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Karin Hurt and David Dye
4 Powerful Leadership Moves that Transform Resistance to Change
Stop fighting resistance to change and use this binge-worthy approach instead You’ve been working hard with your colleagues on a new initiative—one you know will make things better. The strategy is sound, and the data backs it up, but when you present it to your...
The Five Pillars of Effective Team Decision Making
Focus on clarity in your team decision making to make better decisions, faster. Too many teams get stuck spinning in circles—second-guessing decisions, looping through endless meetings, having endless “meetings after the meeting,” or implementing strategies that...
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...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
3 Performance Management Mistakes with HR That Undermine Your Leadership
Avoid these common performance management mistakes to get all the HR help you need You care about your team. You want to be a leader who supports performance, builds trust, and gets results. So when you’re managing a performance issue, it makes sense to partner...
The Seemingly Harmless Phrase that Erodes Team Trust and Kills Collaboration
Episode 343: Have you ever said “agree to disagree” to keep the peace—only to realize later it quietly damaged team trust and shut down real collaboration? If you lead a team, you’ve probably used that phrase to move past a disagreement quickly. It feels respectful...
How to Inspire Innovative Thinking in a Risk-Averse World
When There’s No Room for Mistakes, Is There Still Room for Ideas? You love the idea of a Courageous Culture—one where people speak up, challenge the status quo, and offer game-changing ideas. But what happens when you’re working in a high-stakes environment where...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
The Impact Cup: A Simple Way to Recognize Ideas That Matter
A Simple Way to Broaden Recognition at Your Next Event If your company offsite or association event is only focused on sharing BIG IDEAS and celebrating HUGE WINS … you’re likely missing some great best practices from the rest of the room. It’s often the...
You’re Ready to Talk—They’re Not: 5 Ways to Open Candid Conversations at Work (with Video)
When You’re the Only One Trying to Have the Candid Conversation “I’m not the one stuffing issues into the diaper genie… I’m the one trying to empty it.” How do I get others to engage in candid conversations? #AskingForAFriend That came from a participant in a...
The Executive Curiosity Tour: How to Get Meaningful, Honest Insights from Employees
The Curiosity Tour: Your Shortcut to Real Insight You get curious about something that doesn’t feel right and dig in to take a closer look. “Wait… how long has this been happening?” And then comes the obvious question: why didn’t anyone speak up? In our...
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Karin Hurt
The Impact Cup: A Simple Way to Recognize Ideas That Matter
A Simple Way to Broaden Recognition at Your Next Event If your company offsite or association event is only focused on sharing BIG IDEAS and celebrating HUGE WINS … you’re likely missing some great best practices from the rest of the room. It’s often the...
You’re Ready to Talk—They’re Not: 5 Ways to Open Candid Conversations at Work (with Video)
When You’re the Only One Trying to Have the Candid Conversation “I’m not the one stuffing issues into the diaper genie… I’m the one trying to empty it.” How do I get others to engage in candid conversations? #AskingForAFriend That came from a participant in a...
The Executive Curiosity Tour: How to Get Meaningful, Honest Insights from Employees
The Curiosity Tour: Your Shortcut to Real Insight You get curious about something that doesn’t feel right and dig in to take a closer look. “Wait… how long has this been happening?” And then comes the obvious question: why didn’t anyone speak up? In our...
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With David Dye
One Teamwork Question that Transforms Conflict into Collaboration and Problem Solving
Episode 361: What teamwork question can turn conflict into collaboration? When conflict arises at work, most people instinctively ask, “Who’s right?” In this episode of Leadership Without Losing Your Soul, David Dye explains why that question...
Critical Skills to Address Secondhand Performance Concerns without Damaging Trust
Episode 360: How do you address performance concerns when you didn’t witness the problem yourself? Leaders regularly receive reports from coworkers, customers, or colleagues about employee behavior they never personally observed. David explains why these...
1 Overlooked Communication Skill That Will Help You Unlock Real Influence
Episode 359: Could one overlooked communication skill dramatically improve your influence, reduce conflict, and strengthen every workplace relationship? The most effective leaders don’t just respond to requests. They uncover the motivations behind them. In...