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Are You Letting Your Team Outgrow Their Past?

by Karin Hurt | Jan 28, 2015 | Authenticity & Transparency, By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning, Communication, Confident Humility | 10 comments

Most leaders mature (and yes, that’s me on the right). And yet, often when someone has been with the company for a long time, it’s their old image that sticks. Be sure you’re helping your team outgrow their past. I’ve seen too many companies go...

Who Do You Trust? An Easy Team Exercise

by Karin Hurt | Jan 23, 2015 | Authenticity & Transparency, By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning, Communication, Employee Engagement & Energy | 16 comments

“Do you trust me?” What a loaded question. It’s tough, even with people we love. “Sure, I trust you to be faithful, but do I trust you’ll remember to pick up the dry cleaning?” Even small actions can build or diminish trust over...

Outsmart the Competition: One Secret to Better Brand Positioning

by Karin Hurt | Jan 21, 2015 | Authenticity & Transparency, By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning, Communication, Confident Humility, Employee Engagement & Energy | 10 comments

The hard sell is so old school. Your customers and employees have become conditioned to respond to any hard sell with a Google search to find out if what you’re saying is too good to be true. The minute the Google-search has begun, you’ve missed the...

What To Do When Results are in the Toilet

by Karin Hurt | Jan 19, 2015 | By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning, Confident Humility, Results & Execution | 8 comments

I’d much rather take over a team with results in the toilet than one executing on all cylinders. Sure they’ll be some long days and sleepless nights, but there’s nothing better than the electric feeling your team experiences when they accomplished...

Why Human Resources Gets a Bad Name

by Karin Hurt | Jan 14, 2015 | Authenticity & Transparency, By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning, Results & Execution | 15 comments

I’ve been noticing a pattern with some of my clients when I utter the word “human resources”–the proverbial eye roll. “What does HR say?” Queue the eye roll. “I think an important next step would be to bring human resources on...

On Confidence, Conviction and Finding Success

by Karin Hurt | Jan 9, 2015 | By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning, Communication, Confident Humility | 7 comments

A guest post from LGL tribe member, Tom Eakin, about confidence, resilience, and the courage to keep going. As a U.S. Army Ranger-qualified Combat Engineer Officer, I learned how to find the confidence and conviction to do what it took to accomplish the mission even...