>> this is about building the new hp way. >> while a huge number of people lost jobs it's since been hailed by some as a success. in 2005 hp fired her after she and directors disagreed about corporate strategy. the next year she would release a bestselling memoir and later she emerged as an economic adviser for john mccain's presidential campaign. >> i think leadership is not about position. it is not about power. it is not about title. leadership is about character. and this is a man who has demonstrated character over and over andver again. >> mccain didn't win and fiorina's disappointment turned to heartbreak. in february 2009 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. undergoing a double mastectomy and treatment which caused her to lose her hair. and then in october, devastation. as her beloved stepdaughter lori died at just 35 years old. at the time fiorina was about to launch her first political