This story happened while I was in college, when I was 20 or 21 years old.
I was hired in to a management training program for a large bank in L.A. For my first rotation I was to spend time in the branch network, and my mentor would be a senior regional manager I’ll call Lynne.
Lynne was a single woman in her early- to mid-30s. She was aggressive and smart, and did not hide her intentions to rise to executive management. She was also very attractive, which did not hurt in a bank where nearly the entire executive team was male. She was about 5’8”, slim, and wore her blonde hair in a tight bun. She wore tailored skirts that made the most of her fit figure, and heels that probably cost more than I made in a week. In my opinion, this all combined to make her a bit intimidating, which was probably the goal.