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Cathy Carroll shares on Conflict Management and Hug of War
About: 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.
Founder and President of Legacy Onward, Inc., 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.
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 the ICF.
An active member of the community, Cathy currently serves as Vice-Chair the Board of the Purposeful Planning Institute and co-founder & Treasurer of A Leg To Stand On which provides prosthetic limbs to children in developing countries.
Should you fire your deadweight brother-in-law or comply with your mom’s pleas to give him a raise?
Should you pay all your kids the same, or based on the market? These are the questions family business leaders confront due to the opposing expectations of the family and the business.
Hug of War offers new a path forward. When the competing impulses of the family mindset and the
business mindset are embraced as a polarity, leaders transcend either-or thinking and craft better solutions that embrace the best of both mindsets.
With stories that take you into the hearts and heads of real-life family business leaders, Hug of War offers a bridge to greater harmony in your family, greater clarity in your mind, and greater peace in your heart.
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