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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Get Your Team Back on Track – Leading Through Distractions
Calm the Chaos and Get Your Team Back on Track Last-minute fire drills, interruptions, and real emergencies can become a permanent way of life. Get your team back on track by planning ahead with these five steps. It’s a common lament: “It’s so crazy around here. We...
A Tough Leadership Lesson
If you've ever worried about losing someone from your team or organization because you reinforce expectations, this episode's for you. Early in my career, I learned a tough leadership lesson from a retired English teacher named Joan. In a few succinct words, she...
Eliminate Bad Leadership: How to Overcome Your Leadership Fears
Avoid These Fear-Based Bad Leadership Practices Insecurity and fear can drive you to bad leadership practices that ruin relationships and limit results. You can overcome these leadership fears and increase your influence with these five straightforward steps....
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
How Do I Build More Connected Business Relationships? (With Video)
Think beyond "networking" to building deeply connected business relationships that will enhance your business and your life. This week on "Asking For a Friend" I interview Susan McPherson, author of The Lost Art of Connecting about how to build deeper trust and...
How Smart Leaders Help a Team Work Better Together: Plan Breakdowns
Expect common breakdowns to help your team work better together. Does your team get derailed by miscommunication, hurt feelings, customer service challenges, or another department’s dropped balls? These common relationship breakdowns don’t surprise effective...
The 12 Inch Rule of Leadership with Dr. Kaliym Islam
The 12 Inch Rule of Leadership: Confidence, Humility, Influence, and Career Success In this wisdom-packed interview, former Wall Street executive Dr. Kaliym Islam shares the many leadership moments that transformed his career. This is practical, research-based,...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
Navigating Workplace Conflict: A Deep Dive with Ralph Kilmann
When Navigating Workplace Conflict, Start with the System "At least 80% of the behavior in organizations is driven by the systems, not personal preferences. So if you eventually switch out the people and bring in new people into the same situations, within 3 months...
How Did Leadership and Culture Improve on the North Pole?
A Retrospective: Santa's Big Leadership and Culture Change Is there anyone more beloved than Santa Claus? Today, the North Pole is a paragon of human-centered leadership and culture. But it wasn't always that way. In fact, Santa has a lot to teach us about...
How Do I Accept Help and Support for My Struggling Team (Without Looking Weak)?
Have you ever worried that if you accept help you could jeopardize your credibility or not get the credit when things turn around? Today's Asking for a Friend addresses this common concern. "Hey, Karin, I'll admit it. My team's results are not where they need to...
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Karin Hurt
Navigating Workplace Conflict: A Deep Dive with Ralph Kilmann
When Navigating Workplace Conflict, Start with the System "At least 80% of the behavior in organizations is driven by the systems, not personal preferences. So if you eventually switch out the people and bring in new people into the same situations, within 3 months...
How Did Leadership and Culture Improve on the North Pole?
A Retrospective: Santa's Big Leadership and Culture Change Is there anyone more beloved than Santa Claus? Today, the North Pole is a paragon of human-centered leadership and culture. But it wasn't always that way. In fact, Santa has a lot to teach us about...
How Do I Accept Help and Support for My Struggling Team (Without Looking Weak)?
Have you ever worried that if you accept help you could jeopardize your credibility or not get the credit when things turn around? Today's Asking for a Friend addresses this common concern. "Hey, Karin, I'll admit it. My team's results are not where they need to...
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With David Dye
From Confusion to Clarity: Addressing Unclear Expectations
Episode 254: In this episode, host David Dye delves into the pervasive challenge of addressing unclear expectations in the workplace. David unpacks how such ambiguity can be the root of workplace conflict and offers precise language to help you articulate concerns...
Setting Healthy Boundaries: What to Say When You Need to Say No
Episode 253: In this episode of "Leadership Without Losing Your Soul," you're diving into the art of setting healthy boundaries and saying no at work. Imagine you're in a sticky situation. A colleague wants you on a new project, but you’re swamped. Or maybe your...
12 G.O.A.T. Powerful Phrases to Instantly Boost Your Communication Skills
Episode 252: In this episode, David introduces you to 12 effective phrases to help you improve your communication skills and effectively navigate workplace conflict. He organizes these phrases into four critical areas: connection, clarity, curiosity, and...