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Karin Hurt and David Dye
5×5 Communication: a Leadership Communication Strategy to Ensure Your Message Sticks
The right communication strategy helps your message cut through noise and distraction. You’ve said it. You’ve said it again. And yet, somehow, people still don’t seem to know what’s going on. If you're ever frustrated that your team doesn’t act on important...
Confidential Information – What to Say When You Can’t Say Anything
Handle confidential information with candor and care to build trust It can feel like a trap. Someone asks you a direct question about confidential information. Maybe it’s a personnel matter. A sensitive business negotiation or a product launch. In all these...
Navigating Change: How the Holidays Can Help You Be a Better Leader
The holiday season gives you a human-centered leadership map for navigating change Is your holiday season a time of celebration? Of bustling end-of-year stress to meet business goals? A time of nostalgia and reflecting on what you appreciate most? Of remembering...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
One of the Secret Innovation Barriers That Keeps Your People from Solving Problems
Overcome one of the most potent innovation barriers by resolving this common fear You’re a leader who wants ideas. You’ve done the Courageous Cultures work to build a workplace that encourages everyone to speak up, identify problems, and offer solutions. Everyone...
4 Critical Communication Skills for Managing Up with Style and Grace
Managing up well will build your influence, reduce stress, and improve your team’s performance. “How do I change my boss?” This is one of the most frequently asked questions we hear from participants in our leadership development programs. So, let’s get this out of...
Leading Through Low Morale: How to Stay Strong When Everything Feels Uncertain
In Times of Chaos and Low Morale, Lead Yourself First You love your work. You’ve dedicated so many years to serving your people, the mission, and making a difference. But now, everything’s changed. Day after day, you face a new set of decisions that make little...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
How to Lead with Their Best Interest at Heart (Even When It’s Hard)
How Do You Show Someone You Have Their Best Interest at Heart? It’s one of the most reassuring phrases you can say to someone—especially at work, "I’ve got your best interest at heart.” Said sincerely, it can be comforting, encouraging, even inspiring. Said poorly,...
Beyond Checking the Box: Show Your Team What Success Looks Like
Paint a Clear Picture of What Success Really Means So, you’ve done the work. You’ve identified the habits that matter most—the practical, tactical behaviors that, when done well, drive the results your team is here to achieve. You’ve communicated them. Maybe even...
Turning Data Into Insights: What Smart Communicators Do Differently
Make Data Matter: Four Questions That Turn Info Into Influence You’ve been there. Someone senior asks, “Can you get me the numbers on this?” and you spring into action—spreadsheets flying, dashboards glowing. You deliver all the data and more… and the response?...
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Karin Hurt
How to Lead with Their Best Interest at Heart (Even When It’s Hard)
How Do You Show Someone You Have Their Best Interest at Heart? It’s one of the most reassuring phrases you can say to someone—especially at work, "I’ve got your best interest at heart.” Said sincerely, it can be comforting, encouraging, even inspiring. Said poorly,...
Beyond Checking the Box: Show Your Team What Success Looks Like
Paint a Clear Picture of What Success Really Means So, you’ve done the work. You’ve identified the habits that matter most—the practical, tactical behaviors that, when done well, drive the results your team is here to achieve. You’ve communicated them. Maybe even...
Turning Data Into Insights: What Smart Communicators Do Differently
Make Data Matter: Four Questions That Turn Info Into Influence You’ve been there. Someone senior asks, “Can you get me the numbers on this?” and you spring into action—spreadsheets flying, dashboards glowing. You deliver all the data and more… and the response?...
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How to Improve Your Productivity by Mastering 1 Critical Leadership Communication Skill
Episode 311: Want to master a leadership communication skill that helps you be more productive, avoid overwhelm, without hurting relationships or your reputation? If you're feeling overwhelmed by meetings, projects, and endless to-do lists, you're not alone. This...
4 Leadership Assumptions that Limit Your Team’s Productivity
Episode 310: Which leadership assumptions are quietly sabotaging your team—and what if you don’t even know you’re making them? If you’ve ever felt stuck in your role—spending too much time on the wrong problems, struggling to connect with your team, or unsure how...
The Surprising Communication Skill Undermining Your Team’s Productivity
Episode 309: Could a surprising communication skill be the hidden reason your hard-working team still struggles with productivity? You're not imagining it. The real culprit behind missed deadlines, communication breakdowns, and lackluster performance often comes...