A Fine Line: Running a Business and Balancing Abilities for others in the food business for (Editor’s note: After working eight years, Laura Kolb began managing facilities in OOD’s Business Enterprise (BE) Program in 2004. Here are some thoughts she has as a business owner and also as someone who believes in coaching employees facing different barriers along the road.) an employee, I was able to see how other visually “When I was impaired people accomplished tasks that a sighted person might Kolb comes down to being extra diligent do differently,” recalls. “It and organized, and a skill I learned from other visually that’s impaired business owners. I a better type of feel like there isn’t person to work with people with disabilities than another person who has a disability.” For the last two years, Kolb has managed a fast-paced cafeteria at Rhodes State Office of Columbus’ 41-story Tower. “Regardless working with to maintain a what level you’re people, it’s important positive attitude and never give up on anyone, even if it means that not the right person to work with that she you’re person,” explains regarding the stress of to be personnel issues. “You want a fine line, though. A lot of people are compassionate. There’s depending on me to make a profit from my business, to get equipment, to pay employees, to run our whole program even the staff of Business Enterprise. A lot of other people are counting on us.” Several interns taking a second senior year at the Ohio State School for the Blind work in cafeteria four half days a week. Kolb’s Kolb explains to job coaches what needs to be accomplished,
A Fine Line: Running a Business and Balancing Abilities (Editor’s note: After working for others in the food business for eight years, Laura Kolb began managing facilities in OOD’s Business Enterprise (BE) Program in 2004. Here are some thoughts she has as a business owner and also as someone who believes in coaching employees facing different barriers along the road.) “When I was an employee, I was able to see how other visually impaired people accomplished tasks that a sighted person might do differently,” Kolb recalls. “It comes down to being extra diligent and organized, and that’s a skill I learned from other visually impaired business owners. I feel like there isn’t a better type of person to work with people with disabilities than another person who has a disability.” For the last two years, Kolb has managed a fast-paced cafeteria at Columbus’ 41-story Rhodes State Office Tower. “Regardless of what level you’re working with people, it’s important to maintain a positive attitude and never give up on anyone, even if it means that you’re not the right person to work with that person,” she explains regarding the stress of personnel issues. “You want to be compassionate. There’s a fine line, though. A lot of people are depending on me to make a profit from my business, to get equipment, to pay employees, to run our whole program even the staff of Business Enterprise. A lot of other people are counting on us.” Several interns taking a second senior year at the Ohio State School for the Blind work in Kolb’s cafeteria four half days a week. Kolb explains to job coaches what needs to be accomplished,
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