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Leadership Pros Contribute Thoughts about Humility: A Frontline Festival

by Karin Hurt | Feb 20, 2015 | By Karin Hurt, Confident Humility, Frontline Festival | 1 comment

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our February Festival is all about humility. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Festival is all about inspiring breakthrough...

The Turnaround Factor: Digging Deeper

by Karin Hurt | Feb 16, 2015 | By Karin Hurt, Communication | 9 comments

One of the most important leadership lessons of my life happened five minutes after I stepped off that stage. I’d been giving out recognition awards on my massive “road trip,” a 27 states in 45 days kind of tour of motivational kick off meetings in...

Leaders Share about Confidence: A Frontline Festival

by Karin Hurt | Jan 16, 2015 | By Karin Hurt, Confident Humility, Frontline Festival | 4 comments

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our January Festival is all about Confidence. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Festival is all about Humility. New contributors...

Hillary Clinton And I Share This Concern

by Karin Hurt | Mar 26, 2014 | By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning | 18 comments

Hillary Clinton’s noticed a pattern in her decades of work developing men and women staffers. As she shared it from the stage at the conference I attended last week, I felt my eyes tear up. Her words articulated a concern I’ve had for years. “Too...

A Matter of Trust: Why I Trust You, Why I Don't

by Karin Hurt | Oct 9, 2012 | Authenticity & Transparency, By Karin Hurt | 5 comments

Developing real trust takes time. The people we lead come to us with history, memories, and experiences–they recall times of trust inspired and trust betrayed. When we are in a new gig, our teams watch even more closely. “Can I trust you?” “How...