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The Winning Well
Karin Hurt and David Dye
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...
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...
Celebrating 100 Winning Wells Providing Clean Water in Cambodia
Celebrating Over 100 Clean Water Winning Wells in Cambodia It was the Summer of 2016 and we had had just launched our new book Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results—Without Losing Your Soul. We were talking to our good friend Scott Friedman about...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Virtual Kick-off Meeting: Why You Should Have One and How to Make it Great
7 Ideas to Inspire a Better Virtual Kick-off Meeting If you’re neck-deep in planning your virtual kick-off meeting like so many of our clients, great! Your team needs this moment more than ever. In this extraordinary year, a virtual kick-off meeting is a...
How to Keep Your Resume Out of the Trash
Differentiate your resume with relevance. We’re writing today with compassion for any of you who are looking for work. If it’s been a minute, the frustration is probably mounting. You might even begin questioning yourself, and the value you bring. Repeated...
How to Manage Your Stress Without Frustrating Your Team
You’re working hard to manage your stress and create a sense of calm for your team. But now your team is looking at you and wondering if you get it. They think, “If she really understood what was happening here, she wouldn’t be so calm!” So,...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
How do I Succeed in My First Job? Asking for a Friend
3 Practical Ways to Show Up Strong as You Start Your Career You’re new to your career. Maybe this is even your very first job. You want to get it right and have smooth sailing from the start. Excellent. Let’s start with three practical tips that make...
How to Make the Most of A Professional Development Conference
One Way to Turn Over-whelm into Practical Takeaways at Your Next Professional Development Conference You’re attending an industry conference or professional development event, and are fired up with ALL THE IDEAS. You want to do all the ideas right away. And...
How Can I Be a Better Listener (When I feel SO IMPATIENT)?
Be a Better Listener: “Time is the enemy of empathy.” -Michael Reddington Hi Karin, I want to be a better listener. I do. But, I’m not sure it’s in my nature. I get so impatient. It’s not that I don’t care. But, I’m busy....
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
How do I Succeed in My First Job? Asking for a Friend
3 Practical Ways to Show Up Strong as You Start Your Career You’re new to your career. Maybe this is even your very first job. You want to get it right and have smooth sailing from the start. Excellent. Let’s start with three practical tips that make...
How to Make the Most of A Professional Development Conference
One Way to Turn Over-whelm into Practical Takeaways at Your Next Professional Development Conference You’re attending an industry conference or professional development event, and are fired up with ALL THE IDEAS. You want to do all the ideas right away. And...
How Can I Be a Better Listener (When I feel SO IMPATIENT)?
Be a Better Listener: “Time is the enemy of empathy.” -Michael Reddington Hi Karin, I want to be a better listener. I do. But, I’m not sure it’s in my nature. I get so impatient. It’s not that I don’t care. But, I’m busy....
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With David Dye
1 Incredible Leadership Skill to Improve Productivity and Manage Work-Life Balance
Episode 302: Tired of vague deadlines and Groundhog Day conversations that wreck your productivity—and your work-life balance? Leadership Survey If you’re a leader trying to stay on top of competing priorities while also protecting your team’s time and energy, this...
3 Delegation Leadership Skills that Improve Productivity and Reduce Overwhelm
Episode 301: What if the key to improving productivity is simply learning how to delegate without anything falling through the cracks? Leadership Survey Delegation is supposed to free up your time and build your team—but if you’re constantly chasing updates...
3 Overlooked Communication Skills to Be a Leader People Want to Follow
Episode 300: What separates a leader people want to follow from one they just tolerate—and could it be as simple as how you say, “Great job”? Leadership Survey If you’re like most leaders, you’re juggling tasks, solving problems, and keeping...