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Katherine and Kathi first started working together in 1989. At the time Kathi was a management consultant who focused on solving business problems. It didn't take long for her to noltice that the problems she was hired to solve didn't go away because the real problems were with the individuals who hired her. There were sales people who said they made 10 calls a day, but couldn't pick up the phone, a business owner who had a mean bookkeeper but couldn't seem to fire him, and an HR manager who needed an assistant desperately but couldn't hire one for herself. These people needed to overcome obstacles that were inside themselves, not their companies.

So Kathi began running various business scenarios by her friend Katherine, a psychotherapist. And Katherine was able to provide psychological explanations for these difficulties. Soon after, the two began solving business problems with a combination of psychological tactics and business strategies. Over the years they've develolped a number of techniques to help people accomplish their business goals while navigating the psychological challenges of working with others. And the rest is, as they say, history!

Kathi Elster is a former sales executive and nationally recognized business strategist. She specializes in the outside issues involved in business building. Kathi’s expertise covers most HR issues including hiring, firing and management training. Kathi unhooks physically by going to Curves gym four times a week whether she likes it or not!

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Katherine Crowley is a Harvard-trained psychotherapist. Her expertise concerns the inside of business; the psychological and interpersonal challenges involved with people working together. Katherine provides counseling and consulting to help individuals navigate the emotional highs and lows at work. Katherine has a variety of ways to physically unhook - she does funky aerobics, meditates and walks all over New York City.

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Together, they’ve developed a method for dealing with difficult people and challenging conditions at work that transforms the way businesses uncover and resolve their greatest interpersonal dilemmas. Their company, K Squared Enterprises, has assisted individuals at every level of employment – from executives to managers to frontline employees. They’ve worked with a wide range of companies as evidenced by their client list.

Kathi's Favorite Books

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (A Leadership Fable)
by Patrick Lencioni

• The 12 Bad Habits that Hold Good People Back
by James Waldroop, Ph.D. and Timonthy Butler, Ph.D.

• The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling
by James Hillman

• The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.

• The Dip by Seth Godin

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

• Small is the New Big by Seth Godin

• Good to Great by Jim Collins

• The Levity Effect: Why It Pays to Lighten Up by Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher

Katherine's Favorite Books

• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler, Ron McMillan

• The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner

• Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton

• How to Heal Depression by Harold H. Bloomfield, Peter McWilliams

• Loving the Self-Absorbed by Nina W. Brown, Wendy Millstine (Editor), Tracy Marie Carlson

• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

• Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras

• How to Get out of Debt, Stay out of Debt and Live Prosperously by Jerrold J. Mundis

• Money Drunk/Money Sober: 90 Days to Financial Freedom by Mark Bryan, Julia Cameron

• The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck

• The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

• The Power of Nice by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval

• The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle