Results & Execution Archives

The Secret To Communicating With Executives

by Karin Hurt | Nov 20, 2013 | By Karin Hurt, Communication, Results & Execution | 24 comments

Without executive support your project will fail. You need funding, headcount, and time. Your team’s counting on you to manage up well. You’re looking for the secret sauce to convince your boss. Start by avoiding these 5 mistakes. 5 Big Mistakes When...

Stack Ranking Performance Management Systems

by Karin Hurt | Nov 18, 2013 | By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning, Results & Execution | 16 comments

You’re looking to drive performance. Have you ever considered how your performance management system is impacting your results? Here are a few thoughts to consider as you consider stack ranking the pros and cons of your performance management system. Stack...

How To Be A Great Follower

by Karin Hurt | Oct 23, 2013 | By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning, Results & Execution | 19 comments

How to Build a Team of Courageous Followers If your house is on fire, you want to know there’s someone calling the shots. More importantly, you pray for a team of strong, skilled, and courageous followers. My friend, a Battalion chief leading the City’s...

9 Good Intentions That Aggravate Your Team

by Karin Hurt | Sep 27, 2013 | By Karin Hurt, Employee Engagement & Energy, Results & Execution | 19 comments

I aggravate the teams I lead and the leaders I follow. You do too, even when you’re trying to help. Most aggravating leadership starts with good intentions. 9 Good Intentions that Aggravate Your Team Beware of these easy traps: Just Trying To Help – Before...

Shaken Not Stirred

by Karin Hurt | Sep 23, 2013 | By Karin Hurt, Employee Engagement & Energy, Results & Execution | 26 comments

The secret to moving and shaking is stirring. Anyone in power can shake and intimidate. Real leaders stir hearts and minds toward powerful possibility. Growing leaders long to be stirred, not shaken. Shaken Not Stirred Joe was visibly shaken as he left the readout...

Impatience As A Leadership Virtue

by Karin Hurt | Aug 22, 2013 | By Karin Hurt, Employee Engagement & Energy, Results & Execution | 24 comments

“Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength” ~ Charles Caleb Colto “Karin, we should be able to have this project done by the end of the year.” I listened impatiently as the team broke down the timeline, contingencies,...