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Cathy Carroll

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Cathy learned about family business leadership the best way you can – by leading her family business. After a twenty-year corporate career, she led her father’s business and instantly recognized a difference between leadership in a family business vs leadership in a large corporation.

Cathy Carroll is a family business leadership coach and author of Hug of War: How to Lead a Family Business With both Love and Logic.. She founded http://www.LegacyOnward.com to help family business leaders thrive.

Cathy earned certificates in both Leadership Coaching and Executive Facilitation at Georgetown University, an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a BA at Boston College. She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) in ...more

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Swinging to Extremes? Don’t Find the Midpoint. Seek the Both/And.

Catherine swung from one extreme to another, then decided to "find the midpoint." I challenged her to "seek the both/and."

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The Diamond Approach: An Introduction to the Teachings of A. H. Almaas

by John Davis

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The Leadership Evolution: Become a More Effective Leader

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united in Flow: the art of living in joy

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