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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Leading for Justice with Rita Sever
When your cause is important and you're working to build a better world, leadership matters more than ever - but it often takes a back seat to the scramble to achieve today's results. The unfortunate consequence in many mission-driven organizations is a toxic or...
Overcome the Great Resignation: How Great Leaders Put People Before Projects
The Great Resignation is new–the art of cultivating loyalty is consistent. When you hear stats like 4 million Americans resigned their roles in one month or that 40% are considering a change in job, you might feel nervous about the future of work, and how the heck...
How Leaders Make The Most of Complaints
You've got a clear focus on what matters most, and your team seems to work well together, but then you get a call. "Hey, I need to talk to you about a conflict, a disagreement, a clash of personalities." What you do next will reinforce your leadership and influence...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
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...
Managing Up: Keep Your Boss Informed About a Struggling Team Member
Managing up is easy when performance is good, but it gets a bit more tricky when results are down. Here are a few practical ways to show your boss you are on it WHILE giving your struggling employee the time and space to turn their performance around. How Do I...
Employee Complaints – 5 Questions to Ask
Treat employee complaints as an opportunity to build connection, confidence, and productivity. Your number one leadership job is to support your team to achieve its goals. Employee complaints give you an excellent opportunity to support your people, build their...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
Better Feedback: The Secret to Giving (and Getting) Better Feedback
How to Communicate Like a Boss—With a Little Help from Your Pod You care about your team, and you want to help. But what do you do if your feedback doesn't get through. How do you know if it's them or it's you? In today's Asking for a Friend, I answer this...
How do I build a better relationship with my difficult (icy) boss?
🔥 How to Warm Up Your Relationship with an Icy, Difficult Boss 🔥 You know the type: the difficult boss barely acknowledges you, keeps conversations strictly transactional, and never lets you see their human side. Frustrating right? But here’s the thing: their...
How to Stay Focused at Work and Avoid the Rabbit Hole Effect
How to Stay Curious Without Getting Completely Sidetracked The rabbit hole—oh, it’s so easy to fall in. One minute, you’re casually researching a small question, and the next, you’re 27 tabs deep into a full-blown investigation, possibly involving conspiracy...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
Better Feedback: The Secret to Giving (and Getting) Better Feedback
How to Communicate Like a Boss—With a Little Help from Your Pod You care about your team, and you want to help. But what do you do if your feedback doesn't get through. How do you know if it's them or it's you? In today's Asking for a Friend, I answer this...
How do I build a better relationship with my difficult (icy) boss?
🔥 How to Warm Up Your Relationship with an Icy, Difficult Boss 🔥 You know the type: the difficult boss barely acknowledges you, keeps conversations strictly transactional, and never lets you see their human side. Frustrating right? But here’s the thing: their...
How to Stay Focused at Work and Avoid the Rabbit Hole Effect
How to Stay Curious Without Getting Completely Sidetracked The rabbit hole—oh, it’s so easy to fall in. One minute, you’re casually researching a small question, and the next, you’re 27 tabs deep into a full-blown investigation, possibly involving conspiracy...
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Revolutionary Leadership Strategy: How to Transform Team Urgency Today
Episode 308: Is your leadership strategy unintentionally killing the urgency your team needs to succeed? If you’re leading a team in the middle of a big change or a multi-year strategy rollout, you already know how hard it is to get people moving faster without...
The Leadership Mindset that Undermines Work Life Balance
Episode 307: Struggling to find real work-life balance while juggling endless to-dos and leadership demands? If you're burning out from chasing productivity hacks, working overtime, and still not finding peace or fulfillment, this episode is your wake-up call....
1 Surprising Way to Ensure You Grow Your Leadership Skills
Episode 306: What if the most powerful feedback tool to grow your leadership skills isn’t in your manager’s hands—but yours? Let’s face it—leaders often struggle to get the kind of feedback they actually need to grow. Either it’s anonymous, vague, or just too...