Ultimate Leader's Edge

Episode 13 is live: Toby Bensimon of Grahams and Shiels Jewellers.  Founders often become the place every decision returns to.  Not because the team is incapable.  Because the business grew around their judgement, standards, and ability to solve problems quickly.  In this episode of The Ultimate Leader’s Edge, powered by the Performance Collective, Paulette Kolarz sits down with Toby Bensimon for...

Episode 12 is live: Matthew Michalewicz, Author, Entrepreneur and CEO of Complexica. Growth eventually creates a new challenge for every founder. The business needs them everywhere. Every decision. Every customer. Every problem. And what once felt like commitment starts feeling like a ceiling. In this episode of The Ultimate Leader's Edge, Paulette Kolarz sits down with Matthew Michalewicz for a p...

Episode 11 is live: Justine Teggelove, co-founder of Rodine Australia. Most founders start a business to create freedom. Then slowly, without realising it, they build something they cannot step away from. Episode 11 of The Ultimate Leaders Edge, powered by Performance Collective, features Justine Teggelove, co-founder of Rodine Australia. Hosted by Paulette Kolarz, this conversation explores the l...

Episode 10 is live: Kelly Baker-Jamieson, Founder and Managing Director of Edible Blooms Many founders believe growth comes from doing more. More people. More effort. More time. But what actually scales a business looks different. In this episode of The Ultimate Leader’s Edge, powered by Performance Collective, Paulette Kolarz, founder of BespokeHR and Performance Collective Academy, sits down wit...

Episode 9 is live: Brett Schatto, Founder of Pride Advice You cannot scale a business if you are still doing the job that built it. In this episode of Ultimate Leader’s Edge, powered by Performance Collective Academy, Paulette Kolarz speaks with Brett Schatto, who has built one of Australia’s leading financial advice firms. This is a conversation about real leadership decisions: Letting go of clie...

Lisa Bondarenko, Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Founder of 360 Woman.  This conversation gets to the heart of something many leaders feel but rarely say out loud.  What do you do when someone brings real distress into the workplace?  Lisa’s answer is grounded and clear.  Leaders do not need to become therapists.  But they do need to become more human in the way they respond.  In this episode with...

Episode 7 of The Ultimate Leader’s Edge is live: Todd Roberts, CEO of Credit Union SA This conversation explores what actually limits growth inside a business. The biggest constraint is not strategy. It is the founder. Todd Roberts shares what he’s seen repeatedly inside businesses under pressure. Leaders holding on too long. Decisions delayed. Everything funneling through one person. “If you thin...

Many founders assume growth will fix the problems inside their business. But growth doesn’t fix problems. It multiplies them. In this conversation with Paulette Kolarz, Binh shares lessons from more than two decades building a digital growth agency. Starting alone in his living room. Evolving from web development into a full growth agency. Scaling a team of more than 30 people. The episode explore...

You do not build a strong team by collecting strong individuals. You build it by creating trust, cohesion and clarity around how people work together. In this episode of The Ultimate Leader’s Edge, Paulette Kolarz sits down with Nathan Kosmina to unpack what leadership looks like when performance pressure is constant and every result is visible. Nathan shares why the best team on paper often does...

A leader’s credibility is not built by what you say.  It is built by what you tolerate and what you address.  Today’s episode of The Ultimate Leader’s Edge, powered by Performance Collective Academy , is live.  In this episode, Paulette Kolarz sits down with Bronwyn Klei, CEO, Netball South Australia and Adelaide Thunderbirds, to unpack how to build a culture that holds under pressure, not just wh...

Leadership is not about being the most talented person in the room.  It is about protecting the standard when you are no longer the one doing the work.  Today’s episode of The Ultimate Leader’s Edge, powered by Performance Collective Academy , is live.  Paulette Kolarz sits down with Paul Vasileff, Founder and Designer of Paolo Sebastian , to unpack what leadership looks like when craftsmanship, c...

In Episode 2 of The Ultimate Leader’s Edge , I sit down with Tammy Barton, founder of MyBudget, to explore what leadership really requires when a business grows beyond its founder. Tammy’s journey began at 22 with a simple desire to help people improve their financial wellbeing. Today, she leads a team of 300 across multiple countries. What makes this conversation powerful is not just the scale, b...

In this powerful episode of The Ultimate Leader’s Edge, Paulette Kolarz sits down with Marc Randolph, the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, to explore what it really takes to lead during times of fast growth and change. 💡 You’ll hear Marc open up about: - Why letting go was the smartest decision he ever made at Netflix - The truth about company culture (hint: it’s not something you “design”) -...