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Managing Up With Grace (How to Give Your Boss Better Feedback With Video)

by Karin Hurt | Oct 7, 2021 | Asking For a Friend Featured, By Karin Hurt | 0 comments

How To Get Better at Managing Up (Even With the Tough Feedback) Karin, I want to get better at managing up. But it’s hard. And, I’m scared. How do I do this well? #AskingForAFriend Your boss is an imperfect human, doing the best they can. Just like you....

How Your Great Boss Might Be Hurting Your Career

by Karin Hurt | Feb 24, 2021 | Asking For a Friend Featured | 0 comments

Avoid Riding Coattails, Becoming a Mini-Me, and Other Career Limiting Mistakes Like other good things in life, a great boss relationship, taken to extremes, can wreak havoc with your career. I’ve seen otherwise smart and talented people lose credibility by...

How to Succeed with a Frustrating Boss

by David Dye | Jan 21, 2021 | By David Dye, Winning Well | 0 comments

How to Succeed Despite a Frustrating Boss The ability to influence the people you report to-especially a frustrating boss-is as essential to your leadership success as the ability to influence your own team. Ask yourself these five questions before you try to manage...

How to Convince Your Boss You Have a Great Solution

by Karin Hurt | Jul 23, 2020 | By Karin Hurt, Winning Well | 1 comment

Convince Your Boss You Have a Great Solution You see a problem and you have a great solution. But, no one asked you for your opinion. You are tempted to convince your boss that your solution is a good one, but it’s tricky. If you’re like many of the...

An Easy Way to Improve Your Relationships With Your Direct Reports

by Karin Hurt and David Dye | Mar 26, 2020 | By Karin Hurt and David Dye, Winning Well | 0 comments

Improve Your Relationships With Your Direct Reports Even if you have an open door, and are constantly asking your direct reports how you can improve, chances are your employees are holding back. Particularly if you’re generally a great boss, they figure...