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Karin Hurt and David Dye
How Leaders Make the Best Ideas Work
Do you have a plan to make the best ideas work? Joe has a new idea. The idea isn’t perfect, but with a tweak or two, it just might solve that big problem that's driving everyone nuts. What does Joe do next? If Joe is like half of the people in our research, you'll...
What To Do When “What Were They Thinking?”
When you wonder what they were thinking – dig deeper. Has this happened to you? You walk by your team and see something different. Not, "Oh-that’s-cool" different, but “What were they thinking?” different. What do you do? When I was twelve years old, I found myself...
Tough Questions: How to Answer the Question You Can’t Answer (With Video)
6 Ways to Respond to the Really Tough Questions Does this happen to you? You diligently prepare for an important meeting. You cover all your bases. And then here it comes, the really tough question you can't answer. What you say next matters—a lot. It's tragic to...
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How to Tap into Past Moments of Courage to Cultivate More
Cultivate Moments of Courage The best way to find courage, is to remember that last time you did the right thing and how it made you feel. Small moments of courage make it easier the next time. “All courage is a threshold crossing. Often there is a choice: to enter...
How to Start Your Next Zoom Meeting In a More Meaningful Way
Improve Your Zoom Meeting Experience Have you noticed that most Zoom meetings start one of two ways? Friendly banter. “Hey Lauren, why did you choose Tiger King as your virtual background?” “Oh my gosh, I need a haircut.” “Haha, not me. There are some advantages...
How To Change Your Mind and Not Lose Their Trust and Support
Changed Your Mind? How to Bring Your Team Along Does this sound familiar? You started the year with a clear vision and direction. You've rallied people around that vision and worked hard to engage everyone's hearts and minds. You connected what to why. And had...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
How Do I Help My Team Handle Burnout at Work? (Video)
One of the most frequent questions we get (often whispered after everyone else has left the physical or virtual room) is "How do I help my team handle burnout at work?" Closely followed by an even more quiet whisper, "And what if I'm the one feeling burned out?"...
Leadership Humility: How Can I Coach Humility in my Team? (Video)
Developing the dance between ambition and humility, especially in your successful team members who may not demonstrate much leadership humility, requires intentional coaching. Amer Kaissi and I discuss this in part 3 (of 3) in our Asking for a Friend series based...
Leadership Humility: How Can I Be Driven and Humble? (Video)
Staying Humble, Yet Also Ambitious Today, I share part two of my Asking for a Friend interview with Amer Kaissi on the important intersection of humility and ambition. I was particularly struck by Amer's practical leadership humility technique of "reflection with...
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Karin Hurt
How Do I Help My Team Handle Burnout at Work? (Video)
One of the most frequent questions we get (often whispered after everyone else has left the physical or virtual room) is "How do I help my team handle burnout at work?" Closely followed by an even more quiet whisper, "And what if I'm the one feeling burned out?"...
Leadership Humility: How Can I Coach Humility in my Team? (Video)
Developing the dance between ambition and humility, especially in your successful team members who may not demonstrate much leadership humility, requires intentional coaching. Amer Kaissi and I discuss this in part 3 (of 3) in our Asking for a Friend series based...
Leadership Humility: How Can I Be Driven and Humble? (Video)
Staying Humble, Yet Also Ambitious Today, I share part two of my Asking for a Friend interview with Amer Kaissi on the important intersection of humility and ambition. I was particularly struck by Amer's practical leadership humility technique of "reflection with...
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Fueling Human Centered Performance with Jeannie Diefenderfer
What does it take to fuel human-centered performance? In this episode, Jeannie Diefenderfer gives you what she found after conducting the Higher Ambition Leadership Alliance 2022 Study on How Human-Centered CEOs Fuel Performance. As a business leader who turns the...
Leading for All of Us with Dr. Christopher Gilbert
Leading with an ethical compass may seem to be challenging in this time of deepening divisions and “alternative facts”, trust and authenticity grow more precious by the hour. More and more people find themselves driven to overcome the personal, professional, and...
Obsessed for Good with Amy Pyles
Obsessed for good surfaced naturally as a truth for how this organization operates and it has remained their mantra since. In this episode, David talks with Amy Pyles, President of Saxum, about what obsessed for good means for their company and the five pillars...