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Karin Hurt and David Dye
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 conversation....
One Super Power Every Great Middle Manager Masters
If you are (or have been) a middle manager, you know how tough this role can be. You don’t set the strategic priorities, but you are accountable to make it happen—often without the influence to get all the resources you would like (or need) to get the job done. And...
The Blight of Soul-Crushing Useless Negative Feedback
Don’t let useless negative feedback sap your team's motivation. Negative feedback is destructive and all-too-common. There are three common problems that erode the power of these conversations. My phone buzzed with a text message from Amena, a junior manager....
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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
Team Conflict: Powerful Questions to Help Your Team Get Along
Powerful Phrases to Help With Team Conflict What do you do when YOUR TEAM is in conflict? They're coming to you, wound up, riled up, wanting YOU to solve THEIR team conflict for them... You might even think, "If I wanted this kind of drama, I would have taught...
Overwhelmed at Work? How to Express Your Stress and Get the Help You Need
Powerful phrases to talk about being overwhelmed at work (without sounding like a complainer) Have you ever looked at your to-do list and just laughed? You think, “Right, that’s not happening.” But moments later, you realize that none of the tasks on your list are...
Human Connection: How Do I Train Someone to Connect More Deeply?
To Get Better at Human Connection, Make Connecting a Habit "Hey Karin, I was just in your and David's session at the Association for Talent Development (ATD) Global Conference in New Orleans, where you talked about human connection and the 4 dimensions of...
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Karin Hurt
Team Conflict: Powerful Questions to Help Your Team Get Along
Powerful Phrases to Help With Team Conflict What do you do when YOUR TEAM is in conflict? They're coming to you, wound up, riled up, wanting YOU to solve THEIR team conflict for them... You might even think, "If I wanted this kind of drama, I would have taught...
Overwhelmed at Work? How to Express Your Stress and Get the Help You Need
Powerful phrases to talk about being overwhelmed at work (without sounding like a complainer) Have you ever looked at your to-do list and just laughed? You think, “Right, that’s not happening.” But moments later, you realize that none of the tasks on your list are...
Human Connection: How Do I Train Someone to Connect More Deeply?
To Get Better at Human Connection, Make Connecting a Habit "Hey Karin, I was just in your and David's session at the Association for Talent Development (ATD) Global Conference in New Orleans, where you talked about human connection and the 4 dimensions of...
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The Change Challenge: Empowering Your Team for Success
Episode 269: In this episode of The Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast, hosted by David Dye, you'll dive the into change challenge and the fascinating world of behavioral economics with guest Melina Palmer. Behavioral economics is all about understanding...
Uncovering Bias: How to Identify and Mitigate Systemic Issues
Episode 268: In this episode of the Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast, David Dye sits down with Binna Kandola to explore the impact of bias on our thinking and decision-making. Bias can lead to snap judgments and stereotypes. Unconscious bias is even...
Genius Leadership: Strategies for Success and Sustainability
Episode 267: In this episode of the Leadership without Losing Your Soul podcast, you’ll dive into an engaging conversation about genius leadership with your host, David Dye, and special guest Melanie van de Velde, author of Lead Like a Genius. You'll explore how...