-: You know, I love the fact that no day is the same.
And the challenges of this job
and the challenges within the team management,
and so forth,
and I don't think challenges are negative,
I think that those are the things
that I enjoy definitely the most.
And when the student committee
brings together an idea,
whether it be from Virginia Tech,
or James Madison, or UVA,
it's neat to sort of flush that through,
based off my experience here at Virginia Tech
serving on the ring design committee,
and being on this side of the fence now.
It's neat because you can actually see
from their perspective what they're trying to do,
and now I see from the corporate perspective
what we can and cannot do. (laughing)
So, it's neat.
I would say the biggest challenge
is to make sure that I'm constantly cognizant
in respecting the leadership and the influence
of their direct supervisors, if you will.
Making sure that I empower the regional manager
in such a way that he can easily make
those types of decisions, and I also will support him.
Same thing with the territory associates,
because they have by far the most contact
when it comes to tabling and scheduling
and expense reports and sort of the admin
of the territory,
working directly with the promotion specialist,
the part-timer,
making sure that they feel empowered
and that each of those ladies can make those decisions
and that they know that I will stand behind them.
And so it's interesting because they are
significantly older than I.
All four of those people are.
And it's been a challenge over the past two years,
but it's been a great challenge.