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The Winning Well
Karin Hurt and David Dye
Humanity Works Better with Debbie and Kate
Humanity. It works—and it works better. In this heartfelt and moving conversation, Debbie Cohen and Kate Roeske-Zummer help you chart a path that brings humanity (yours and your teams) to work through awareness, choice, and courage. They'll help you build a...
How to Lead When Your Team Lacks a Sense of Urgency
People’s sense of urgency varies. Schedule the finish to get everyone on the same page. It’s a common leadership frustration that we’ve experienced and hear from leaders regularly: “My people lack a sense of urgency. I must follow up on everything or we miss...
Leading Through Invisible Dissent with Kellie Beattie
Constructive discussions are essential for good decisions and great results. But how do you create an environment that helps to surface disagreement and overcome the challenges of invisible dissent? In this episode, Kelly Beattie shares practical steps you can take...
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Karin Hurt and David Dye
When Goal Setting Demotivates Your Team and Kills Their Spirit
Goal Setting Will Energize People When You Avoid These Common Mistakes Effective goal setting brings out the best in people. But if people can’t “win”, don’t feel their work matters, don’t understand why a goal exists, and feel tossed around without a strong...
How to Lead a Negative Team Member
When you have a negative team member, strive to understand what’s happening. Leading a negative team member can be frustrating. You have a vision, and you’re energized about your new solution, but they’re skeptical, critical, and keep bringing up problems. Or, you...
Email Best Practices: How to Send a Better, More Effective Email
Do This, Not That For Better Team Email Communication When you're working in a remote or hybrid team, having a common agreement on your email best practices will save you gobs of time and frustration. Start with subject lines that tell the reader exactly what you...
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Asking For A Friend
Karin Hurt
How to Get Your Team to Stop Sending You Frustrating Email Communication
Streamline Your Team's Email Communication With 4 Important Questions Have you ever been SO FRUSTRATED by your team's email communication that you just want to hit "delete all"? Too many words. Gobs of attachments. Data with no explanation. If you're frustrated...
Team Conflict: Powerful Questions to Help Your Team Get Along
Powerful Phrases to Help With Team Conflict What do you do when YOUR TEAM is in conflict? They're coming to you, wound up, riled up, wanting YOU to solve THEIR team conflict for them... You might even think, "If I wanted this kind of drama, I would have taught...
Overwhelmed at Work? How to Express Your Stress and Get the Help You Need
Powerful phrases to talk about being overwhelmed at work (without sounding like a complainer) Have you ever looked at your to-do list and just laughed? You think, “Right, that’s not happening.” But moments later, you realize that none of the tasks on your list are...
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Karin Hurt
How to Get Your Team to Stop Sending You Frustrating Email Communication
Streamline Your Team's Email Communication With 4 Important Questions Have you ever been SO FRUSTRATED by your team's email communication that you just want to hit "delete all"? Too many words. Gobs of attachments. Data with no explanation. If you're frustrated...
Team Conflict: Powerful Questions to Help Your Team Get Along
Powerful Phrases to Help With Team Conflict What do you do when YOUR TEAM is in conflict? They're coming to you, wound up, riled up, wanting YOU to solve THEIR team conflict for them... You might even think, "If I wanted this kind of drama, I would have taught...
Overwhelmed at Work? How to Express Your Stress and Get the Help You Need
Powerful phrases to talk about being overwhelmed at work (without sounding like a complainer) Have you ever looked at your to-do list and just laughed? You think, “Right, that’s not happening.” But moments later, you realize that none of the tasks on your list are...
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The Ultimate Guide to Having Brave Conversations at Work
Episode 264: In this episode of the Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast, you'll dive into the importance of brave conversations at work and tackling those tough conversations head-on. Have you ever wondered how to make those difficult chats a little easier?...
Leading with Kindness: Creating a Positive Culture in the Workplace
Episode 263: Nick Courtright, founder and CEO of Atmosphere Press, a hybrid publishing company, discusses his approach to leadership and creating a positive culture at his company. He emphasizes hiring for kindness and creating a positive and supportive author...
How Coaching Can Elevate Your Leadership Skills
Episode 262: In this Leadership Without Losing Your Soul episode, you'll hear from Kim Ades, the founder of Frame of Mind Coaching, as she dives into the challenges leaders face and the significance of coaching in elevating leadership skills. Ades emphasizes...