Karin Hurt: Leadership Speaker

  • We help human-centered leaders find clarity in uncertainty, drive innovation, and achieve breakthrough results.
  • Convincing leaders that you can get breakthrough results without losing your humanity.

  • Giving managers the practical tools to make the change–and to make the change stick.

Travel & Fee Range:**

  • Travels from: Laurel, Maryland, United States
  • **Fee range: $10,001 - $20,000

Keynote Topics

This program is perfect for:

Fast growing teams or organizations
Associations serving highly disrupted, fast-changing industries
Organizations going through times of significant change (e.g. mergers, restructures)
The audience will leave with:

Confidence to navigate through the uncertainty with poise
Communication techniques to keep their teams focused on what matters most
Tools to think build critical thinking capacity and make better decisions
Strategic questions to help uncover new strategic opportunities and insights

This program is perfect for:

Overwhelmed managers working to take their results and relationships to the next level
Leaders working to build a high-performing, high-engagement culture
Teams looking for practical tools and techniques they can use right away

The audience will leave with:

Ways to stay focused on the MIT (most important things) that contribute to consistent, breakthrough results
Tools to correct poor performance without drama
Techniques to build better relationships up, down and sideways
A better understanding of how to give each team member what they need most to take their performance to the next level
Tools for building a more competent, confident team

Do you have a tough conversation you need to have, but are avoiding at all costs?

This program is perfect for:

Leaders working to build a high-performing culture
Managers struggling to have the tough conversations vital to building healthy, high performing teams
Managers working to build more productive relationships up, down and sideways
 
The audience will leave with:

Tools to solve 90% of your tough conversations before they happen
Approaches for “ditching the diaper genie” to have the tough conversations that need to happen
The I.N.S.P.I.R.E. method of delivering tough feedback
An easy-to-use methodology for asking strategic questions that uncover vulnerabilities and opportunities for strategic growth

What would happen if every member of your team came to work focused on finding solutions and creating better results?

This program is perfect for:

Senior and mid-level managers
Managers struggling to get their teams to think more creatively and solve problems on their own

Teams looking to take their performance to the next level

The audience will leave with:

Easy-to-use tools and techniques to empower solutions-thinking and customer-focused problem solving
 A clear understanding of what’s blocking everyday innovation in their teams
 Communication strategies to eliminate FOSU (Fear of Speaking Up) and encourage deeper dialogue up, down and sideways
 A plan they can apply right away

Karin Hurt inspires courage confidence, and innovation. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she’s known for growing courageous leaders, building great cultures, and inspiring high-performance teams. She’s the award Winning Author of five books including Courageous Cultures, and was named as in Inc. Great Leadership Speaker for her highly-interactive keynotes and executive programs. Karin Hurt | Performance Leadership She […]

Karin Hurt inspires courage confidence, and innovation. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she’s known for growing courageous leaders, building great cultures, and inspiring high-performance teams.

She’s the award Winning Author of five books including Courageous Cultures, and was named as in Inc. Great Leadership Speaker for her highly-interactive keynotes and executive programs.

Karin Hurt | Performance Leadership

She inspires and guides leaders with Leadership Development programs; a weekly blog, and Asking For a Friend show.

A Courageous Cultures Team Innovation Challenge is a fast and fun way to reinforce your strategic initiatives and empower critical thinking in your team.  Think “Shark Tank”, only friendlier.
 
Your team will collaborate in a friendly team competition to apply our Courageous Cultures tools and techniques to your strategic business challenges. We will start by giving your team a foundation of our strategic leadership and team innovation research,  processes, and tools.
Next, your employees will work in a friendly team competition to identify and vet a great idea. Then, your teams will pitch their ideas to friendly senior leadership “judges” in rounds, who will offer feedback and select the best ideas to move forward.

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