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Karin Hurt and David Dye
3 Problems with Your Open Door Policy and What To Do Instead
An open door policy doesn’t get you what you need to lead. The intent behind your open door policy is good: a door that is figuratively always open to encourage transparency, open lines of communication, a standing invitation for your employees to bring you issues...
One Easy Way to Have More Influence
More influence isn't always about what you say. I knew Gary wasn’t happy. During my first time in a mid-level management role, one of my team leaders was clearly struggling. He looked frustrated, sounded frustrated, and it didn’t take a genius to know something was...
6 Smart Steps to Help Your Team Navigate Change
Change is Inevitable, Strategic Change is a Choice It’s a hard truth that confounds many leaders: continued success requires continued change. But change isn’t easy. For most people (and therefore most of your team) it’s more comfortable to do what you did...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Recognition and Appreciation: A Frontline Festival
Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share posts about recognition and appreciation. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! The December Frontline Festival will...
Avoid These Infuriating Phrases in End-of-Year Feedback and Performance Appraisals
Eliminate These Infuriating Words from End-of-Year Feedback, and Performance Appraisal Discussions For most managers, the only thing they dread more than going to their own end-of-year performance appraisal is holding end-of-year feedback discussions with their...
How to Encourage Your Team When Results are Disappointing
Encourage your team even when their best effort isn't enough You know your team is working hard, but the results are just not there. You want to be encouraging, and empathetic. Start here to encourage your team while building a recovery plan. 6 Ways to Encourage...
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Karin Hurt
My Team Doesn’t Like Me, What Should I Do? (With Video)
3 Ways to Build Deeper Influence and Connection Of course, you know that leadership is not who likes you. But it sucks to go to work every day when you know your team would rather be working for someone else. Plus, if your team doesn't like you, you're not going...
How Do You Create Customer Loyalty? (Video with Shep Hyken)
Your Most Important Customer Loyalty Metric: Do Your Customers Come Back? In this week's Asking for a Friend, I talk with Shep Hyken, author of I'll Be Back, discusses how to build customer loyalty and getting customers to come back again and again. [wp-video-popup...
Team Conflict: How to Surface and Discuss Simmering Issues (Video)
Address Team Conflict Early Before it Erupts into Something Bigger We all know that when there is team conflict brewing, it's only a matter of time before it erupts into something bigger. It's like families refusing to talk about the tough stuff, and then one day...
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Karin Hurt
My Team Doesn’t Like Me, What Should I Do? (With Video)
3 Ways to Build Deeper Influence and Connection Of course, you know that leadership is not who likes you. But it sucks to go to work every day when you know your team would rather be working for someone else. Plus, if your team doesn't like you, you're not going...
How Do You Create Customer Loyalty? (Video with Shep Hyken)
Your Most Important Customer Loyalty Metric: Do Your Customers Come Back? In this week's Asking for a Friend, I talk with Shep Hyken, author of I'll Be Back, discusses how to build customer loyalty and getting customers to come back again and again. [wp-video-popup...
Team Conflict: How to Surface and Discuss Simmering Issues (Video)
Address Team Conflict Early Before it Erupts into Something Bigger We all know that when there is team conflict brewing, it's only a matter of time before it erupts into something bigger. It's like families refusing to talk about the tough stuff, and then one day...
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The 21st century hasn't started the way that many of us expected it would. We're looking at a potent mix of a global pandemic, global warming, the resurgence of authoritarianism, white nationalism, and war that again threatens to consume the planet. It can feel...
Mt. Everest and Leading with Vulnerability with Vivian Rigney
In this episode, Vivian James Rigney’s compelling and often harrowing true account of summiting Everest offers a unique window into lessons on leadership, leading with vulnerability, and what it takes to succeed in any circumstance. As an executive coach and...
Leading with Humility and Ambition with Amer Kaissi
Many people associate successful leadership with the arrogance, charisma, or narcissism that come with a big ego. In this episode, Amer Kaissi shatters these common myths about ego-driven leadership and gives you practical tools to lead with humility and ambition....