Leadership lessons for founders: Letting go, building alignment, and scaling without becoming the bottleneck | Kate Waterfall Hill

What stops businesses from scaling? More often than not, it's not the market or the strategy - it's founder bottlenecks, misaligned leadership teams, and decisions made under pressure.In this episode of Scale-Up Sessions, we unpack the leadership challenges that emerge as businesses grow and become more complex. From struggling to let go of control to building alignment across senior teams, we explore what really gets in the way of sustainable scale.Joining us is Kate Waterfall Hill, leadership coach, advisor, and author of How to Lead. You may also know her alter ego, Linda, the Bad Manager, whose brilliantly relatable online sketches shine a light on the everyday management mistakes many leaders make. Kate shares practical lessons from decades of working with founders and leadership teams, including:Why founders struggle to let go of control, and how to delegate without feeling like you're losing control of the businessHow to build and maintain an aligned leadership team as your business becomes bigger and more complexHow to make smarter resourcing decisions that support growth, avoid team burnout, and prevent overhiring too quicklyFollow Kate Waterfall Hill on the channels below:https://www.waterfallhill.co.uk/https://www.linkedin.com/in/katewaterfallhill/https://www.tiktok.com/@katewaterfallhillhttps://www.instagram.com/katewaterfallhill/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUCO50cN8ETdaUwQ_IiosFQFollow Martin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinkennington/Scale-Up Sessions is brought to you by Cynergy Bank. To learn more about Cynergy Bank, visit https://www.cynergybank.co.uk/This episode was produced by Flamingo Media. If you want to create a chart-topping podcast visit www.flamingo-media.co.uk