Authenticity & Transparency Archives

10 Questions Your Team Is Afraid to Ask

by Karin Hurt | Aug 6, 2014 | Authenticity & Transparency, By Karin Hurt, Communication | 12 comments

Your team has questions they’re afraid to ask. They’ve got limited information, but they figure if you wanted to tell them you would. They worry that raising the issue will look like insubordination, or somehow make them look less in your eyes. Maybe you...

How To Build a Leadership Credo

by Karin Hurt | Aug 4, 2014 | Authenticity & Transparency, By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning, Communication | 19 comments

How to Build a Leadership Credo What’s your leadership credo? Have you ever sat down to really think about your deepest beliefs and core values? It’s so easy to just get through your day, without really thinking about how you lead and why. Days become...

6 Reasons Your Team Yearns For Authenticity

by Karin Hurt | Jul 23, 2014 | Authenticity & Transparency, By Karin Hurt | 8 comments

Your Team Can’t Trust You If They Don’t Know You: Why to Show Up More Authentic If you’re trying to lead like someone else, your team will sniff that out fast, and follow your lead. Trust starts with authenticity. If you want your team to be real...

5 Ways to Lead More Authentically

by Karin Hurt | Jul 21, 2014 | Authenticity & Transparency, By Karin Hurt, Communication | 21 comments

How would you answer the question: Do most leaders lead with true authenticity? Sadly, if you’re like my MBA students, the majority of you will likely vote no. You’d share stories of strategic ambiguity, or leaders letting greed and stock price trump once...

5 Reasons to Lose a Battle- And How To Lose It With Grace

by Karin Hurt | Jul 14, 2014 | Authenticity & Transparency, By Karin Hurt, Communication | 11 comments

If I had to pick a side, I would have chosen hers. But picking sides was entirely beside the point. The other guy’s heels were dug in deeper than skis sunk in a tree well of deep powder. No amount of convincing was going to change his mind. “It’s...

6 Things to Do When You Don’t Have a Clue

by Karin Hurt | Jul 11, 2014 | Authenticity & Transparency, By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning | 8 comments

Perhaps you convinced them you were ready, or maybe someone convinced you. Either way, you’re in a new job or staring at a new project and don’t have the slightest clue where to start. You feel stupid on the inside and you wonder how badly it’s...