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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Thriving into the New Abnormal: How to Support Your Team (with Video)
There's Nothing Normal About Where We're Headed Next- Time to Embrace the New Abnormal Your team is looking to you for guidance on what happens next. As you're making plans think beyond the new normal, and focus on helping your team thrive in the new abnormal. Last...
Winning Well: Be the Leader You Want Your Boss to Be (Videos)
Winning Well - the art of blending the bottom line with the human spirit Winning Well gives leaders practical tools to achieve breakthrough results that last. After training over 10,000 leaders in fourteen countries in our Winning Well practical leadership tools...
Too Many Meetings – How to Free Your Team to Build, Create, and Thrive (video)
Too many meetings can frustrate productivity and morale. Reduce them to free your team. When your calendar staggers under the weight of too many meetings, start with design thinking, involve your team, and improve your use of asynchronous tools. It’s a refrain...
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Team Conflict: How to Surface and Discuss Simmering Issues (Video)
Address Team Conflict Early Before it Erupts into Something Bigger We all know that when there is team conflict brewing, it's only a matter of time before it erupts into something bigger. It's like families refusing to talk about the tough stuff, and then one day...
How to Build a Better Network of Peer Relationships
Don't Overlook the Importance of Peers in Your Network of Strategic Advisors When it comes to building a network of strategic advisors, it's natural to look to people with more position power, access, and influence as your primary go-to's. Yes, you want a...
Courage at Work: How to Be More Courageous (and Why it Matters) Video
You want to be more courageous, but sometimes the stakes can just feel too high. So, how do you know the difference between courage and stupidity? "Courage is every virtue at its testing point" -C.S.Lewis In this week's, Asking for a Friend, Karin speaks with Jim...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
7 Practical Ways to Create a More Sustainable Organization
How Small Businesses Can Do Their Part In Sustainability Today I talk with Cooper Wechkin Founder and CEO of RyeStrategy about the business case for a sustainable organization (even for small organizations). We discussed practical and important ways small...
Think Clarity: The Key to Highly Effective Leadership Focus (With Video)
Leadership's Focus on Clarity Emerges as Key Antidote to Uncertainty The more challenges you face, the more clear you need to be about which problem is the most important to solve. Today's Asking for a Friend is with Dr Avnesh (Avi) Ratnanesan talking about the...
How Do I Encourage My Coworker to Take Initiative? (without coming across as a jerk)
To encourage more initiative be specific in your request. Hi Karin, "I've got a peer who will never take initiative. I'm always stuck feeling like I'm the one to push if we're going to get anything done. I really don't like that feeling. What should I do? How can I...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
7 Practical Ways to Create a More Sustainable Organization
How Small Businesses Can Do Their Part In Sustainability Today I talk with Cooper Wechkin Founder and CEO of RyeStrategy about the business case for a sustainable organization (even for small organizations). We discussed practical and important ways small...
Think Clarity: The Key to Highly Effective Leadership Focus (With Video)
Leadership's Focus on Clarity Emerges as Key Antidote to Uncertainty The more challenges you face, the more clear you need to be about which problem is the most important to solve. Today's Asking for a Friend is with Dr Avnesh (Avi) Ratnanesan talking about the...
How Do I Encourage My Coworker to Take Initiative? (without coming across as a jerk)
To encourage more initiative be specific in your request. Hi Karin, "I've got a peer who will never take initiative. I'm always stuck feeling like I'm the one to push if we're going to get anything done. I really don't like that feeling. What should I do? How can I...
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Leading with Kindness: Creating a Positive Culture in the Workplace
Episode 263: Nick Courtright, founder and CEO of Atmosphere Press, a hybrid publishing company, discusses his approach to leadership and creating a positive culture at his company. He emphasizes hiring for kindness and creating a positive and supportive author...
How Coaching Can Elevate Your Leadership Skills
Episode 262: In this Leadership Without Losing Your Soul episode, you'll hear from Kim Ades, the founder of Frame of Mind Coaching, as she dives into the challenges leaders face and the significance of coaching in elevating leadership skills. Ades emphasizes...
The Key to Resolving Conflict: Knowing When to Quit
Episode 261: In this episode, you'll explore resolving conflict - when it might be necessary to quit a conflict or even leave a job. You'll learn specific phrases and questions to ask yourself to determine if it's time to walk away. Host David Dye and guest, Karin...