Asking for a Friend – Real Questions, Practical Advice
Bold Answers for Awkward Career Questions #AskingForAFriend.
Ever had a career question you were too afraid to ask? You’re not alone. Welcome to Asking for a Friend, the go-to vlog for real talk on workplace challenges, leadership dilemmas, and navigating the messy realities of professional life.
Hosted by Karin Hurt, award-winning leadership expert, keynote speaker, and bestselling author, this leadership video series delivers straight-up, no-fluff insights to help you lead with confidence, inspire innovation, and handle workplace conflicts like a pro.
Karin brings decades of experience in executive leadership, sales, and HR, combined with her global leadership development work through Let’s Grow Leaders. Karin has helped grow courageous leaders on every continent (except Antarctica!)—and now, she’s here to help you.
From tackling difficult bosses to handling workplace drama, Karin Hurt has your back. Because sometimes, the hardest career questions need bold answers.
Asking for a Friend Shows Includes:
- Practical leadership advice to quickly inspire your team to high-performance
- Techniques and tools to improve your career and professional brand
- Career advice you can apply right away
- Interviews with expert guests like Seth Godin, Dan Pink, Ralph Kiiman, and Liz Wiseman
Invite Karin Hurt to Answer YOUR Team’s (or their friend’s) Toughest Questions
Audiences love a rapid-fire Asking for a Friend segment as part of Karin’s keynotes and workshops. Learn more about Karin’s courageous leadership keynotes and programs.
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Episodes
Leadership Humility: How Can I Be Driven and Humble? (Video)
Staying Humble, Yet Also Ambitious Today, I share part two of my Asking for a Friend interview with Amer Kaissi on the important intersection of humility and ambition. I was particularly struck by Amer's practical leadership humility technique of "reflection with...
Can I Be Both Humble and Ambitious? #Askingforafriend (Video)
Amer Kaissi Shares Insights on the Power of Humbition If you've been following me for a bit you know that I'm all about confident humility. Watching leaders with and without it inspired my first blog posts a decade ago while still working at Verizon. And was a...
How do we grow leaders as teachers? (Video) with Dr. Sydney Finkelstein
As you know, I'm really passionate about growing leaders. And, we always build a "leaders as teachers" component into our leadership and development programs. In fact, we're excited to be speaking on this topic at the ATD conference in Orlando this May. If you're...