Your approach reminds me so much of my father's employee relations. He managed a family department store for more than fifty years in Mississippi. He knew his employees and cared for them. He helped them through the Great Depression and World War Two. I couldn't guess how many employee family funerals he attended. Even today, decades later, I hear how beloved he was as the company president.

Thanks for this wonderful article, which reminded me of the man I admire most.