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How to Lead with Kate Waterfall Hill

How to Lead with Kate Waterfall Hill

Kate Waterfall Hill 74 Episodes Jul 2, 2026

How to Lead is a podcast for CEOs, founders, and business leaders who want to balance authority with empathy. Host Kate Waterfall Hill, a leadership coach and author, shares actionable tips and habits to ease people management. Each episode features a "what not to do" moment from her alter ego Linda, followed by practical leadership insights. The show also offers video episodes on YouTube and complements her book, How to Lead.

Episodes

The Danger of Back-to-Back Meetings Jul 2, 2026 10:50 In this latest episode, Kate explains how nonstop meetings crowd out strategic thinking, leaving leaders reactive, exhausted, and “behind” despite being fully booked. A leader’s job is to spot patterns, join dots, see risks early, and make considered commercial and cultural decisions - all requiring real mental space. Never having time to think means teams drift and leaders stay permanently reacti
If You’ve Said It Three Times and It’s Still Not Happening Jun 18, 2026 12:13 In the final episode of this three-part mini series, on why it still all comes back to you, Kate explores how to fix situations where you’ve repeated expectations multiple times and nothing changes. She argues the issue is usually not just communication, and offers a diagnostic lens: is it a clarity problem, a capability gap, or a consequence problem. With a practical weekly reset.Episode Highligh
Why Your Team is Waiting to be Told What to do Jun 4, 2026 15:21 In part two of a three-part miniseries on why it still all comes back to you, Kate explores why teams often wait to be told what to do, and how leaders are inadvertently reinforcing the pattern. She outlines the cost of centralised judgment - leaders becoming the organisation’s bottleneck - and offers three shifts to build ownership while protecting quality.Episode Highlights:00:00 Why Teams Wait0
Why You’re Still Doing Everything Yourself May 21, 2026 08:02 Why leaders with capable teams still end up doing everything themselves, the first episode in a three-part How to Lead mini-series. This episode, Kate explores a common pattern: leaders delegate but keep stepping back in to tweak work that’s “not quite right”. Each time you quietly redo work, you stay busy, your team improves more slowly, and ownership never leaves you, which teaches the team to h
How to Disagree Without Damaging the Relationship May 7, 2026 11:07 How leaders can disagree without harming relationships. In today's episode, Kate discusses how disagreement doesn’t damage trust by itself; trust erodes when leaders defend their identity and authority instead of examining the idea. Strong leaders separate the person, position, and problem, use steady phrases to keep focus on thinking, and avoid both dominance and conflict avoidance that leads to
How to Handle Attitude Issues Apr 23, 2026 10:07 How leaders should handle a team member’s “bad attitude,” is the subject of this episode of 'How to Lead' with Kate Waterfall Hill. Kate discusses how attitude is usually a sign, not the root issue, and recommends separating capability from behaviour, addressing issues early, asking what’s going on and listening. Leaders should also examine their own clarity, the space they create for honesty, and
How to Lead When the Goalposts Keep Moving Apr 9, 2026 13:14 How leaders can steady teams when priorities and direction keep shifting. In this episode of 'How to Lead', Kate discusses how teams don’t need certainty as much as orientation, and how instability comes from how change is handled. She recommends establishing a predictable cadence for reviews to reduce shock, acknowledging fatigue when people express frustration, and maintaining a measured tone be
Moving from the Engine Room to the Strategy Room Mar 26, 2026 12:32 In this episode of How to Lead, leadership coach Kate Waterfall Hill discusses the vital shift for leaders from focusing on details (the 'engine room') to adopting a more strategic perspective (the 'strategy room'). She highlights the common reasons leaders get stuck in the engine room, and offers practical advice to make this transition, including redesigning ownership, protecting thinking time,
Why everything feels urgent (even when it isn’t) Mar 12, 2026 12:44 In this episode of 'How to Lead,' discover how when everything feels urgent in organisations it can affect team performance and morale. Kate explains how urgency is often a result of poor prioritisation and offers practical strategies to distinguish real urgency from noise. Learn about the DISC profiling tool to understand how different personality types handle urgency, and get concrete tips to re
How to build trust in a team as their new leader Feb 26, 2026 13:16 In this episode of the 'How to Lead' podcast, Kate provides practical tools and strategies for building trust as a new leader in a team. She emphasises the importance of vulnerability, consistency, clear communication, and understanding team dynamics. Key tips include observing before acting, being explicit about work expectations, maintaining reliability, and fostering a collaborative environment
Why Your Team Doesn’t Take Ownership (And How to Fix It) Feb 12, 2026 10:02 Kate discusses why teams often fail to take ownership and provides actionable strategies to fix this issue. She emphasises creating conditions for genuine ownership by stepping back, granting real decision-making power, setting clear outcomes, and integrating ownership into regular work rhythms. Leaders are encouraged to foster a culture of belief and trust within their teams, which in turn can le
Top 5 Leadership Techniques Every Manager Should Know Jan 29, 2026 14:53 In this episode of 'How to Lead,' leadership coach Kate shares the top five leadership techniques essential for managers and leaders. She emphasises the importance of outcome-based delegation, consistent one-to-ones, clarity first principles, high-quality feedback, and balancing direction, support, and accountability. Featuring practical examples and frameworks, Kate provides actionable strategies

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