Cathy Liska is the CEO/Founder of the Center for Coaching Certification. As the Guide from the Side®, she is a sought-after trainer and coach, drawing from her 20 years of experience in business ownership and management. Cathy serves as a Certified Master Coach and certifies others to coach in her ICF-approved program. Her personal mission statement is “People.” Cathy is known for her passion in sharing the insight, experience, positive attitude, and information that empower others to achieve the results they desire.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Cathy’s dad
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Setting all of that up is typically happening when you’re still working so that means you have a job and then after your job you’re spending time putting together the things that it’s going to take for your business, given that I’m doing training it means a lot of content, a lot of resources and tools and everything else is being created behind the scenes”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Little Black Book of Entrepreneurship Book by Fernando Trías de Bes
Favourite Quote:
“Do it because it is the right thing to do, it is important to do and you have the ability to do it”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Mindtools – Use Mind Tools resources to learn more than 2,500 management, leadership and personal effectiveness skills, helping you to be happy and successful at work
- SBA – The Small Business Administration support America small businesses. The SBA connects entrepreneurs with lenders and funding to help them plan, start and grow their business
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Get a coach, get a coach, it really makes a difference, someone who’s going to keep you on track, focussed and intentional about what you’re doing”…[Listen for More]
More About Cathy Liska:
Center for Coaching Certification
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.” Bertrand Russell
Other Quotes From the Chat with Cathy Liska:
- “The difference between people that are successful and people that are not is that the person that is successful took the risk”
- “Expect it, live it, embrace it”
- “Change is a routine”
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