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The Winning Well
Karin Hurt and David Dye
How to Manage a Friend at Work
When you manage a friend at work start with clarity and keep communication open. Your first leadership role can be challenging when you manage a friend and people who, until yesterday, were your colleagues. When you understand the cause of these challenges, you can...
Being a Human-Centered Leader When You’re Stressed or Anxious
Many leaders find that it's easier to be a human-centered leader when everything is going well. When you're stressed or anxious, it's easy to snap at your team, lose your temper and undermine the culture that you've worked so hard to build. Getting stressed out or...
Leading Through Rapidly Changing Priorities
Help your team master rapidly changing priorities with skillful preparation. Rapidly changing priorities can demoralize and frustrate your team if you’re not prepared to help them navigate the shifting landscape. Effective leaders prepare their teams for changing...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
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...
Navigating Change: How the Holidays Can Help You Be a Better Leader
The holiday season gives you a human-centered leadership map for navigating change Is your holiday season a time of celebration? Of bustling end-of-year stress to meet business goals? A time of nostalgia and reflecting on what you appreciate most? Of remembering...
How Did Leadership and Culture Improve on the North Pole?
A Retrospective: Santa's Big Leadership and Culture Change Is there anyone more beloved than Santa Claus? Today, the North Pole is a paragon of human-centered leadership and culture. But it wasn't always that way. In fact, Santa has a lot to teach us about...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
How to Stop Destructive Workplace Competition (Asking For a Friend)
Set clear expectations to turn destructive workplace competition into healthy collaboration. What do you do when two of your (high-performing, high-potential direct reports) don't get along because they're competing for your job? This workplace competition is off...
How to Have a Successful Global Career: Authenticity in Action
Tips on Having a Successful Global Career from Serena Aboutboul, Senior Vice President of Nutrition at Nestlé. How do you build a GLOBAL career and remain AUTHENTIC while leading across countries and contexts? Asking for a Friend. Today I welcome Serena Aboutboul,...
How to Welcome a New Employee: Small Gestures That Show You Care
Practical Ways to Make a New Employee Feel Truly Welcomed How do you help a new employee feel welcomed? I hear from so many employees who tell me how LONELY and DISCOMBOBULATED they felt on their first day. It shouldn't be that way. A new employee only gets one...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
How to Stop Destructive Workplace Competition (Asking For a Friend)
Set clear expectations to turn destructive workplace competition into healthy collaboration. What do you do when two of your (high-performing, high-potential direct reports) don't get along because they're competing for your job? This workplace competition is off...
How to Have a Successful Global Career: Authenticity in Action
Tips on Having a Successful Global Career from Serena Aboutboul, Senior Vice President of Nutrition at Nestlé. How do you build a GLOBAL career and remain AUTHENTIC while leading across countries and contexts? Asking for a Friend. Today I welcome Serena Aboutboul,...
How to Welcome a New Employee: Small Gestures That Show You Care
Practical Ways to Make a New Employee Feel Truly Welcomed How do you help a new employee feel welcomed? I hear from so many employees who tell me how LONELY and DISCOMBOBULATED they felt on their first day. It shouldn't be that way. A new employee only gets one...
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Leadership Without Losing Your Sole Podcast
With David Dye
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...
Sustainable Leadership: A Blueprint for a Better World
Have you ever wondered how businesses can foster sustainable leadership, creating real, lasting change without sacrificing profitability? What if you could learn the secret formula for making an environmental or social impact while also standing out in your...