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10 years at the top of Triton

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Lorna Fellowes : enthusiasm and experience. Published:  26 May, 2009 SPOTLIGHT: Lorna Fellowes celebrates her anniversary by answering 10 questions about her work, motivation and company. Ms Fellowes has been the managing director of Triton Showers for a decade. Here, she talks about life in the fast lane . Who has been the strongest influence in your working life? Over the years, a host of people from within and outside the industry have influenced my working life, but nobody more so than my sister. She has worked in many parts of the world for GE, a company with world-class standards in business management, so I have often asked her about management techniques and procedures. My sister left GE four years ago and is now on the main board of three of the top 20 Danish quoted companies , as well as two in Stockholm, Sweden; so she still has many tips to pass on and is a great role model . How has running a company shaped your management skills? It has certainly been interesting ...

Shattered! The danger hanging in your bathroom

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I had just finished showering and turned off the water. Soaking wet, I did what millions of Americans do every day -- I reached for my snazzy sliding glass shower door . Seconds later, glass was raining down on me. The door had failed somehow and exploded into a million little pieces. The sound was hideous, something between nails on a chalkboard and a torrential downpour. Only this didn't make me wet, it made me bloody. This was the grisly scene in my bathroom after a shower door exploded on me while I showered. I bled substantially from a wound on my right foot and had to walk on glass to get out. Glass shower doors are a substantial upgrade from old, mold- magnet plastic shower curtains found in many older homes. They look great. They let ambient light into the shower and make the bathroom look larger. If you have fancy tile rimming your tub, they show that off. The aesthetics come with a cost however, as I recently learned the hard way: Glass shower and tub enclosures ca...