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The Real Biz Life Chronicles
#131 Kate Molinari: Why People Choose to Follow Some Leaders
What does leadership look like when it’s stripped of titles, ego, and performative confidence?
In this episode, I sit down with Kate Molinari, founder of Striide, to talk about the kind of leadership that people don’t just tolerate but actively choose to follow.
Kate has led teams inside some of Australia’s biggest media organisations, including Seven West Media and Nine Entertainment Co. But it wasn’t corporate success alone that shaped her leadership philosophy. Motherhood, IVF, tough feedback early in her career, and stepping away from a role she loved all forced her to rethink what real leadership actually demands.
We talk about confidence without control, empathy without losing authority, and why the hardest conversations are often the most important ones. Kate shares practical frameworks for feedback, leadership clarity, and building teams that actually trust one another, not just comply.
If you’re building a team, leading people, or questioning the kind of leader you want to become, this episode will land.
Mentioned in This Episode:
(09:56) How Striide was built organically from lived leadership experience
(13:36) What actually makes a great leader in today’s workplace
(14:38) The feedback moment that reshaped Kate’s leadership forever
(19:30) Why listening is one of the most powerful leadership skills
(20:33) How to prepare for difficult conversations with clarity and care
(25:31) Leadership habits we need to stop pretending are working
(27:00) The essential traits of leaders people trust and follow
(40:25) Navigating leadership, ambition, and motherhood through IVF
About Kate Molinari
Kate Molinari is the founder of Striide, a leadership development business focused on confidence, connection, and impact. With over 15 years’ experience leading high-performing teams, Kate now works with leaders, organisations, and schools to build practical, human leadership capability that actually works in the real world.
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