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5 Ways To Make Your Meetings More Productive

by Karin Hurt | Apr 16, 2014 | By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning, Communication | 25 comments

I texted my colleague: “do you think we both need to attend the 3pm meeting?” He quickly shot back: “Karin, I don’t think anyone needs to go to that meeting. Don’t worry, I’ll represent both of us.” And there we were two...

Collaborative Competition: The Extraordinary Power of Trash Talk

by Karin Hurt | Apr 8, 2013 | By Karin Hurt, Results & Execution | 10 comments

Collaborative competition inspires. Seeing “them” inspires “us.” Competition makes work fun. Unless, it doesn’t. Stay on the right side of trash talk. Create collaborative competition to inspire your team. A New York State of Mind I ran a 2000 person sales team so...

Leadership Magic: Key Actions That Inspire Results

by Karin Hurt | Aug 23, 2012 | By Karin Hurt, Employee Engagement & Energy | 2 comments

“What’s your leadership magic?” That’s my favorite question to ask really successful front line leaders. Clearly something is working for these folks, and I am always thirsty to understand just what. If you are a leader growing leaders,...