"Making money is easy. Working smart for it is the hard part." With that statement, Cheryl Leone with Dave Favor, created Catalyst Group, Inc. in 1999 focusing on small businesses and law firm mentoring. Today the company has five divisions that coverall aspects of personal and professional life changes, development, strategic planning, and integrated marketing. www.catalystway.com.Cheryl is known for her visionary work with law firms and small new businesses. Her high energy keeps her clients motivated to make change. She speaks and writes nationally as Law Firm Coach. She is the author of many articles and presentations that are frequently requested such as Lawyers Are From Mars, Marketing on a Shoe String, The Great Divide, and I Yam What I Yam. Cheryl believes in building profitable firms and businesses that support the owner's personal and professional goals. They offer a free session to qualified individuals called Backyard Dreaming in Raleigh that allows someone who is unsure of which way to go. They can ask questions with no expectation of involving Catalyst. "Sometimes you just need to roll up your blue jeans, grab a glass of Iced Tea, and talk about 'what if'" says Cheryl. "I sometimes think our greatest success stories are those lawyers or business owners who came and visited on the back porch awhile and never hired us."Catalyst is a values based, high performance company. The company has created Catalyst Connect as a way to interact with charitable work or random acts of kindness. The company donates a significant portion of its gross profits to Catalyst Connect for distribution.