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HATTIE: (Voiceover) Vicky is getting ready for a meeting. She'll be the only woman owner in attendance. She needs to arrive early because she's in charge and she wants everything to run smoothly.

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1. Do Business Wherever There Are Men
2. Think Big -- Think Heavy Metal
3. Be Confident and Bold
4. Create Good Work for Women
5. Learn Everything
6. Ask For What You Want
7. Be A Tough Negotiator
8. Participate In A Powerful Group
9. Pay Attention To The Numbers
10. Take Action

VICKY: This is the run down of the agenda.

HATTIE: (Voiceover) She and her colleagues, other Herman Miller dealership owners, gather twice a year from all over the country to share information.

Unidentified Male #3: (Voiceover) We weren't benchmarking each other. We thought that we could share each other's numbers. We were all doing the same things in different cities and by coming together and benchmarking each other we could improve. That was the basis for the whole organization. We wanted to get better.

VICKY: Peter, thank you for all your hard work.

Unidentified Male #3: You know why did an all male group ask Vicky Carlson to be President. Vicky's one of the guys. I mean let's face it. She's one of the guys and one of the good ones.

Unidentified Male #4: And so you draw upon the best talented people you can find and good leaders are developed and I think she brings a great leadership for us.

Unidentified Male #5: Vicky's a very ambitious woman -- person -- and she's worked very hard. She's involved in a lot of community things. You can just see politically she gets herself around.

VICKY: Nice to meet you. Tommy, nice to meet you.

Unidentified Male #6: Good morning Vicky. How are you?

VICKY: I'm great. How are you doing?

Unidentified Male #5: She's a pro. She's good to her employees. They've got a good sense of what that company is and what its mission is. She's good. She's good. You know if she's the president of this thing, she earned her stripes.

VICKY: I think success breeds success. And I think you surround yourself with successful people, you will be successful. And that's what helps me, is an organization like this. It inspires me. It motivates me. And that has been very helpful to our organization.

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