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Confidential Information – What to Say When You Can’t Say Anything

by Karin Hurt and David Dye | Feb 5, 2024 | By Karin Hurt and David Dye, powerful phrases, Winning Well | 3 comments

Handle confidential information with candor and care to build trust It can feel like a trap. Someone asks you a direct question about confidential information. Maybe it’s a personnel matter. A sensitive business negotiation or a product launch. In all these scenarios,...

How Do I Figure Out My Blind Spot and Hidden Motivations? #AskingForaFriend

by Karin Hurt | Feb 2, 2024 | Asking For a Friend Featured, By Karin Hurt | 0 comments

Practical Advice to Deal with a Blind Spot and Make it Work For You How do you become aware of a blind spot in your leadership? After all, that’s the point of a blind spot, right? In today’s #AskingForaFriend, I bring you an interview with Mike Maddock,...

Failure to Communicate: What to Do When Your Boss (or Team) Don’t Get It

by Karin Hurt and David Dye | Nov 27, 2023 | By Karin Hurt and David Dye, powerful phrases | 0 comments

Frustrated that they “just don’t get it?” You have a chance to lead and overcome a failure to communicate. Nearly every leader we’ve ever worked with feels it. Those moments where the thread of understanding seems to unravel, leaving you feeling...

Help Your Boss Stop Wasting Time with Bad Delegation

by David Dye | Nov 10, 2023 | Podcast | 0 comments

Episode 237: Do you ever get frustrated that your manager wastes time with bad delegation? They ask for something to be redone over and over, never seeming to know what they want? Or they change their mind after you’ve already finished what you thought they...

Aargh – Don’t they Understand?

by David Dye | Nov 3, 2023 | Podcast, powerful phrases | 0 comments

Episode 236: When you find yourself frustrated, yelling to yourself or the world, “Don’t they understand?” the answer is likely “no, they don’t.” But you do understand – and these moments of frustration are an opportunity for...