Meet Our New Coach
Meet the newest coach on the block at Business Mastery – and someone we’ve been looking for for a while! … Welcome Kate Kennedy!

Real-world advice and fresh thinking for New Zealand business owners who want to grow their business... and enjoy the ride a little more.
Meet the newest coach on the block at Business Mastery – and someone we’ve been looking for for a while! … Welcome Kate Kennedy!


Switching off isn’t easy for me. I love my craft, and I’m always thinking about ways to get better, and how to help my clients do the same. At the same time, I realise the importance of rest and recovery.

I am a coach, but (embarrassingly) I haven't always had a coach. 😳 Starting out, I had no cash reserves, just a credit card with a 5k limit…

You started your business so that you could eventually do what you wanted, when you wanted, right? So why is it that you’ve got less time to enjoy life than your employees?

A few months back, my brother-in-law informed me that I'd been making stovetop espresso all wrong. ☕ After several hours of researching on YouTube I began testing different techniques and finally settled on one that produced a much better cup of coffee.

Coach, mentor and consultant are terms often used interchangeably. And, whilst there is certainly some overlap, the reality is that there is more difference than similarity. The difference rises mainly from the core philosophy:

Have you ever had what you thought was a great business idea, but the moment you began sharing it with someone on your team it fell completely flat? This used to happen to me all the time until I realised that people process information differently.

If you haven’t read it, then here’s a 1 sentence summary. Grandpa needs new slippers, but Grandpa likes his old slippers.

What could you do to help them? Just wrapped up coaching for the day and one thing really stood out from a session today with a construction business owner, who's grown significantly over the last few years and really grown…

Five o'clock yesterday and the final session of the day, my client made a comment, which really made me sit up and my seat and take notice. He said I'm realising that we finally building a business that I would actually want to work for.
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