Setting Expectations with Employees
How to set and manage expectations as a leader or small business owner. Over the Summer Holidays (which is normally 6 weeks over Christmas in Australia), I’d often play board games with my two sisters….
Micromanagement examples to stop doing (and how)
Be a better leader and motivate your team by NOT micromanaging. As a leader, you’re juggling your own stuff, plus overseeing a team with all their stuff too! It’s a big challenge to keep everyone…
How to decide the best team structure for your business: Employee vs Contractor
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…
Avoid these 10 hiring mistakes
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…
The blame game
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…
What’s the difference between Reacting and Responding to conflict?
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…
Why staying small is the next big thing for BUSINESS…
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…
My 9 Top Leadership books
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…
How does fear control us?
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…
How do you change someone’s mind?
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…