Tiffany Poole holds a personal credo of paying it forward.“My favorite task is mentorship and empowerment of employees,” says Poole, supervising environmental chemist for the Industrial Waste Analytical Laboratories at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.“I feel like when people can rest in their authority, they produce better. They’re eager, they’re outgoing. They want to do a good job when they know that what they’re bringing to the table is evaluated, is accepted, is honored. It just makes for a better work environment.”Her current role, which she assumed in May 2020, is just the latest step in a
