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It was a completely unexpected meeting in UEFA. As many times before Caroline waited us,  she was smiled and beautiful, decided to present us something new. This time, it was a program of learning development. Perhaps this is closest to Caroline, because, like some of us, she is aware that without constant learning there is no progress. She acted similar during her studies. What fascinates me with is the idea I have seen only in a few Swiss people, which is to continue living and work after schooling in foreign countries with the aim of gaining experience and improving the language. Obviously, the experience helped her to survive in one of the best sports organizations, and contribute to the creation of an antidoping system along with Marc Vouillamoz. If I should describe her success in one word after all these years, then that’s calmness. Of course, there were turbulence, different approaches, but Caroline overcame it by working and not confronting it. And not only that, she gave the life to three babies, which for me has always been the enigma, because of the short maternity leave in Switzerland. Perhaps the answer is in her funny explanation, and this is the male principle means that she is always concentrated on what she does, because as men at work rarely think about the problems in the home, she managed with good organization and dedication to both, home and family, to succeed and to make such a balance that enabled her to achieve everything. At the meeting we solved the test that showed us our communication style. Caroline was a driver, and these are the most often group leaders who value job performance. Drivers are able to be decisive, competitive, and support others. I believe that Carolina will drive our cars for a long time in her red shoes, and that we will continue to have excellent results.

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Bio je to potpuno neočekivani sastanak u UEFA. Po ko zna koji put nas je dočekala Karolin, nasmejena i lepa, rešena da nam predstavi nešto novo. Ovoga puta bio je to program learing development-a. Možda je Karolin ovo i najbliže, jer je kao i nekolicina od nas svesna da bez stalnog učenja nema napretka. Tako se ponašala i tokom svog studiranja. Ono što me kod nje fascinira je ideja koju sam video samo kod nekolicine Švajcaraca, a to je da život i rad nakon školovanja nastavi u stranim zemljama sa ciljem sticanja iskustva i unapređenja jezika. Očigledno da joj je stečeno iskustvo pomoglo da opstane u jednoj od najboljih sportskih organizacija, odnosno da doprinese stvaranju antidoping sistema zajedno sa Markom Vilijamoom. Ako bi njen uspeh trebalo da opišem jednom rečju nakon svih ovih godina onda je to smirenost. Naravno da je bilo turbulencija, različitih pristupa, ali Karolin je to sve prevazišla radom i ne konfrontiranjem. I ne samo to rodila je troje dece, što je za mene uvek bila enigma kako, s obzirom na kratko porodiljsko odsustvo u Švajcarskoj. Možda je odgovor u njenom šaljivom objašnjenju, a to je kako kaže muški princip da je uvek koncentrisana na ono što radi, jer baš kao  što muškarci na poslu retko misle na probleme u kući, tako je ona dobrom organizacijom i posvećenosti i kući i porodici uspela da napravi takav balans koji joj je omogućio da postigne sve. Na sastanku smo rešavali test koji nam je pokazao koji  je naš komunikacioni stil. Karolin je bila driver, a to su najčešće lideri grupe koji vrednuju obavljanje posla. Vozači su sposobni da budu odlučni, konkurentni, i da podrže druge. Verujem da će Karolin još dugo upravljati našim kolima u svojim crvenim cipelicama, a da ćemo mi uspeti da i dalje imamo odlične rezultate.