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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Make It, Don’t Fake It with Sabrina Horn
It's a cliche you've undoubtedly heard more than once: Fake it until you make it. The problem is that the pressure to succeed can drive leaders to exaggerate their strengths, minimize weaknesses, bend the truth, and sacrifice the very authenticity that would help...
How to Lead a Team That Lacks Urgency
"My team lacks urgency. I've got to follow up on everything or we miss deadlines. I'm tired of babysitting. How can I ensure things get done on time?" Sound familiar? In this episode, you'll get five ways to help get things moving. Paradoxically, sometimes leaders...
How Leaders Can Build Team Commitment – Fast
Cultivate team commitment with answers to deep questions. Trust takes time, but sometimes you need to get everyone working together quickly. You can accelerate team commitment by focusing on critical leadership behaviors that answer key questions your team is...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
Year-in-Review: 7 Questions to Help Your Team Reflect on Success and Key Learnings
Taking a moment for a team year-in-review fosters curiosity and connection I don't know about you, but we love a good "year-in-review" list. There's something about looking back over the entire year and seeing what stands out. More than the list itself, it's the...
Fuel Your Career: 17 Critical Skills When You’re a Young Leader Hungry for Success
To distinguish yourself as a young leader, build your knowledge, focus on results and relationships, and speak up. You’re a young leader with responsibility for a small team and you want more responsibility. And there’s nothing more frustrating than being told,...
Workplace Innovation: The Secret to Getting Better, Remarkable, Usable Ideas
Why psychological safety is important, but not enough when it comes to workplace innovation If you’re getting lots of ideas, you’re probably doing a lot of things right when it comes to encouraging workplace innovation —making it safe, asking for input, and...
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Karin Hurt
How Do I Advocate For DEI at Work (When My Company Doesn’t)?
Think DE&I Is Dead at Your Company? Here's How to Keep It Alive You care deeply about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), but your company seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Maybe the initial enthusiasm has faded, they were never truly...
A Human-Centered Team Building Activity: Let’s Talk About What Matters
Try this easy team building activity to get your team talking about being human Can you think of a recent moment when you felt deeply connected at a human level? When you paused and saw another person—not as a role, title, or function—but as a fellow human being?...
How Can I Be Authentic at Work (and Still Fit in)?
The sweet spot between being real and being relatable You want to show up real. To be authentic at work. To own your strengths. You want to be you. And.... you want to fit in. To be easy to work with. To collaborate and get along. You don't want to stand out so...
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How Do I Advocate For DEI at Work (When My Company Doesn’t)?
Think DE&I Is Dead at Your Company? Here's How to Keep It Alive You care deeply about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), but your company seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Maybe the initial enthusiasm has faded, they were never truly...
A Human-Centered Team Building Activity: Let’s Talk About What Matters
Try this easy team building activity to get your team talking about being human Can you think of a recent moment when you felt deeply connected at a human level? When you paused and saw another person—not as a role, title, or function—but as a fellow human being?...
How Can I Be Authentic at Work (and Still Fit in)?
The sweet spot between being real and being relatable You want to show up real. To be authentic at work. To own your strengths. You want to be you. And.... you want to fit in. To be easy to work with. To collaborate and get along. You don't want to stand out so...
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Leadership Without Losing Your Sole Podcast
With David Dye
Leading Gen Z With Less Conflict, More Productivity, and Better Morale
Episode 291: Are You Struggling to Lead and Retain Gen Z Employees? Gen Z isn’t lazy—and they’re not inflexible or stuck in their ways. But there are specific ways you can help your Gen Z team members succeed and make your work even more attractive to this huge...
Reduce Stress And Have More Influence With The Power of Improv
Episode 290: What if the secret to reducing stress at work wasn’t in planning more but in responding better? Unexpected changes and challenges are inevitable in leadership. How you respond to them can either add to your stress or unlock new levels of creativity,...
How to Build Culture That Unites Inspires And Gets Results
Episode 289: How can you build a culture that unites your team, inspires action, and drives real results? In this Leadership Without Losing Your Soul episode, host David Dye speaks with culture expert Laura Hamill, an organizational psychologist and author of The...