Small Business Consultant
Your fast-track path to
a less stressful business
Your fast-track path to a less stressful business
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I’m Kate Kurdziej.
Double award-winning business consultant, retreat host in Spain, and founder of Olivier Consultancy.
From my home on the northern Costa Blanca, I work with life-first, ambitious founders who are ready for their business to feel lighter, clearer and more intentional, without losing momentum.
Some of my clients come to me because they need space to think.
Others come because they need sharper strategy and smarter growth.
Most, in truth, need both.
I don’t work in money milestones, and you won’t see me sharing my Stripe payouts.
Instead, you’ll see me celebrating my clients cutting their working hours by 50% whilst increasing revenue, leading their business or hosting their vision-board, sell-out retreat.
Welcome to strategic clarity, mediterranean calm, and a business that actually supports your life.
Come on in, the water’s warm and the breeze is cool.
The pull for freedom
I’ve been in business since 2020, but my relationship with clarity and freedom started long before that.
Travel is in my blood, having studied in China, worked in South Korea, volunteered in Morocco and slicing my knee open in Thailand by falling off a moped in my 20s…
Fast forward to 2019 when I was managing a wealth management practice in England. I felt trapped, like my wings were clipped, and I was ready for a new adventure.
Little did I know that my new adventure would be welcoming my son into the world during the early days of Covid-19.
In 2021, my husband and I left the UK with our (then) 18-month-old son because I realised something uncomfortable: a big mortgage and waiting for retirement was not the life I wanted to look back on.
I was built for more, and new a life abroad was the right decision.
We moved to France first, as I speak fluent French, but two years later and after some deep reflection, we did something braver.
We realised our life-long dream was no longer the right fit, so packed up our lives again and moved to sunny Spain, to a place we barely knew, because something about it felt alive.
The Mediterranean was calling us, and we answered.
Now I live on the northern Costa Blanca, one hour from Valencia.
I swim in the sea, play padel, drink freshly squeezed orange juice while my son plays on the beach, and meet friends for tapas in whitewashed market squares.
My ethos is simple; You only live once, so work out what your dream life looks like and make that happen.
Every decision you make should move you closer to that goal.
That belief sits underneath everything I do for my clients.
Sun, Sea & Strategy
I host sold-out business retreats in Spain for founders who need space, perspective and deep thinking away from the noise of their day-to-day business.
This is where my award-winning business consultancy comes in.
These are not “take a notebook and manifest” weekends.
They are small group, strategic, high-level experiences designed to help service based business owners:
- step back from the busy
- see their business more clearly
- and make better, braver decisions
I work with female founders who are ready to scale with more simplicity, better structure and greater profitability, without burning themselves out or losing the soul of what they have built.
Transformational, life-changing and next-level are just some of the words used to describe my business retreats.
‘More breakthroughs in 4 days than in 7 years of business’ ranks as one of my favourite reflections.
Because when you get people out of their inbox and into the right environment, something shifts.
My own retreats consistently receive 10 out of 10 feedback, with 80% of guests choosing to return.
Strategic support for impactful, profitable retreats
Behind the scenes, I work as fractional director of operations for a European retreat company, as well as independent strategist and creative partner for coaches, consultants and facilitators who want to run exceptional in-person experiences of their own.
I help you design a retreat that fits your brand, fills with the right people, and feels financially and energetically sustainable to deliver.
From positioning and pricing to guest experience and launch strategy, I bring the same level of thoughtfulness and clarity that goes into my own retreats to yours.
I help you to create a retreat that reflects the depth of your work, elevates your reputation, and becomes a natural extension of your business.
I have supported industry-leading coaches behind the scenes as they planned, marketed and delivered retreats around the world.
I have watched bookings open and fill with pay-in-full clients because the whole experience was strategic and aligned from the start.
Whether you are dreaming about your first retreat or ready to refine a signature experience, my role is to bring strategy, structure and calm to the process so you can focus on what you do best: holding space and creating transformation.
