July 5, 2011, Christine Lagarde as IMF (International Monetary Fund) new head. This is the IMF was established 66 years ago, the first woman president.
True, the world is impressed by the power of Lagarde. Paris scholarly home birth, she is a women’s school age girls thunder figures, 15-year-old youth by the French Swimming Championships bronze; 17-year-old was living in America scholarship; a year later returned to Paris to study law at the University of Paris X, master’s degree. Year of life in America, so Lagarde benefit, she recalls: “The world opened its doors to me since then.” So, Master’s degree, she did not stay long in France, “where slow productivity and eat lunch, so I could not get momentum. “Her return to the U.S. candidates Baker & McKenzie. By impartially, love and hate, Lagarde became an excellent anti-trust and labor lawyer, just four years, has become Baker&McKenzie global Executive Committee. This is Baker&McKenzie the first woman appointed to the post. Real, true me, the true nature, is the only way of doing things Lagarde life, also made her tough guy heap of wonderful work.
In February 2005, Lagarde de Villepin’s government to accept the invitation back to France, entered the political arena. She served as minister of foreign criticism of the first public speech on the French labor market rigidities, France for her outspoken compatriots surprised, Lagarde said: “I would not Mr. Nice Guy, preferring to pieces.” She is true, just, magnanimous ; fear to hide, afraid of the resistance, do not believe that takes two to tango, committed to economic liberalism into the field of political debate in France. Finally, she succeeded to all the people, “brainwashing”, greatly boosted the French labor market activity, norms and prosperity, so that people eyebrows.
Two years later, Sarkozy reshuffled his cabinet, Lagarde was appointed French finance, economic and professional ministers. Soon, the financial turmoil sweeping the globe, she stood in air, vowed to cry: “I want to help Europe weather the storm.” Many people think that she is in the limelight and win the attention, but I wonder if she mean it, this little Common Sense Rose did her best, and ultimately help a brother country out of the public financial quagmire.
May 9, 2010, the Greek debt crisis escalated, Lagarde only an hour from his office went to Brussels, the first scene. Within half an hour, her to Switzerland, Basel and several other European Central Bank and the IMF a telephone call, and inform the foreign dignitaries … … billions of dollars of aid, such as fresh blood transmission over telephone lines, less than two fourteen hours, she would get all the aid money, and to persuade member states and sixteen euro IMF agreement, announced jointly cope with the Greek crisis. So vigorous and resolute good fight, for all of her thumbs. Election IMF, the British Prime Minister David Cameron stand firmly Lagarde camp, boldly predicted: “This is none other than her non-job.” Her frank and open up the European countries able to become the soul of the master key. She said: “Truth is the most beautiful coat, is the most holy soul of flowers.”
She is like the real life as the first criteria, and even dress is no exception. Is different with her serious, Lagarde was a fashion guru, Armani and Chanel suits, Hermes handbag fans. Once, she wore leather pants and a black leather jacket to participate in the firm’s cocktail party, so that peers shocked. On formal occasions, women lawyers should wear conservative suits, wearing elegant diamond or pearl earrings, which is the legal circles of the “rules.” A colleague said: “I’ve never seen a female lawyer to appear in the company this dress, she is so calm comfortable, confident of their own, and do not dress to please others.” In fact, daily work, Lagarde fear skirt is too short, too brilliant color.
Not long ago, Lagarde in Paris, the famous French newspaper “Le Monde” reporter’s visit. When asked the secret of success, she said without hesitation: “real world needs real.”
(Li Muzi from “Mo wisdom of women,” No. 31 of 2011)