by Debbie Waite | Oct 14, 2026 | Leadership Teams & Relationships
You’re in a leadership meeting and an issue is raised, it goes eerily quiet and when you look up you realise everyone’s staring at you. They’re waiting for the RIGHT answer, to gain certainty of what to do next. So naturally you give it to them. Almost instantly...
by Debbie Waite | Sep 24, 2026 | Business Growth
You thought you were simply building a business, but over time you’ve built an extension of yourself. Ask yourself: what would happen if you disappeared from the business for a month? Firstly, you’d probably laugh (nervously) and then, when you realise it’s a...
by Debbie Waite | Sep 12, 2026 | Freedom for Founders
A founder said: “I know I need to step back… but when I do nothing gets done” And that was probably true. For years, the business grew because of the founder’s speed, standards, judgement and sheer capacity to get things done. Deep down they knew they ‘should’ start...
by Debbie Waite | Aug 24, 2026 | Building Leadership Teams
“I’m paying directors good money… so why does everything still come back to me?” The fact that this founder had reached the point of employing directors told me the business had grown. They had hired capable people, created senior roles and expected that this...
