Leadership strategies for stepping away to come back stronger
Kate Billing’s intense personal work informed her deeply human approach to helping others on their leadership journeys. From the simple magic of bringing people together to bravely going to the edge of the unknown, Kate believes an environment where leaders can be deeply connected humans is also where they can become the next, better version of themselves.
Why you should listen: leadership strategies for your next, best self
Owning your leadership story
Living your leadership values
Tackling the people stuff when you’re stuck in the system
We explore a shift in leadership perspective:
Guiding leadership principles and their impact
Leadership development to move from circling to spiraling
A leadership mindset for understanding what it means to be human
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About Kate Billing:
Founder and Creative Director of Blacksmith, Kate Billing, shares leadership strategies for your next, best self.
Kate is the Founder & Creative Director of Blacksmith, a specialist leadership development practice focused on the development of human-centred leaders.
For more than 25 years Kate has worked in the people, culture and leadership space, building a reputation for sharp insights, compassionate challenge, warmth, and energy. Over that time she has worked within a range of industries and organisations, with leaders from the boardroom to the front line, all of whom have demonstrated their capacity for personal and collective evolution.
She believes it’s time for a new kind of leader: human-centred leaders who together will create the world we need for our shared future. Leaders who are examples of what’s possible when we commit to the highest levels of humanity and responsibility in the ways that we live, lead and do business.
Connect with Kate on LinkedIn.
Kate’s book recommendation The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
Kate’s podcast recommendations The Psychology Podcast and Finding Mastery
Find out more about Kate blacksmith.co.nz
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About your host, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted staff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.