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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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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...
Love it. Own it. Your Dream Job with Carson Tate
In this episode, Carson Tate, one of America’s top productivity consultants, talks about why you don’t have to rely on your company or your boss for your professional fulfillment. Instead, you can take ownership of your career, your life, and your happiness―right...
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Karin Hurt
How Do I Build Better Leadership Trust on my Team
Insights on Leadership Trust from Stephen M.R. Covey Leadership trust begets trust. "It's possible to have two trustworthy people working together, both trustworthy and yet, no trust between them." - Stephen M.R. Covey. I was delighted to have this important...
How to Inspire Better Team Innovation: Cultivating an Idea Garden
Inspire team innovation with an idea garden, saving great ideas for future growth. Hi Karin, "I attended your Courageous Cultures, how to Read Courageous Cultures with your team book club, and we loved it. We are using the book and we're reading it. The good news...
How Do I Figure Out My Blind Spot and Hidden Motivations? #AskingForaFriend
Practical Advice to Deal with a Blind Spot and Make it Work For You How do you become aware of a blind spot in your leadership? After all, that's the point of a blind spot, right? In today's #AskingForaFriend, I bring you an interview with Mike Maddock, serial...
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Karin Hurt
How Do I Build Better Leadership Trust on my Team
Insights on Leadership Trust from Stephen M.R. Covey Leadership trust begets trust. "It's possible to have two trustworthy people working together, both trustworthy and yet, no trust between them." - Stephen M.R. Covey. I was delighted to have this important...
How to Inspire Better Team Innovation: Cultivating an Idea Garden
Inspire team innovation with an idea garden, saving great ideas for future growth. Hi Karin, "I attended your Courageous Cultures, how to Read Courageous Cultures with your team book club, and we loved it. We are using the book and we're reading it. The good news...
How Do I Figure Out My Blind Spot and Hidden Motivations? #AskingForaFriend
Practical Advice to Deal with a Blind Spot and Make it Work For You How do you become aware of a blind spot in your leadership? After all, that's the point of a blind spot, right? In today's #AskingForaFriend, I bring you an interview with Mike Maddock, serial...
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Helpful Tips for Working with an Indecisive Manager
Episode 258: In this episode, David Dye explores the all-too-common frustration of working with an indecisive manager. He shares practical strategies that you can use to navigate this challenging situation. David suggests using powerful phrases to pinpoint where...
Expert Strategies for Handling Vague Feedback from Your Boss
Episode 257: In this episode, you'll learn how to handle a manager who gives lazy, frustrating, and vague feedback. Drawing from the insights in his recent book, David offers practical phrases to navigate various feedback scenarios. Here's what you can do when...
Breaking Free from Micromanagement Through Effective Communication
Episode 256: Do you have a micromanager as a boss—what do you do to combat micromanagement? Tune in to this episode for some go-to phrases you can use to improve the relationship and keep the interactions at work positive. Host, David Dye, gives you a sneak peek at...