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How to Notice and Appreciate an Overworked Employee

by Karin Hurt | Dec 13, 2024 | Asking For a Friend Featured, By Karin Hurt | 0 comments

Simple Ways to Show Support for Overworked Employees Let’s set the stage. You’ve got a guy on your team working incredibly hard. The company is in the middle of an intense period of transition. Things have been turbulent, and he’s the go-to subject matter expert on...

Yet Another Change at Work: How to Help Your Exhausted Team

by Karin Hurt | Jun 20, 2022 | By Karin Hurt | 8 comments

To prevent constant change from taking a toll on your team start with empathy and inclusive conversation “It’s not that my team’s resistant to change. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. It seems like all we’ve been doing for the past few...

How Managers Can Reclaim Their Lost Soul

by Karin Hurt and David Dye | Aug 1, 2019 | By Karin Hurt and David Dye, Winning Well | 2 comments

In a recent leadership development program, we talked about “manager soul loss” – the isolation, bitterness, and despair that seeps into many leaders’ hearts. We share the stages of soul loss and symptoms to look out for to help leaders identify and prevent them...