A Tough Leadership Lesson
If you’ve ever worried about losing someone from your team or organization because you reinforce expectations, this episode’s for you. Early in my career, I learned a tough leadership lesson from a retired English teacher named Joan. In a few succinct...
Eliminate Bad Leadership: How to Overcome Your Leadership Fears
Avoid These Fear-Based Bad Leadership Practices Insecurity and fear can drive you to bad leadership practices that ruin relationships and limit results. You can overcome these leadership fears and increase your influence with these five straightforward steps....
Too Many Business Meetings? What to Do Now
Delegate Business Meetings to Save Time and Grow Your Team I’m not exactly sure why this is a thing. But for some reason, working from home seems to have quadrupled the number of business meetings for nearly every manager I talk with. We’ve been sharing...
Executive Presence in a Virtual World: What Matters Now?
Executive Presence: What You Need Now For Influence and Impact With more of us working remotely, what it means to have an executive presence is changing along with everything else. What matters most right now? Tips for upgrading your executive presence in a virtual...
What to Learn from a Frustrating Boss
There’s no better leadership textbook than a frustrating boss. And often, the world looks very different from their side of the conversation. In this episode, you’ll get valuable questions to ask and ways to work through your frustration to become a better...
How to Provide More Meaningful Performance Feedback
Your Team Yearns For Better Performance Feedback If you knew your manager really cared about you, would you want them to give you meaningful performance feedback? Even if it was hard to hear? Every time we ask these questions in our leadership development programs,...
How Do I Sustain Momentum When My Team is Tired?
On this week’s Asking For a Friend LIVE, Karin Hurt talks with resiliency and leadership development experts about how to sustain momentum when your team is tired. You can also watch the Live Online recap on LinkedIn so you can see the comments and additional...
One Crucial Skill the Best Middle Managers Master
Great Middle Managers are Effective Translators Middle managers lead in a precarious situation. They don’t set the strategic priorities, but they’re accountable for getting it done—often without the influence to ensure they have all the resources they...
