends on our Facebook group.  Tiny House movement meets Satellite Sisters movement.  We are in.

More thanks to Karen for her post about a major post office fail.  But how were they to know the difference between Austria and Australia??

And do you want the backstory about the best little gelato place in Bend, Oregon?  Bonta Gelato.  Yes, you do, people, because it's part travel adventure, part love story, part agriculture heart and all Oregon soul.  Just one of the many reasons the Sarellite Sisters love Bend.  

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Julie Dolan, Sheila Dolan and Lian Dolan on this week's Sunday podcast, tackling the world one cup of (bulletproof) coffee at a time. 

 

Royal Baby- The New Princess! The Post-baby Photos! The Grandparents' War and The Baby Name Guessing. A full report from Julie Dolan's Royal Desk

Wedding Trends: From the New York Times. Who doesn't want to run a 10k before somebody else's wedding? Forget the Rice, Bring teh Sneakers from the NYT.

Machu Picchu- Julie leaves in a few weeks and asks the question: Should I eat Guinea Pig? 

Thanks, Millennials: This time, the MIllennials make Fast Food Better! 

Plus, Saving Seats at EventsWhat's the proper etiquette for saving seats at big events? Julie discusses and incident

Sheila introduces a new segment: The Post Office-- Fight or Flight? If you've ever had a migraine atthe Post Office, Then this segment is for you. 

Greek Yogurt at Home

Montage of Heck-- the Kurt Cobain doc premiere's on HBO. 

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