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Karin Hurt and David Dye
A Powerful, Proven Technique for Overcoming Negativity at Work
Your team's rightfully discouraged and a little stymied. Their negativity is rooted in facts. The truth is, you're frustrated too. The struggle is real. So as a leader, how can you stay positive without looking out of touch? How do you harness your team's...
Frustrated or Focused – Leadership Tips for Managing Emotions
“David, I know I shouldn’t take this personally, but I’m so frustrated and I just want to yell at my team and walk away. I need help managing emotions or I’m going to have a meltdown.” Amanda is a team leader for an international clothing producer. She loves her...
The Leadership Skill No One Talks About
The Secret to Transform Your Culture or Results is One Often-Ignored Leadership Skill “I’m so frustrated.” Mark, the Senior Vice President of a rapidly-growing communication hardware company serving the United States, leaned back in his chair and blew a heavy sigh...
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9 Creative Ways to Develop Your Managers
9 Creative Ways to Develop Your Managers You've done your talent assessment work, completed the nine-box grid, and now it's time to create specific plans to develop your managers. You'll want to ensure everyone has a solid foundation of leadership training, and...
How to Lead When Your Team Resists Change
When Your Team Resists Change, It’s an Opportunity for Ownership You’ve noticed a problem, spent the last four days meeting with finance, strategizing, and building an action plan. You’re energized about what your team will achieve, your boss and peers are on...
How to Help All Your People Contribute Great Ideas
Don’t Let Assumptions Limit People Who Can Contribute Great Ideas “I’m looking at my people and I just don’t think they can get there from here.” Vivian was a gung-ho CEO exploring what it would take to build a more Courageous Culture (click to download your free...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
Live-Online Leadership Training: Where Can I Send My Managers?
High-ROI Live Online Leadership Training For Human-Centered Leaders Q: Karin, I see all the feedback about your customized leadership development programs for human-centered leaders, and they look great! The problem is, that I only have a handful of managers who...
How Do I Build More Connected Business Relationships? (With Video)
Think beyond "networking" to building deeply connected business relationships that will enhance your business and your life. This week on "Asking For a Friend" I interview Susan McPherson, author of The Lost Art of Connecting about how to build deeper trust and...
How Do You Develop Loyalty on Your Team? (Video Interview with Dov Baron)
As we stare straight in the face of the "great resignation," how do you nurture loyalty on your team? In this edition of Asking For a Friend, Karin Hurt speaks with Dov Baron about practical ways to nurture loyalty. And, what gets in the way. We discuss: What is...
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Karin Hurt
Live-Online Leadership Training: Where Can I Send My Managers?
High-ROI Live Online Leadership Training For Human-Centered Leaders Q: Karin, I see all the feedback about your customized leadership development programs for human-centered leaders, and they look great! The problem is, that I only have a handful of managers who...
How Do I Build More Connected Business Relationships? (With Video)
Think beyond "networking" to building deeply connected business relationships that will enhance your business and your life. This week on "Asking For a Friend" I interview Susan McPherson, author of The Lost Art of Connecting about how to build deeper trust and...
How Do You Develop Loyalty on Your Team? (Video Interview with Dov Baron)
As we stare straight in the face of the "great resignation," how do you nurture loyalty on your team? In this edition of Asking For a Friend, Karin Hurt speaks with Dov Baron about practical ways to nurture loyalty. And, what gets in the way. We discuss: What is...
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The Earned Life with Marshall Goldsmith
The Earned Life is a road map for ambitious people seeking a higher purpose. An earned life means living in a way where the choices, risks, and efforts we make moment to moment line up with our bigger purpose, regardless of the outcome. But for many of us, that...
Leading from the Jumpseat with Peter Docker
Do you believe you're capable of accomplishing extraordinary things? How about your team? In this episode, Peter Docker, author of Leading from the Jumpseat, talks about leadership that lifts people up and gives them the space they need so that, when the time is...
Building Corporate Soul with Ralf Specht
Have you checked the Soul Index? One of the most pressing questions for corporate leaders today is how do I build and sustain a human-centric performance culture? At a time when 10,000 baby boomers retire every day, 79% of employees quit their jobs because they...