Our great coach on this episode is Kath Tetley.
Kath is a Netball coach. She started her career as the first paid employee of Netball New South Wales in 1998 when the Commonwealth Bank Trophy began. She then progressed through roles working for Australian Netball while coaching at the state level. She then took on coaching roles with the newly formed GWS Fury and NSW state teams. In parallel she moved into the General Manager role with the Sydney Swifts. Then in 2024 she was appointed as the head coach of the Scottland National team, known as the Thistles and is helping prepare them for the 2026 Commonwealth Games and 2027 World Cup.
1. How does Kath Tetley’s willingness to acknowledge her own gaps challenge traditional ideas of what strong leadership looks like?
2. What does Tetley’s approach to difficult conversations reveal about the role of empathy in high-performance coaching?
3. How does Tetley’s emotional journey—from doubt and retreat to connection and trust—show the importance of vulnerability in leadership?
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