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Karin Hurt and David Dye
How to Be Compassionate Without Destroying Consistency (video)
Be Compassionate Without Destroying Consistency The other day, "Joe" reached out with a genuine dilemma. Throughout this crisis, he's encouraged his supervisors to be compassionate. Because, like you, he knows that everyone is dealing with their own set of...
What is Your Unique Leadership Promise?
Your Leadership Promise Might Not Be What You Think In the age of Twitter and Instagram, you hear so many people talk about "authenticity" - but what does that actually mean for you as a leader? It's probably not awkward social media posts. Recently I interviewed...
How to Stop Remote Work from Stealing Your Life
Awareness and intention will help stop remote work from stealing your life. It’s not your imagination: if the pandemic shifted your job to working from home, odds are, you’re working longer hours. For many of the leaders we’ve spoken with over the past months, WFH...
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How do I find the perfect mentor? (Video)
More Mentors are Better Than One- The Art of Micro-Mentoring The perfect mentor can be really hard to find. If you're like most managers we talk with, you've got more than one area you're working to develop. And the same person who is great with executive presence...
Your Talent Strategy: How to Avoid This Huge Mistake
Don't Jeopardize Your Talent Strategy With This Big Mistake As you formalize and add more rigor to your talent strategy and focus on your nine-box grid, be careful that your focus doesn't become overly myopic. The best talent strategies help all employees to grow. ...
Psychological Safety or More Courage? What Your Team Needs Now
Psychological safety pioneer, Dr. Amy Edmondson discusses the difference between psychological safety and courage at work Psychological safety pioneer, Dr. Amy Edmondson discusses the difference between psychological safety and courage at work, and why both are so...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
Taking Risks: How to Make it Feel Safer (and Less Lonely) For Your Team to Try New Things
Make Taking Risks a Team Sport Taking risks at work can feel remarkably lonely. Especially if you're the only one trying new things, or experimenting with new approaches. This week on #AskingforaFriend I share practical approaches to making taking risks a team...
Top Strategies Every Sales Manager Must Know to Keep Sales Soaring! (Video)
Try These Proven Approaches to Build Consistency & Momentum as a Sales Manager "Hey, Karin, as a sales manager, how do I keep sales from stalling without micromanaging my team? #Asking For a Friend This week on #askingforafriend Steve Gielda of Ignite...
Unleash Your Inner Softie: How to Get Better at Being Vulnerable and Build Trust
Vulnerability is the New Black: How to Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve (Without Getting Stains on Your Shirt) at Work "Hey Karin, I've read the research on being vulnerable, I've listened to Brenè Brown and all that stuff...I've watched some of your "Asking for a...
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Karin Hurt
Taking Risks: How to Make it Feel Safer (and Less Lonely) For Your Team to Try New Things
Make Taking Risks a Team Sport Taking risks at work can feel remarkably lonely. Especially if you're the only one trying new things, or experimenting with new approaches. This week on #AskingforaFriend I share practical approaches to making taking risks a team...
Top Strategies Every Sales Manager Must Know to Keep Sales Soaring! (Video)
Try These Proven Approaches to Build Consistency & Momentum as a Sales Manager "Hey, Karin, as a sales manager, how do I keep sales from stalling without micromanaging my team? #Asking For a Friend This week on #askingforafriend Steve Gielda of Ignite...
Unleash Your Inner Softie: How to Get Better at Being Vulnerable and Build Trust
Vulnerability is the New Black: How to Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve (Without Getting Stains on Your Shirt) at Work "Hey Karin, I've read the research on being vulnerable, I've listened to Brenè Brown and all that stuff...I've watched some of your "Asking for a...
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Help Your Team Solve the Right Problem
How do we solve the right problem quickly and get ourselves and our team back to work? When someone walks up to you and says, can I talk to you for a minute? We've got a problem. How do you respond? When people are confronted with problems, a lot of times you get...
Present like a Pro with Jacqueline Farrington
Better presentations aren’t a luxury. Connecting online or in person is an essential skill for anyone driven to make an impact. Whether you’re presenting to a group of 17 or 70,000, live or virtually, present like a confident change-maker, without fear or imposter...
How to be Unmessable With featuring Josselyne Herman-Saccio
Being unmessable with is not about having perfect circumstances but rather, who you are in the face of the real circumstances life throws at you. Being able to create possibility and make a difference under any circumstance, with anyone at any time, and never lose...