A2: Business

In the New York Times, Kristi Mailloux gives a first-person account of her path to becoming president of Ann Arbor-based Molly Maid, after growing up on her family farm: ”I demonstrated management skills early. At 13, I got a job detasseling corn on another farm. The next year, I became a team leader over six other teenagers, and at 15 I was appointed supervisor of a group of 40 other students.” [Source]