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About Allyson Ward
Best-selling author, speaker and accomplished executive coach, Allyson Ward helps you harness the skills to become a stronger more confident manager, leader and parent all while removing the stress associated with balancing business and family life.
As a single mother of two daughters for many years she harnesses her own experience combined with real stories from her clients. She explains concepts simply guiding her clients to increased confidence, balance and success.
Allyson has a B.A in Economics from Boston College and an M.B.A from The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She completed her coaching training with Coaches Training Institute. She is committed to ongoing education and invests a minimum of four weeks annually at leadership and development workshops.
For 20 years Allyson led large teams in marketing and sales at IBM. Additionally, she spends 5 weeks each year supporting participants at Tony Robbins events. She is a featured in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time to Thrive and is the best-selling author of Please Don't Come Home (Except for a Visit): A Field Guide to Creating Independent Adults.
Allyson lives in Maryland with her husband, Jose, daughter and their two Labradoodles. Allyson’s eldest daughter is an honor student attending Spelman College.