Over the past couple of months, I have steadily been working with my mentor, David Bower. Initially, there were some restrictions as to what I could do for the agency, seeing how financially secure everything had to be, and I was primarily restricted to 1 hour conversations about finance towards running operations. However, after several weeks of having my trust earned among administration, I was finally permitted to assist the office with clerical and secretarial work involving clients, and I had an opportunity to see how actual organizations were run.
In a word, precise. Precision is everything in an organization, especially around finances. Everyone has to be on top of every situation and every arising situation there can possibly be - Excuses are not an option. My mentor himself has a very detailed way of arranging meetings and laying out his schedule, being sure to leave room for any complications that may arrive at any given time. To clarify, it's not actually my mentor who schedules his time - It's his secretary.
I have now visited my mentor a number of times, and have earned the trust to sit in on professional presentations and assist the company similar to how an intern would. Admittedly, I sometimes have a bit of trouble comprehending some of the financial and organizational terms thrown out in the open - Mr. David is extremely, extremely knowledgeable. However, in the future, I will be able to assist my mentor in gradually bigger things, and perhaps even work with clients.
I am still figuring out how to add photographs to my experience, though. I think taking pictures of a secure financial office would be frowned upon, in the least...
