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Karin Hurt and David Dye
How to Give Difficult Feedback to Your Boss (Even When You’re Scared)
To Ensure Your Upward Feedback is Received Well, Start with Connection and Intention You have some difficult feedback for your boss, but you’re not quite sure they’re ready to hear it. It might feel safer to stay silent. After all, they can’t...
A Minute to Think with Juliet Funt
How to reclaim your creativity, conquer busyness, do your best work, and be your best self If you feel like you’re constantly reacting and don’t have a moment to think about what you’re doing, much less why you’re doing it, this episode is...
How Smart Leaders Help a Team Work Better Together: Plan Breakdowns
Expect common breakdowns to help your team work better together. Does your team get derailed by miscommunication, hurt feelings, customer service challenges, or another department’s dropped balls? These common relationship breakdowns don’t surprise effective...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Good Comes First with Chris Edmonds and Mark Babbitt
As a business leader, how do you create a purposeful, positive, and productive work environment for your employees and customers while improving your bottom line? In short, “good” comes first. Your culture is imperative. In this episode, culture experts...
The 12 Inch Rule of Leadership with Dr. Kaliym Islam
The 12 Inch Rule of Leadership: Confidence, Humility, Influence, and Career Success In this wisdom-packed interview, former Wall Street executive Dr. Kaliym Islam shares the many leadership moments that transformed his career. This is practical, research-based,...
Speak-up Culture: How to Encourage More (and Better) Ideas
How to Draw out Better Ideas from Every Member of Your Team You’re a human-centered leader working to create a courageous, speak-up culture filled with psychological safety. A culture where employees feel invited and encouraged to speak up and share their...
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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....
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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....
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4 Communication Skills to Turn “No” into “Let’s Go” for Better Problem Solving
Episode 325: What if the secret to better problem-solving on your team isn’t having all the answers—but knowing how to handle their resistance to change? When new ideas stall or your team hesitates to move forward, it’s not a lack of skill—it’s a signal. In today’s...
How One Common Leadership Mistake Undermines Conflict Resolution, Keeps Your Team Stuck, and Fuels Burnout
Episode 324: Have you ever felt like your team’s stuck in the mud—spinning their wheels because you’re too “nice” to push back or have the hard conversations that would get things moving again? If you’ve ever tried to keep the peace only to realize you’re losing...
1 Critical Leadership Skill You Need to Help You and Your Team Avoid Burnout
Episode 323: How can you, as a leader, stay grounded and avoid burnout when the pressure never seems to let up? If you’re tired of the constant pressure, the never-ending uncertainty, and the feeling that sheer grit is the only way forward, you’re not alone. This...