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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Motivate Your Team: Use Data to Drive Not Drown
Used poorly, data can overwhelm and dishearten, but when you use it judiciously, data is a vital tool to motivate your team and get results. There are four steps you can take to avoid data's dark side. I was talking with Adam, a leader who was frustrated with his...
How to Coach Employees to High Performance When Time is Limited
When You Coach Employees, Make Every Conversation Count You want to help your team grow. You care about their development, and you’re doing your best to support them, especially when performance could use a boost. But time? There’s never enough of it. That’s why...
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...
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Fiercely Loyal with Dov Baron
The world has changed, and so has everything we know about becoming and remaining an effective leader, particularly when it comes to keeping your top talent! The effective leaders of tomorrow will do one thing: keep their top talent. In this episode, Dov Baron lays...
How Do I Gain Respect When My Team Doesn’t Like Me?
Use This Approach to Gain Respect and the Influence You Need Of course, leadership is not about being liked. But it sucks to go to work every day when you know your team would rather be working for someone else. Plus, if your team doesn't respect you, you're not...
How To Speak Up in Meetings (A Video For if You’re Feeling Unsure)
Techniques to Speak Up in Meetings and Ensure Your Voice is Heard "Hey Karin, I just had my 360 Feedback review, and I heard I should speak up more in meetings. But it's hard. How do I get better at this?" #AskingForaFriend 4 Ways to Speak Up More in Meetings This...
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Karin Hurt
What Are Some Fun Workplace Conflict Team Building Activities (Asking for a Friend)
Free Workplace Conflict Team Building Activities to Help Your Team Reduce Stress, and Make Work, Work Better The best time to talk about team conflict is before you're in it. And, a good conflict teambuilding exercise makes talking about conflict easy. That's why...
How to Find More Joy at Work and Disrupt the Monotony
Find Joy in Contribution, Connection and Challenge Are you looking for more joy in your work? Has work gotten monotonous? Does today feel too much like yesterday? Important work is hard. And sometimes repetitive tasks are a vital part of the gig. But if your job...
Help! I Inherited a Dysfunctional Team: What Now? Asking for a Friend
What to do next when you inherit a team that feels like they're operating in the Wild, Wild West. You've inherited a new team and it's not going well. Employees are doing who knows what, when, where, with all kinds of "hows" that don't make sense... and you think:...
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Karin Hurt
What Are Some Fun Workplace Conflict Team Building Activities (Asking for a Friend)
Free Workplace Conflict Team Building Activities to Help Your Team Reduce Stress, and Make Work, Work Better The best time to talk about team conflict is before you're in it. And, a good conflict teambuilding exercise makes talking about conflict easy. That's why...
How to Find More Joy at Work and Disrupt the Monotony
Find Joy in Contribution, Connection and Challenge Are you looking for more joy in your work? Has work gotten monotonous? Does today feel too much like yesterday? Important work is hard. And sometimes repetitive tasks are a vital part of the gig. But if your job...
Help! I Inherited a Dysfunctional Team: What Now? Asking for a Friend
What to do next when you inherit a team that feels like they're operating in the Wild, Wild West. You've inherited a new team and it's not going well. Employees are doing who knows what, when, where, with all kinds of "hows" that don't make sense... and you think:...
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A Leadership Communication Strategy to Ensure Your Team Knows Where to Focus
How can you ensure your leadership communication strategy cuts through the noise and actually sticks with your team? In today’s workplace, competing priorities and constant digital distractions make it easy for key messages to get lost. Without a clear...
One Easy Active Listening Skill Leaders Can Use for More Connection, Influence, and Better Conflict Resolution
Episode 287: Do you know how to use active listening to turn workplace conflicts into meaningful connections? We’ve all been in tense conversations where emotions run high, and communication breaks down. This episode teaches you a simple strategy for using...
5 Communication Skills to Promote Productivity in the New Year
Episode 286- What if you could empower your team to promote productivity and maintain momentum all year long? Imagine leading a team that’s not only aligned and motivated but also laser-focused on building habits that drive consistent results. Whether it’s the...