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Karin Hurt and David Dye
4 Ways to Stop Frustrating Misunderstandings
Frustrating misunderstandings aren't inevitable. I was sitting in the car outside our house, waiting for our son to join me on a trip to the grocery store. After waiting for a while, I called his cell phone. “Are you coming?” “Where are you?” he asked. “In the car,...
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A Little Leadership Wisdom I want to give you an insightful bit of leadership or management wisdom that will help you navigate the world right now. But my inbox is overflowing with advice. Most of it is trite. Advice that just isn’t helpful right now. I don’t want...
How to Be a Better Leader as Your Responsibilities Scale
Be a Better Leader as Your Job Gets Bigger Transitions in scope and scale are tricky. If you continue to approach your work exactly the same as you did at the last level, you will surely fail. On the other hand, if you abandon all your best characteristics and...
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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,...
Virtual Kick-off Meeting: Why You Should Have One and How to Make it Great
7 Ideas to Inspire a Better Virtual Kick-off Meeting If you're neck-deep in planning your virtual kick-off meeting like so many of our clients, great! Your team needs this moment more than ever. In this extraordinary year, a virtual kick-off meeting is a great way...
How to Keep Your Resume Out of the Trash
Differentiate your resume with relevance. We’re writing today with compassion for any of you who are looking for work. If it's been a minute, the frustration is probably mounting. You might even begin questioning yourself, and the value you bring. Repeated...
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Karin Hurt
How to Improve Your Executive Presence to Have More Influence and Impact
Show Up with More Executive Presence to Improve Your Leadership We often receive this question... "Hi Karin, my boss says I need more "executive presence," but I'm not sure exactly how to DO that?" Such a good question! Receiving this feedback from your boss can be...
How to Stop Being Perceived as Negative at Work
When your responses are perceived as negative it's time to change your approach “Don’t be so negative” can be incredibly frustrating feedback to receive when you're genuinely trying to help and don't want to be perceived as negative. Or as one manager told me when...
Communicating to Executives: How to Get Better at Capturing Their Attention
Capture Their Attention with a Message so Appealing They Put Down Their Phones and Listen "Karin, I've got to tell you. The executives at my company are so busy and distracted. There are just so many things going on. I find it really, really difficult to have an...
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Karin Hurt
How to Improve Your Executive Presence to Have More Influence and Impact
Show Up with More Executive Presence to Improve Your Leadership We often receive this question... "Hi Karin, my boss says I need more "executive presence," but I'm not sure exactly how to DO that?" Such a good question! Receiving this feedback from your boss can be...
How to Stop Being Perceived as Negative at Work
When your responses are perceived as negative it's time to change your approach “Don’t be so negative” can be incredibly frustrating feedback to receive when you're genuinely trying to help and don't want to be perceived as negative. Or as one manager told me when...
Communicating to Executives: How to Get Better at Capturing Their Attention
Capture Their Attention with a Message so Appealing They Put Down Their Phones and Listen "Karin, I've got to tell you. The executives at my company are so busy and distracted. There are just so many things going on. I find it really, really difficult to have an...
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Why Leaders Need to Be Wrong
So many leaders feel the need to be right to demonstrate competence or to feel like they have all the answers, but in most leadership positions this doesn't fly anymore and leaders need to be wrong from time to time. The people you're leading who are closer to the...
Compassionate Accountability with Nate Regier
Compassion and accountability are too often in tension - leaders feel they have to pick one or the other when in fact, practicing compassionate accountability can lead to a thriving organizational culture. Solely prioritizing accountability can create toxic work...
How Leaders Listen with Oscar Trimboli
If you want to be heard, you need to know how to listen. Communication isn’t all about what you say. It’s about what you hear, what you notice, and how you respond. In short: it’s about how you listen. And despite leaders spending eighty-three percent of their day...