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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
When Goal Setting Demotivates Your Team and Kills Their Spirit
Goal Setting Will Energize People When You Avoid These Common Mistakes Effective goal setting brings out the best in people. But if people can’t “win”, don’t feel their work matters, don’t understand why a goal exists, and feel tossed around without a strong...
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...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
Personal Courage: How to Focus on What You Want (Not What You Fear)
Practical Ways to Summon a Bit More Personal Courage You want more personal courage. You want to take that bold step, make the big decision, or speak up when it matters. But then… fear creeps in. What if it goes wrong? What if you fail? What if people judge you? If...
Sudden layoff: How Do I Help My Friend Who Just Lost Their Job?
Practical Ways to Show Up as a Human-Centered Supporter after a Sudden Layoff Your friend just lost their job—suddenly, unfairly, and without warning. Maybe it was part of a mass layoff, a quiet restructure triggered by AI automation, or a cost-cutting wave in the...
How to Thrive When Your Boss is Disengaged
You Care. Your Boss Doesn't (Or So It Seems). What to Do Next With a Disengaged Boss You’re giving it your all. You’re solving problems, driving results, making things happen. But your boss? They’re off in another world. It could be your boss is disengaged. Or,...
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Karin Hurt
Personal Courage: How to Focus on What You Want (Not What You Fear)
Practical Ways to Summon a Bit More Personal Courage You want more personal courage. You want to take that bold step, make the big decision, or speak up when it matters. But then… fear creeps in. What if it goes wrong? What if you fail? What if people judge you? If...
Sudden layoff: How Do I Help My Friend Who Just Lost Their Job?
Practical Ways to Show Up as a Human-Centered Supporter after a Sudden Layoff Your friend just lost their job—suddenly, unfairly, and without warning. Maybe it was part of a mass layoff, a quiet restructure triggered by AI automation, or a cost-cutting wave in the...
How to Thrive When Your Boss is Disengaged
You Care. Your Boss Doesn't (Or So It Seems). What to Do Next With a Disengaged Boss You’re giving it your all. You’re solving problems, driving results, making things happen. But your boss? They’re off in another world. It could be your boss is disengaged. Or,...
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With David Dye
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...