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Karin Hurt and David Dye
How to Hold a Better Performance Improvement Conversation
Has this ever happened to you? You sit down for an earnest performance improvement conversation. Your employee listens intently. She thanks you for the feedback, and promises to try harder. Things improve for a minute. But a week later, they're back to all the same...
How to Help Your Team Bring You Better Ideas
Want Better Ideas? How to Help Your Team Vet Their Ideas and Bring You Solutions You don't just want ideas—you want GOOD ideas. There's no time for half-baked solutions to trivial problems. But if you stop listening, they'll stop sharing, and you'll miss the good...
End-of-Year Meeting: How to Make Yours Remarkable
Think past the PowerPoint Recap For a Better End of Year Meeting. In one way or another, your team has had an incredible year. And, an incredible year calls for an incredible end-of-year meeting. Fill in the blank: This year was incredibly ________(successful,...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Drive Your Career Success – featuring Ed Evarts
If you're ambitious, talented, and ready to take your career to the next level, this episode is for you. Ed Evarts shares several principles of taking responsibility for your career. You'll get practical ways to build a positive relationship with your boss, vital...
How Do I Build a High-Performing Team (with Video)
Building a high performing team takes rhythm. In this week's episode of Asking for a Friend, we talk with Virg Palumbo, Regional President at Kforce. A former marine, Virg is an absolute expert in creating an operating cadence to build a high-performing team. In...
How to Respond To Employee’s Wacky Ideas (Tool & Video)
How You Respond Sends a Powerful Message You don't just want ideas from your team. You want ideas you can use. And let's be real—sometimes the ideas are so wacky, you might even be fighting back a sarcastic chuckle. Here's a proven, human-centered "how to respond"...
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Karin Hurt
As a New Employee, How to I Ensure My Ideas at Work are Taken Seriously?
Want to make an impact in your new role? Position your ideas at work so they're more likely to be heard. "Hey Karin, "I was hired for my ideas and my extensive experience. I was told "We welcome your different perspectives, experiences, and ideas at work. That's...
How to Encourage an Employee Stop Talking Too Much (Without Squashing Their Enthusiasm)
Practical strategies to encourage enthusiastic team members from talking too much and empower collaborative conversation So what do you do when your well-meaning, enthusiastic team-member is just talking too much in meetings? It's tricky, particularly in virtual...
How Do I Build Better, More Meaningful, Work Relationships?
Strong Work Relationships Start Better Questions I'm so excited to share this week’s Asking for a Friend all about work relationships. I hosted Michael Bungay Stanier live on LinkedIn for a conversation about how to have better relationships at work and talk about...
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Karin Hurt
As a New Employee, How to I Ensure My Ideas at Work are Taken Seriously?
Want to make an impact in your new role? Position your ideas at work so they're more likely to be heard. "Hey Karin, "I was hired for my ideas and my extensive experience. I was told "We welcome your different perspectives, experiences, and ideas at work. That's...
How to Encourage an Employee Stop Talking Too Much (Without Squashing Their Enthusiasm)
Practical strategies to encourage enthusiastic team members from talking too much and empower collaborative conversation So what do you do when your well-meaning, enthusiastic team-member is just talking too much in meetings? It's tricky, particularly in virtual...
How Do I Build Better, More Meaningful, Work Relationships?
Strong Work Relationships Start Better Questions I'm so excited to share this week’s Asking for a Friend all about work relationships. I hosted Michael Bungay Stanier live on LinkedIn for a conversation about how to have better relationships at work and talk about...
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Take Care of Yourself As A Leader
Episode 240: In this episode, we are replaying the most popular episode from 2020, which focuses on the importance of taking care of yourself as a leader. Host, David Dye, confesses to not practicing what he preaches and shares his struggles with mental health. He...
Leading a Fast Growing Remote Culture with Antonella Pisani
Episode 239: Antonella Pisani, the CEO and founder of Eyeful Media, a digital marketing and consulting firm, joins host David Dye, and discusses the importance of culture, values, and remote culture in leadership. She emphasizes hiring experienced talent and...
For Team Leaders Who Want A Promotion
Episode 238: In this episode, David Dye discusses practical ways for team leaders eager for promotion to prepare themselves for more responsibility. He emphasizes investing in knowledge and wisdom, achieving results, building relationships, and speaking up. The...