Carol Mote founded The Maple Kind, where she helps businesses take care of their people and shape strong workplace cultures. She advises on everything from improving employee wellbeing and leadership support to handling major changes like mergers and business restructures. Drawing on nearly a decade with Global People and Culture, Carol specialises in guiding organisations through change, solving complex people-related challenges, and making sure employment policies are fair and effective. She’s known for her practical, people-first approach and for helping companies build trust, smooth transitions, and create positive, inclusive workplaces.

• Website: www.TheMapleKind.co.uk
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolmote/

• A Journalist in the U.K.

• I need a way to manage my emotions in some of the jobs I do.
• I have to make sure I don’t explode, walk out, or start shouting—reactive behaviors like that won’t help me accomplish anything.
• Instead, I step away, take a moment to reset, go for a walk, get some fresh air, and take a deep breath.

• I think that breathing is indicative of where you are at emotionally. If I am rushing and am out of breath, I know I am I danger of over-reacting.

• Book: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
• App: Happyful

• After my parents split, my siblings and I, all very young, were sent from Canada to the UK, where life became chaotic. We had no stable home, struggled to adapt, and faced bullying at school due to our accents and outsider status.

• With little adult support or accountability, it was a harsh environment. That experience shaped my passion today—recognizing how, even in corporate life, a lack of accountability can allow similar harm to persist.