Winning Well with Karin Hurt and David Dye

It’s one thing to win. It’s another to win well. Winning well is: Showing up to serve. The solution to many leadership and management issues is showing up to serve. Delivering results through… Continue reading

Lessons From Bringing out the Best in Others

I asked a group of managers and supervisors what they are learning about bringing out the best in others. One said, “Experienced people seek help sooner and more frequently than inexperienced.” 4 reasons… Continue reading

How to Get the Best From the Worst

Surprise at life’s unfairness defeats us. You are who you are today, in large part, due to your responses to uncertainty, difficulty, and adversity. You spend too much time resisting and too little time… Continue reading

12 Things to do When You Feel Like Quitting

Sometimes you feel like quitting. It might be after a big win or before a huge challenge. Maybe progress is slow or the goal is out of sight. Quitting is most tempting when pushing… Continue reading

7 Ways to Look the Beast in the Eye

Optimism is foolish when it makes light of challenges. A little overconfidence inspires courage, but swagger goes wrong when it makes light of hairy beasts. Go ahead and overestimate your strengths a little,… Continue reading

Solution Saturday: Dealing with Mr. Irrational

Dear Leadership Freak, I am needing some advice about how to handle a team member who seems to have some irrational behaviors. He has been part of our team for four years, had… Continue reading