How I faced a tragic loss at my company

The death an employee is a tragedy for any company.

Here Rand Construction CEO Linda Rabbitt talks about her president, Jon Couch, who died last fall when the plane he was piloting crashed near Richmond, Virginia. Couch’s mother, Francis Gene Couch, 72, also died in the crash. Couch, 46, was piloting a T-28C Trojan Navy trainer, a propeller plane, at the Alton, Virginia, speedway.

Rabbitt reluctantly relived the experience, which can still bring her to tears, in hopes it would help other companies… …read more