Dear Katie

Welcome to Dear Katie, my newsletter dedicated to solving your messiest leadership problems.

Each issue of Dear Katie focuses on a real leadership challenges. Whether it’s a minor frustration or a major hurdle, I use my 20-plus years of coaching and consulting to offer practical solutions, new perspectives and insights to solve even the trickiest of leadership dilemmas.

Who should subscribe to Dear Katie?
Dear Katie isn’t just for those who write in. It’s a valuable resource for any leader, team member, or learning and development professional looking for actionable ideas and insights. Use the lessons of each issue to enhance your own leadership or to mentor others in your team.

Leadership can often feel isolating, but my decades of experience has taught me that most leaders face similar problems. Dear Katie is for leaders who like the feeling that everyone is actually in the same boat, finding leadership tricky and sharing common problems.

Why subscribe?

• Get insights into real leadership challenges and solutions
• Gain new perspectives to apply to your own leadership journey
• Share valuable lessons with your team and colleagues
• Join a community of leaders who understand that leadership is a continuous learning process

Sound interesting? Sign up to Dear Katie now.

Have a leadership problem of your own? Submit it via email – katie@katiebest.com – and I will answer it anonymously in a future issue.

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‘The wonderful thing about ‘Dear Katie’ is the array of issues people have. Perhaps we’ve experienced some of these first hand and sometimes we’ve been the originator of the problem. Either way, it’s useful and interesting to have these issues raised and so professionally appraised. We can all learn a lot from Katie – I’m a big fan!’
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‘I really enjoy your newsletters. I find myself reading the problem, trying to think of what I would advise, and then seeing if my advice matches yours.’
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‘I’ve always found the Dear Katie newsletter to be both interesting and insightful, the range of challenges that Katie receives vary greatly in complexity and scope and it’s always intriguing to see the different approaches and advice she offers. I have found it to be a useful resource when facing management challenges of my own, as it fuels my own reflections whilst offering alternative perspectives and solutions.’
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