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Managing Change: How to Cultivate Forward Thinking Leadership

by David Dye | Jul 29, 2024 | By David Dye, Courageous Cultures | 0 comments

Your leadership success depends on your skill at managing change and embracing the future Are you hanging on to a familiar way of doing your work or leading your team because it’s comfortable? If it’s been a year or more since you experienced a significant...

Assumption Busters: 7 Questions to Propel Your Team’s Strategic Thinking

by Karin Hurt and David Dye | Jan 1, 2024 | By Karin Hurt and David Dye | 0 comments

How to help your team challenge assumptions for better creativity and problem-solving In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” That’s not just a lack of...

Help Your Team Solve the Right Problem

by David Dye | Sep 8, 2023 | Podcast | 0 comments

How do we solve the right problem quickly and get ourselves and our team back to work? When someone walks up to you and says, can I talk to you for a minute? We’ve got a problem. How do you respond? When people are confronted with problems, a lot of times you...

How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario

by Karin Hurt and David Dye | Jul 11, 2022 | By Karin Hurt and David Dye | 4 comments

A seemingly no-win scenario is a chance to earn trust, and innovate. There will be times when you face outcomes you don’t like. It’s not ideal, but a now-win scenarios is a chance to stand out, gain trust, and find new solutions. Here are seven ways to...

Courageous Questions: How to Make It Easier to Get Better Insights

by Karin Hurt and David Dye | Mar 21, 2022 | By Karin Hurt and David Dye, Courageous Cultures | 2 comments

If you want better insights, ask clearer questions. Particularly during times of uncertainty and change, one of the easiest ways to know what’s really going on is to (1) get clarity about what you don’t know and (2) ask your team some courageous questions....