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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Don’t Let These Three Common Mistakes Undermine Your Leadership Presence
Overused assets can ruin a positive leadership presence You work hard to set a positive example for your team. You care about success, and you want your people to succeed. You’ve clarified what matters most and you’re committed to accountability. You’re intentional...
Leadership Development that Works with Jennifer Mackin
Leadership development is one of the most important investments you can make in your organization's success. Unfortunately, there are many ways to do it poorly. The results are lost time, money, credibility—and worst of all, poorly trained leaders. In this episode,...
How to Be a Human-Centered Leader when You’re Stressed, Anxious, or Freaked-Out
Many people find it easier to be a human-centered leader when everything’s going well. But when you’re stressed and anxious, it’s easy to snap at your team, lose your temper, and undermine the culture you’ve worked so hard to build. If you have too many of these...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
How to Lead a Negative Team Member
When you have a negative team member, strive to understand what’s happening. Leading a negative team member can be frustrating. You have a vision, and you’re energized about your new solution, but they’re skeptical, critical, and keep bringing up problems. Or, you...
Email Best Practices: How to Send a Better, More Effective Email
Do This, Not That For Better Team Email Communication When you're working in a remote or hybrid team, having a common agreement on your email best practices will save you gobs of time and frustration. Start with subject lines that tell the reader exactly what you...
How to Be Less Negative – and Still Be Yourself
Learning How to Be Less Negative Will Make You More Effective When your team or supervisor thinks of you as a negative person, you’re less likely to be invited to conversations where you would have valuable contributions to make. You’re less likely to receive...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
The Secret to Developing Employees Who Would Rather Not Grow
"I’m Good. I Don’t Want to Be Developed." Developing Employees When They Resist You’re trying to do the right thing. You want to be a good boss. You know developing employees is an important part of your job. You’re eager to invest in your team’s growth, help them...
Performance Review: How to respond to frustrating or lazy performance feedback
Speak Up to Get Better Feedback in Your Next Performance Review You’re right. You deserve high-quality, carefully considered feedback in your performance review. Your manager should take this seriously and do it right. But often they don't. It's statistically...
How to Reset Expectations When You’ve Been “Too Nice”
You don't have to keep tolerating destructive behavior. Here's how to reset performance expectations. You've been so nice. You care about _____ (your team, your boss, your co-workers, your career, not rocking the boat...) so you've looked the other way when the...
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Karin Hurt
The Secret to Developing Employees Who Would Rather Not Grow
"I’m Good. I Don’t Want to Be Developed." Developing Employees When They Resist You’re trying to do the right thing. You want to be a good boss. You know developing employees is an important part of your job. You’re eager to invest in your team’s growth, help them...
Performance Review: How to respond to frustrating or lazy performance feedback
Speak Up to Get Better Feedback in Your Next Performance Review You’re right. You deserve high-quality, carefully considered feedback in your performance review. Your manager should take this seriously and do it right. But often they don't. It's statistically...
How to Reset Expectations When You’ve Been “Too Nice”
You don't have to keep tolerating destructive behavior. Here's how to reset performance expectations. You've been so nice. You care about _____ (your team, your boss, your co-workers, your career, not rocking the boat...) so you've looked the other way when the...
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With David Dye
3 Key Leadership Communication Skills to Build a High Trust Culture
Episode 295: How can you build a high trust culture that empowers your team to solve problems faster, innovate more, and reduce stress? In this episode, we explore the power of a high trust culture and how it can completely transform your team’s ability to...
Flexible Leadership: Make Better Decisions and Reduce Stress
Episode 294: What if being a more flexible leader could help you make better decisions and lead with more confidence? The world is moving faster than ever, and leading through uncertainty can feel overwhelming. The same leadership habits that worked before might...
One Leadership Mindset Shift That Will Immediately Improve Your Communication
Episode 283: Is your leadership mindset getting in your way? If you’ve ever felt frustrated that your team isn’t responding to your ideas the way you expect, this episode is for you. As a leader, you work hard to make good decisions. But have you ever noticed that...