What entrepreneurs should consider when hiring employees vs contractors. You’ve been doing “all the things” in your business—by yourself. While you’re proud of what you’ve created, you’d like to scale and grow. And where’s that…

Today's topic is all about whether you should hire employees or contractors. It is a topic that is both suitable for people that work within a business in a leadership role, looking at expanding the team, and also for people that own their own business and looking at how to expand the team….

As we head into the December season a lot of people are thinking about how much work has to be done before the end of the year and also thinking about holidays. But mostly my clients tell me they are thinking about how to keep their team or business running, while spending some time with family and friends. It’s not too late to delegate!

Do you know something that isn’t a good use of your time, but unsure when you should be delegating it? What is the tipping point to know if you should be doing a task or delegating it to your team or contractor…

What would your life look like if you were competent at delegating? You come into work every day and the team is already working on the project and giving you updates instead of you feeling like you have to chase or check in with them…

Don’t make these common mistakes when hiring staff for your small business. Maybe you’ve already hired your first team member. Or you’re still going solo and completely fried from burning the midnight oil—all day, every…

If you can't delegate effectively, you can never expand your productivity beyond the work that you can personally deliver. Delegation might seem like a no brainer, but there are 5 common things that stop us from effectively delegating…

When something goes wrong, is your first thought “who’s fault is this?”. Now on the surface, this makes complete sense. Once you find out whose fault it is, you can fix it. It might feel like you are gaining control by blaming somebody else or working out whose fault it is…

When something goes wrong, is your first response to want to know whose fault it is? Now on the surface, this makes complete sense. Once you find out whose fault it is, you can fix it…

Imagine this: Your phone rings. It’s a client you’ve been working with on a really big project. The person on the other end is furious. They cannot believe the work that you’ve done has not…

Imagine this: your phone rings. It's a client you've been working with on a really big project. The person on the other end is furious. They cannot believe the work that you've done has not hit the mark of what was agreed, and the impact that is now having on their clients and their work is astronomical…

Everyone is always on the lookout for the Next Big Thing. Today I wanted to share about a book called Company of One by Paul Jarvis. It is a book all about why staying small is…

If you’ve been following along for a little while, you’ll know that I am an avid reader. I’m often asked what are my favourite leadership books. And through curating this list, I realized that there…

Everyone is always on the lookout for the Next Big Thing. Today's podcast is about a book called Company Of One by Paul Jarvis. It is a book all about why staying small is the next big thing for business…

I am asked so often what my favorite leadership books are that I decided to create a list. Today I share my list, and the three different categories that leadership books fall under - Leading Self, Leading People, and Leading Organizations or Cultures…

What was your New Year’s Resolution? Are you still working on it, or perhaps it’s been abandoned with a little mental note to think “I’ll try again next year”. A sabotaged New Year’s resolution that…

What was your New Year's Resolution? Are you still working on it, or perhaps it's been abandoned with a little mental note to think "I'll try again next year". We all do a bit of self-sabotage, but when does it start to cause havoc in your work and personal life? In this episode, learn what self sabotage is, why we do it, and how to take action towards change…

Today I wanted to share a little story about swimming with whales. And in true Kate style, this story leads me to share a tip that you can apply to your life and to your work…

If you’re a leader, it’s likely that not everyone you work with will agree with your decisions. And that is okay. (In fact, if everyone does agree with your decisions, I would challenge you to consider that you…

In today's episode, I'll be sharing "how fear controls us" through a story about swimming with whales. Tune in for your one tip that you can apply to your life and to your work straight away about how to be able to better control fears and emotions that pop up for you…