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The Winning Well
Karin Hurt and David Dye
How to Exit Your Job With Grace and Support Your Successor
How do you exit your job with grace? You're on to the next thing. Perhaps it was your call. Maybe not. Maybe you're happy. Perhaps you're not. In fact, perhaps "not happy" is an understatement. But it's not about you. It's about the mission and your team. And the...
How to Give Better, Consistent Appreciation
Go Beyond "Thank You" For Better, Consistent Appreciation I try to give my team consistent appreciation. I always go out of my way to say thank you. But you know what? In two years, I've never received a single thank you from my boss. NOT ONE. I get that this is my...
How Do I Change My Leadership Approach Without Losing Credibility? (video)
We were nearing the end of our live-online leadership program with an amazing group of start-up CEOs at Bulb Africa in Nigeria, and it was time for Q&A (or, as I like to call it, "Asking For a Friend.") when one brave CEO asked about how to change his...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
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"...
Human Resources: How Leaders Partner to Transform Results
Strategic partnerships with human resources professional can be game-changers. Your human resources professionals can be wonderful strategic partners and collaborate with you to achieve amazing results—but it takes trust and a solid relationship to get there. Too...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
How To Find a Great Company Culture in Your Job Search
Take initiative to find a great company culture that's the right fit for you. You're looking for a job, perhaps even your first "real" job out of school. Awesome. Let's talk about how to find a great company culture that's the right fit for you. Here's the lowdown...
Remote Team Building: How Do I Stay Connected with My Virtual Team?
Remote Team Building Insights from the Muppets Are you struggling with remote team building? You're not alone. Even Kermit the Frog (or someone with an uncanny resemblance) faces this challenge. He's #AskingforaFriend, but we know it's a common query: How do you...
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...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
How To Find a Great Company Culture in Your Job Search
Take initiative to find a great company culture that's the right fit for you. You're looking for a job, perhaps even your first "real" job out of school. Awesome. Let's talk about how to find a great company culture that's the right fit for you. Here's the lowdown...
Remote Team Building: How Do I Stay Connected with My Virtual Team?
Remote Team Building Insights from the Muppets Are you struggling with remote team building? You're not alone. Even Kermit the Frog (or someone with an uncanny resemblance) faces this challenge. He's #AskingforaFriend, but we know it's a common query: How do you...
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...
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Uncovering Bias: How to Identify and Mitigate Systemic Issues
Episode 268: In this episode of the Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast, David Dye sits down with Binna Kandola to explore the impact of bias on our thinking and decision-making. Bias can lead to snap judgments and stereotypes. Unconscious bias is even...
Genius Leadership: Strategies for Success and Sustainability
Episode 267: In this episode of the Leadership without Losing Your Soul podcast, you’ll dive into an engaging conversation about genius leadership with your host, David Dye, and special guest Melanie van de Velde, author of Lead Like a Genius. You'll explore how...
Leading with Purpose: How to Cultivate an Aliveness Mindset
Episode 266: In this episode of "Leadership Without Losing Your Soul," David talks with Jack Craven, a trial lawyer turned CEO, aliveness mindset author, and executive coach. Jack shares his journey of leading business leaders toward more fulfilling lives,...