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Karin Hurt and David Dye
9 Questions to Help Your Team Solve Problems On Their Own
Help Your Team Become Rock Star Problem Solvers The more you can get your team to solve problems on their own, the more time you have to do the work that only you can do. This 9 What's Coaching method works like magic to develop critical thinking and...
5 Steps to Overcome Adversity and Thrive in the New Year
Wow-what a year this has been. For many leaders, adversity doesn't begin to describe the challenges you've faced. And - we've been so inspired by the ways you have responded and risen to the occasion to overcome adversity. If 2020 has left you reeling, we want to...
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...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Virtual Team Building Tool: An Easy Conversation Starter
If you want a strong virtual team, get your team talking. If you want to take your virtual or hybrid team to the next level, use this virtual team-building tool to get your team talking about what's working and identify areas for continued improvement. What makes a...
How to Ensure High ROI Training
Nothing burns time, energy, and leadership credibility like wasted training. Three specific mistakes undermine training. These mistakes compromise your ROI and participant experience. You'll also get eight practical ways to overcome these mistakes and ensure high...
Speak-up Culture: How to Encourage More (and Better) Ideas
How to Draw out Better Ideas from Every Member of Your Team You're a human-centered leader working to create a courageous, speak-up culture filled with psychological safety. A culture where employees feel invited and encouraged to speak up and share their ideas and...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
Think Clarity: The Key to Highly Effective Leadership Focus (With Video)
Leadership's Focus on Clarity Emerges as Key Antidote to Uncertainty The more challenges you face, the more clear you need to be about which problem is the most important to solve. Today's Asking for a Friend is with Dr Avnesh (Avi) Ratnanesan talking about the...
How Do I Encourage My Coworker to Take Initiative? (without coming across as a jerk)
To encourage more initiative be specific in your request. Hi Karin, "I've got a peer who will never take initiative. I'm always stuck feeling like I'm the one to push if we're going to get anything done. I really don't like that feeling. What should I do? How can I...
How to Craft a More Meaningful Apology at Work
Cultivating a Culture of Meaningful Apology: How to Make Amends When You Slip Up "Hey Karin, I've got a good team. We're full of good intentions. We really do care about each other. But I've been noticing... we're moving so fast, and sometimes we step on one...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
Think Clarity: The Key to Highly Effective Leadership Focus (With Video)
Leadership's Focus on Clarity Emerges as Key Antidote to Uncertainty The more challenges you face, the more clear you need to be about which problem is the most important to solve. Today's Asking for a Friend is with Dr Avnesh (Avi) Ratnanesan talking about the...
How Do I Encourage My Coworker to Take Initiative? (without coming across as a jerk)
To encourage more initiative be specific in your request. Hi Karin, "I've got a peer who will never take initiative. I'm always stuck feeling like I'm the one to push if we're going to get anything done. I really don't like that feeling. What should I do? How can I...
How to Craft a More Meaningful Apology at Work
Cultivating a Culture of Meaningful Apology: How to Make Amends When You Slip Up "Hey Karin, I've got a good team. We're full of good intentions. We really do care about each other. But I've been noticing... we're moving so fast, and sometimes we step on one...
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Leadership Without Losing Your Sole Podcast
With David Dye
One Critical Communication Skill Every Busy Leader Needs
Episode 275: Have you ever felt that your communication skills were strong but still found your team misunderstood key points? What if you could master a simple tool to eliminate those misunderstandings for good? Even the best leaders face communication challenges...
Ready for a Success Boost? The Key to Peak Performance
Episode 274: Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed by burnout and looking for a success boost in your leadership role? What if you could achieve your goals without sacrificing your well-being? In this episode of Leadership Without Losing Your Soul, host David Dye...
Human-Centered Leadership Through Open Communication in the Workplace
Are you leading in a way that taps into your team's potential for innovation, engagement, and open communication, or are you inadvertently stifling it? In today’s episode, Drew Jones, PhD, discusses how traditional management techniques often shut down culture and...