Dotsie

Interesting question.

It clearly was my father who was my role model in business. It wasn't intentional, but in the seventies when I started working, all the managers and executives were men and many were my father's age, so unconsciously I looked to my Dad. He was a career military man, who worked in the space program after he retired from the Air Force. His lessons were about being smart, tough, fighting for what you believe in and being ethical. He often tried to rid me of my idealism.

When I look back, it was my father who guided my business life, and now that I have retired, I can now emulate my mother, who was kind, supportive, loving and fair minded. It is hard to suppress my tough, aggressive Dad, but every day I relish the chance to be more like my mother, after being like my father for 30 plus years.

Kathy