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Karin Hurt and David Dye
How to Choose Who You Promote into Leadership
Who you promote into leadership sends a clear message of what matters most in your culture and business. Promote leaders aligned with your culture and you build momentum. Get this wrong and you'll undo all the good you’ve done. In this episode, you'll get two...
Leading from the Middle with Scott Mautz
If you have a boss and are a boss, you'll be very familiar with the messy middle. Leading from the middle requires a special mindset and specific leadership skills. In this episode, former P&G senior executive and author Scott Mautz gives you practical skills...
Lead Your Team to Make Better Decisions, Faster
When decision-making or problem-solving meetings bog down and become a waste of time, there are usually two problems causing the stagnation. In this episode, you'll get the tools to overcome both of these problems before they derail your team. Take these two quick...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
How To Help Your Team Think Like an Entrepreneur
How to Develop Entrepreneurial Thinking on Your Team Back in her Verizon days, one of Karin's favorite questions to ask a team member whom she was encouraging to think like an entrepreneur was: "If this was your company, would you _______ (make this decision, hold...
How Do I Build Leadership Tenacity and Grit?
How do you tap into the grit and tenacity when you are exhausted? In this week's Asking for a Friend I speak with World Class Ultra Triathlete, Kurt Madden, who is also CEO of The Collaborative, about leadership tenacity and grit. [wp-video-popup...
Staying Coachable with Sean Glaze
Change is challenging for most of us. But the most effective leaders continually learn and grow. Former basketball coach and leadership consultant Sean Glaze gives you the path for staying coachable and avoid the complacency that can undermine your influence. If...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
Remote Team Building: How Do I Stay Connected with My Virtual Team?
Remote Team Building Insights from the Muppets Are you struggling with remote team building? You're not alone. Even Kermit the Frog (or someone with an uncanny resemblance) faces this challenge. He's #AskingforaFriend, but we know it's a common query: How do you...
Navigating Workplace Conflict: A Deep Dive with Ralph Kilmann
When Navigating Workplace Conflict, Start with the System "At least 80% of the behavior in organizations is driven by the systems, not personal preferences. So if you eventually switch out the people and bring in new people into the same situations, within 3 months...
How Did Leadership and Culture Improve on the North Pole?
A Retrospective: Santa's Big Leadership and Culture Change Is there anyone more beloved than Santa Claus? Today, the North Pole is a paragon of human-centered leadership and culture. But it wasn't always that way. In fact, Santa has a lot to teach us about...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
Remote Team Building: How Do I Stay Connected with My Virtual Team?
Remote Team Building Insights from the Muppets Are you struggling with remote team building? You're not alone. Even Kermit the Frog (or someone with an uncanny resemblance) faces this challenge. He's #AskingforaFriend, but we know it's a common query: How do you...
Navigating Workplace Conflict: A Deep Dive with Ralph Kilmann
When Navigating Workplace Conflict, Start with the System "At least 80% of the behavior in organizations is driven by the systems, not personal preferences. So if you eventually switch out the people and bring in new people into the same situations, within 3 months...
How Did Leadership and Culture Improve on the North Pole?
A Retrospective: Santa's Big Leadership and Culture Change Is there anyone more beloved than Santa Claus? Today, the North Pole is a paragon of human-centered leadership and culture. But it wasn't always that way. In fact, Santa has a lot to teach us about...
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With David Dye
Discover the Power of Meaningful Work in the Era of AI
Episode 249: In this episode, you'll join David Dye as he hosts Ed Hess, author of "Own Your Work Journey," in a deep dive into discovering the power of meaningful work in the era of Ai. Ed explores the crucial role of critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and...
Culture, Fit, and Employee Motivation Strategies
Episode 248: In this podcast episode, Andre Martin discusses the importance of finding the right fit in your career and building a culture that supports employee motivation, engagement, and satisfaction. He emphasizes the need to reflect on values, goals, and ideal...
Unlock Team Success with Proven Strategies to Build a Better Team
Episode 247: In this episode, Tania Luna discusses the principles of power with and how to a build better team. She emphasizes the importance of following a purpose rather than a person, relying on context instead of control, being a cultivator rather than a...
