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Karin Hurt

Karin Hurt is an award-winning leadership expert and founder-CEO of Let’s Grow Leaders who writes on workplace communication, courageous cultures, and practical management. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she coauthored books including Winning Well, Courageous Cultures, and Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict, and has helped develop tens of thousands of leaders worldwide. ((https://letsgrowleaders.com/biographies/))

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Karin Hurt’s documented background centers on education and executive experience rather than a heavily publicized early-life narrative. She earned a BA in Communication from Wake Forest University, an MA in Organizational Communication from Towson University, and completed additional graduate work at the University of Maryland, where she later taught in MBA and executive education programs. Before becoming known as an author and leadership advisor, she spent more than two decades at Verizon Wireless in sales, customer service, and human resources. Official bios credit her with developing a national sales team responsible for $1.5 billion in revenue and helping transform a customer-service outsourcing operation that grew to 8 million calls a month. A notable career turning point came when a senior leader urged her to move beyond HR into field assignments, leading her into B2B call-center leadership and later responsibility for a 2,200-person retail sales organization. ((https://letsgrowleaders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/karinhurt_One_Sheet.pdf))

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One of the best ways to improve your leadership is to reflect on how it feels to be led
-Try This Powerful, Simple Technique to Improve Your Leadership
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People need to have a realistic assessment of how they’re doing so they can grow and develop professionally
-Growing Leaders Who are Confident, Skilled and Human-Centered
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But under stress and pressure, I was afraid to be authentic. I thought no one would want to follow the real me
-How I Learned the Importance of Being an Authentic Leader
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Of course, leadership is not about being liked. But it sucks to go to work every day when you know your team would rather be working for someone else
-How Do I Gain Respect When My Team Doesn’t Like Me?
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If you want your team to trust you, trust them to trust you
-How Do I Get My Team to Trust Me?
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As a leader of a large team, you’ve got to scale your leadership by creating a solid operating infrastructure and processes that work without a charismatic cheerleader pushing them along
-How to Scale Your Leadership for Bigger Influence and Results
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“Don’t bring me a problem without a solution” is the fastest way to get your team to stop bringing you problems
-The Surprising Reason Emerging Leaders Stop Emerging
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But as I grew into executive roles, it became clear that the most important research skills I learned during that time were the ethnography skills of the anthropologists
-5 Ways Listening Like an Anthropologist Will Make You a Better Leader
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You wouldn’t have wished for this ridiculous, unprecedented disruption
-How To Disrupt the Disruption and Help Your Team Move Forward
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It’s often our most klutsy moves that teach us how to Win Well
-Teachable Moments: Learning to Win Well the Hard Way

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Voix de la Communauté

"Karin Hurt is a former Verizon Wireless executive, an accomplished author, and an international keynote speaker"

Marcel Schwantes

"Courageous Cultures, by Karin Hurt and David Dye, will teach you how to cast that spell"

Kevin Kruse

"Conflict happens-and Karin Hurt and David Dye want you to be prepared"

Ken Blanchard

"Karin Hurt and David Dye give you the tools you need to improve business performance without sacrificing your humanity"

Marshall Goldsmith

"Mastering conflict is a disruptor's superpower, and Karin Hurt and David Dye are your guides as to how"

Whitney Johnson

"Karin Hurt and David Dye masterfully unearth an invaluable competitive advantage for any company"

Eric George

"Karin Hurt and David Dye's new book beautifully provides what is missing in virtually all books on conflict management"

Ralph H. Kilmann

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