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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Leading When Things Break
Are you blindsided when things break down, problems happen, or conflict occurs? Great leaders anticipate these breakdowns and know that it’s a matter of when – not if – they’ll happen. Lead your team with a planned recovery and equip them...
Calm the Chaos and Help Your Team Regain their Focus
It’s a challenge common to many leaders and managers: Last-minute customer requests, emergencies, interruptions, and distractions make it hard to stay focused on your M.I.T.s (the Most Important Thing). If you’re not careful, reactivity can become a...
Leading Performance Conversations without Losing Your Cool
It’s easy to take things personally and get upset when you need to lead a tough performance conversation. In this episode, we’ll take a look at what might cause you to get upset and five steps you can take to keep your cool and have a productive...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Want Better Influence at Work? Avoid These Communication Mistakes
3 Communication Mistakes That Sabotage Your Influence and Impact When it comes to having better influence at work, words matter. Of course, WHAT you say will instantly influence your credibility and impact. But, what’s REALLY tragic is to see well-intentioned...
One-on-one Meeting Template: FREE Tool for Better Conversations
Use This One-on-One Meeting Template to Create a Better Cadence Are your one-on-one meetings getting stale? Are you looking for more ways to support and challenge your team? Use our very popular one-on-one meeting template to plan for a better one-on-one. In our...
How to Coach Employees to High Performance When Time is Limited
When You Coach Employees, Make Every Conversation Count You want to help your team grow. You care about their development, and you’re doing your best to support them, especially when performance could use a boost. But time? There’s never enough of it. That’s why...
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Karin Hurt
How Do I Advocate For DEI at Work (When My Company Doesn’t)?
Think DE&I Is Dead at Your Company? Here’s How to Keep It Alive You care deeply about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), but your company seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Maybe the initial enthusiasm has faded, they were never...
A Human-Centered Team Building Activity: Let’s Talk About What Matters
Try this easy team building activity to get your team talking about being human Can you think of a recent moment when you felt deeply connected at a human level? When you paused and saw another person—not as a role, title, or function—but as a fellow human being?...
How Can I Be Authentic at Work (and Still Fit in)?
The sweet spot between being real and being relatable You want to show up real. To be authentic at work. To own your strengths. You want to be you. And…. you want to fit in. To be easy to work with. To collaborate and get along. You don’t want to stand...
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Karin Hurt
How Do I Advocate For DEI at Work (When My Company Doesn’t)?
Think DE&I Is Dead at Your Company? Here’s How to Keep It Alive You care deeply about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), but your company seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Maybe the initial enthusiasm has faded, they were never...
A Human-Centered Team Building Activity: Let’s Talk About What Matters
Try this easy team building activity to get your team talking about being human Can you think of a recent moment when you felt deeply connected at a human level? When you paused and saw another person—not as a role, title, or function—but as a fellow human being?...
How Can I Be Authentic at Work (and Still Fit in)?
The sweet spot between being real and being relatable You want to show up real. To be authentic at work. To own your strengths. You want to be you. And…. you want to fit in. To be easy to work with. To collaborate and get along. You don’t want to stand...
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The Missing 5-Minute Communication Skill that Will Transform Your Team’s Productivity
Episode 313: What if one overlooked communication skill could be the difference between unfinished work and unstoppable team progress? Leadership Survey If you’ve ever walked out of a productive meeting only to find that no one followed through, you’re...
10 Ways Fear Undermines Your Leadership Skills and What to Do to Fight Burnout
Episode 312: What if the secret to becoming a more confident leader and fighting burnout is learning to recognize how fear is running the show? Leadership Survey Fear doesn’t just sit in the background—it hijacks your leadership, clouds your judgment, and quietly...
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...