Seems to be a trend
And not meaning to be sexist but when a Company BOD wants to cut staff to the bone and beyond, they seem to hire a Female CEO to do it.
IBM, HP etc have all gone down this route. Perhaps in this case she rebelled and said (in a mock Punch voice) "That's not the way to do it..."
Well, I hope so as all the female bosses I've ever had were pretty good once you got to know them. Plenty of far wose male PHB's still in IT.