Authentic Leadership for Remote Workforce Excellence

Today on the RAW Leadership Podcast, I interview Kristy Smith from Virtual Elves.

Kristy shares insights from her vast experience in Leadership and we explore the tricky world of Delegation and some of the pitfalls Leaders fall into when delegating or even considering delegating tasks to others.

Kristy Smith is an accomplished business leader and founder of Virtual Elves, a pioneering multi-award winning, virtual assistant and outsourcing company that has transformed how businesses operate and scale in Australia and globally.

With a talent for strategy and an innate understanding of efficient business systems, Kristy has guided countless entrepreneurs and companies to profitable, sustainable growth through the power of remote teams and process optimisation.

Since founding Virtual Elves in 2009, she has grown the business from a solo venture to an international team of more than 85 virtual assistants, graphic designers, web developers, and remote professionals, delivering solutions to clients across various industries. Kristy is recognised for her approachable, honest advice and practical strategies, often sharing lessons learned from her own business evolution. Her leadership is characterised by empowering others—mentoring business owners to embrace delegation, adopt innovative tools, and foster high-trust remote cultures.

To discover more about Kristy and to book a exploration call with her, please check out her website - https://virtualelves.com.au/

Kristy Smith Bio

Hello and welcome to the RAW Leadership Podcast with me Steve Barker….

As we get started today, I encourage you to also visit my Leadership Website… https://www.stevebarker.com.au and my Facebook Group - Audacious Leadership where you will find heaps more resources, insights and strategies that will help you grow your Leadership skills.

Steve

Thank you for joining me for this latest episode of the RAW Leadership Podcast and if you are enjoying the content that I am sharing and if you are curious about how you can reach the next Level in your Leadership quickly...

Contact me at steve@stevebarker.com.au or go to my website stevebarker.com.au

I look forward to hearing from you very soon ….

Steve

To discover more about Steve Barker (host) and RAW Leadership, please check out the link below which is jam packed with free insights, hints, tips, hacks and Leadership Strategies that will help you Lead even more effectively and remove a lot of the stress from Leadership.

Steve Barker - RAW Leadership

Our Leadership influences and impacts others...

That influence and impact ripples out through those other people and in turn then influences and impacts those people around them, and then those people impact and influence those around them.

Just like throwing a stone into a very still pond of water... our Leadership impact does not just send out 1 ripple, it sends out many and they in turn cause further ripples.

This episode of the RAW Leadership Podcast has been sitting and brewing within me for a long period of time, and I have often started to record it, and then stopped. Today I have decided that I want to share with you what I am seeing and experiencing.

Our Leadership will impact the future of our families, our communities and way beyond. We may not think it does, but it does.

I would love to hear your thoughts on what I am sharing in this episode. I would like to hear if you are seeing or experiencing what I describe in this episode... Your feedback is very valuable to me, and I really encourage you to share it with me.

I hope this latest episode of the RAW Leadership Podcast serves you well.

Steve

Hello and welcome to the RAW Leadership Podcast with me Steve Barker….

As we get started today, I encourage you to also visit my Leadership Website… https://www.stevebarker.com.au and my Facebook Group - Audacious Leadership where you will find heaps more resources, insights and strategies that will help you grow your Leadership skills.

Steve

Thank you for joining me for this latest episode of the RAW Leadership Podcast and if you are enjoying the content that I am sharing and if you are curious about how you can reach the next Level in your Leadership quickly...

Contact me at steve@stevebarker.com.au or go to my website stevebarker.com.au

I look forward to hearing from you very soon ….

Steve

To discover more about Steve Barker (host) and RAW Leadership, please check out the link below which is jam packed with free insights, hints, tips, hacks and Leadership Strategies that will help you Lead even more effectively and remove a lot of the stress from Leadership.

Steve Barker - RAW Leadership

The level of our Leadership Skills will determine the Level of our Success.

This is fact, we will only rise to the level that our current skill set will allow us too.

Even more than this, so will our team.

Regardless of where you are in life right now, this applies to you.

Whether it be in your work life, your family life, in your relationships, in your sports and hobbies... the Law of the Lid is universal. Particularly if we look at it through the lens of "Leading Ourselves" - because how we Lead ourselves will determine how everything else in our lives will play out.

Everything rises and falls on YOUR Leadership.

I trust this latest episode of the RAW Leadership Podcast serves you well.

It is also now available on video, and can be found across my social platforms and website (see the links below).

Hello and welcome to the RAW Leadership Podcast with me Steve Barker….

As we get started today, I encourage you to also visit my Leadership Website… https://www.stevebarker.com.au and my Facebook Group - Audacious Leadership where you will find heaps more resources, insights and strategies that will help you grow your Leadership skills.

Steve

Thank you for joining me for this latest episode of the RAW Leadership Podcast and if you are enjoying the content that I am sharing and if you are curious about how you can reach the next Level in your Leadership quickly...

Contact me at steve@stevebarker.com.au or go to my website stevebarker.com.au

I look forward to hearing from you very soon ….

Steve

To discover more about Steve Barker (host) and RAW Leadership, please check out the link below which is jam packed with free insights, hints, tips, hacks and Leadership Strategies that will help you Lead even more effectively and remove a lot of the stress from Leadership.

Steve Barker - RAW Leadership