In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan speaks with Cara Macklin, an entrepreneur coach based in Belfast, North Ireland. She scaled their family business within the 20 years she stayed there, disrupting the healthcare industry with a world-class concept, before starting her own coaching practice helping next-generation leaders.

She talks about scaling their business to 700 employees and taking on various roles over the years to rise to meet the needs of the business. Now coaching next-generation leaders, Cara shares how she balances legacy and innovation and changes the idea that a succession is simply a one-off event.

Cara also gives the perspectives of older generations who are apprehensive about disruptive successors. Now that the business has grown, there is much more to lose than when it first started. Cara also discusses Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and how this is THE way to scale sustainably.

HIGHLIGHT QUOTES

CARA: Innovation cannot come at the cost of legacy and values

"The other thing that I'm very very passionate about, very strong with is the legacy and the values and the foundations of a business cannot be destroyed in innovation. I know you talk with this new book, a family and their business really needs to identify their core and their core values, so we look at that."

CARA: Changing the paradigm that a succession is a one-off event

"I think a big mistake we're all making is succession as a one-off, it's handed over whereas, to me, there are lots of different ways to do this. One example I gave a family is you can still keep control of you, a disruptive successor, is there a way that you can invest in something with them and let them go off and do something."

Connect with Cara through the following links:

LinkedIn  | Website

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