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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Productivity at Work: How to Lead Highly Productive Teams
To Lead Highly Productive Teams: Keep Them Focused on What Matters Most If you want to increase productivity at work, maintain a relentless focus on what matters most in four areas. First, ensure your team understands their big strategic priorities – the...
Micro-Motivation: A Powerful Technique to Inspire Your Team
Inspire Your Team By Isolating Habits and Behaviors Through “Confidence Bursts” What if you believe your strategy is achievable, but your team is skeptical if they can pull it off? You’ve set and reinforced clear expectations and clearly communicated...
How Leaders Use Small Habits for Big Results
Transform your leadership and team’s results with the power of small habits Your team won’t become a high-functioning powerhouse after one offsite. You can’t be a trusted, influential leader after one week on the job. There are no leadership hacks or shortcuts that...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Leading Through Low Morale: How to Stay Strong When Everything Feels Uncertain
In Times of Chaos and Low Morale, Lead Yourself First You love your work. You’ve dedicated so many years to serving your people, the mission, and making a difference. But now, everything’s changed. Day after day, you face a new set of decisions that make little...
The Secret to High-Performance Work Teams: Mastering the Performance Loop
High-Performance Teams Don’t Leave Their Achievement to Chance You know what it’s like when a high performance work team fires on all cylinders. There’s energy, trust, and clarity. You make decisions quickly, everyone shares their insights, and people...
Recognition Power Words: The Phrases that Mean the Most
The Right Words at the Right Time: Crafting Recognition That Sticks Think about the best recognition you’ve ever received. Who said what, and why did it hit you so deeply? Recently, two people told me, “I am proud of you.” Both times, my throat tightened with...
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Karin Hurt
How to Get Buy-in For Your Idea: Tips to Seal the Deal
Great Idea. Lots of Nods. No Decision. Now What? You’re trying to get buy-in for your idea—an idea you know would add real strategic value—but it’s stuck in conversation purgatory. People are talking about it. Agreeing with it. Circling it in meetings. Saying,...
How to Lead a High-Performing Team of Competitive Achievers (With Video)
Asking for a Friend: How Do You Get High Performers to Win Together? What do you do when you’re leading a high-performing team full of smart, driven, A-type achievers? Big strengths, opinions, and energy. Also? Big potential for meetings that feel like intellectual...
How Do You Keep Going When Your Creative Vision Is Criticized?
When Your Creative Vision Meets Pushback What do you do when your creative vision (or project) that you’ve poured your heart into gets criticized — and it hits harder than you expected? I’m standing near the Sydney Opera House, one of the most recognizable...
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Karin Hurt
How to Get Buy-in For Your Idea: Tips to Seal the Deal
Great Idea. Lots of Nods. No Decision. Now What? You’re trying to get buy-in for your idea—an idea you know would add real strategic value—but it’s stuck in conversation purgatory. People are talking about it. Agreeing with it. Circling it in meetings. Saying,...
How to Lead a High-Performing Team of Competitive Achievers (With Video)
Asking for a Friend: How Do You Get High Performers to Win Together? What do you do when you’re leading a high-performing team full of smart, driven, A-type achievers? Big strengths, opinions, and energy. Also? Big potential for meetings that feel like intellectual...
How Do You Keep Going When Your Creative Vision Is Criticized?
When Your Creative Vision Meets Pushback What do you do when your creative vision (or project) that you’ve poured your heart into gets criticized — and it hits harder than you expected? I’m standing near the Sydney Opera House, one of the most recognizable...
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This 1 Leadership Communication Skill Helps You Get Results Without Burning Out Your Team—or Yourself
Episode 347: What if one simple leadership habit could help you get results faster—without burning out your team or yourself? Complete the quick Leadership Survey (first 30 people get a signed copy of one of our books!) You’re juggling competing priorities, endless...
6 Leadership Skills That Make Meetings Worth Attending (and Get Real Results)
Episode 346: Are your meetings actually meetings worth attending—or are they quietly draining your team’s time, energy, and trust? Complete the quick Leadership Survey (first 30 people get a signed copy of one of our books!) You already know the frustration:...
1 Overlooked Leadership Skill that Will Transform your Culture and Team Morale
Episode 345: What if boosting your team morale didn’t require more pressure—but a simple shift in how you see and celebrate your people? Complete the quick Leadership Survey (first 30 people get a signed copy of one of our books!) If you’ve ever felt like your team...