Format:  60-90 Minute Interactive Keynote (or longer workshop)

Based on ground-breaking new research in innovation and problem-solving, you’ll learn what leaders like you are doing to build more creative and solutions-oriented teams. Teams who don’t just bring you more ideas, but practical ideas you can use to make work, work better.

You’ll explore the root causes of FOSU (fear of speaking up) and ways to turn your team’s fears and frustration into practical innovation. You’ll learn easy-to-use tools and techniques to empower solutions-thinking and customer-focused problem solving; how to respond to wacky ideas without crushing your team’s hearts and spirits; and techniques to encourage courage and deeper dialogue up, down, and sideways.

This program is perfect for:

• Executives and HR professionals looking to build more innovative, high-engagement cultures
• Managers looking for more innovation and problem-solving on their teams

Your audience will leave with:

• Inspiration to be a role model of innovation and problem-solving.
• Researched-based, practical techniques to inspire more confidence and competence in sharing ideas.
• Tools to lead make it easy for team members to share practical, remarkable ideas
• Techniques to respond to ideas (even if you can’t use them) in a way that inspires future innovation and problem-solving

Based on our award-winning book Courageous Cultures: Building Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers and Customer Advocates (Harper Collins 2020)

We also have a very popular half-day to full-day program where your team applies our Courageous Cultures tools and techniques to strategic business challenges. If this is of interest, let me know. Best to talk through that.

Format: 60-90 Minute Interactive Keynote (or longer workshop) 

 
Master any workplace conflict with confidence and ease, have less drama, better results, and thrive at work.

When there are problems to solve, and people who care (and there are so many things to care about) you’ll face conflict. And if you want to have more success, influence, and joy in your work, you’ve got to navigate it well. But conflict is hard. You weren’t born knowing the perfect words to say when you’re angry, dealing with a jerk, or when someone calls your game-changing idea “stupid.”

This highly experiential keynote is based on findings from our expansive World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration study. You’ll leave with the courage, confidence, and competence to navigate even the trickiest conflict scenarios and build better, lasting collaboration.

This program is perfect for:

Anyone who needs to collaborate with others to be successful. I will tailor the content and activities based on the roles and experience levels of the people in the audience.

You’ll learn:

• Researched-based reasons why conflict is so hard now– and inspiration to have the conversation you would rather avoid.
• The 4 Cs of more productive conflict and how to apply them to even the most challenging scenarios
• 12 Powerful Phrases for navigating any workplace conflict
• Practical techniques and tools to foster deeper trust and collaboration

Based on our 2023 Research, The World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration Survey, and our new book, Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict: What to Say Next to Destress the Workday, Build Collaboration, and Calm Difficult Customers (Harper Collins, May 2024).

Format: 60-90 minute highly interactive keynote (or longer workshop)

Every time you or your team says “yes” to something or someone, you’re saying “no” to something or someone else. Balancing this challenging cocktail of conflicting priorities and demands on limited resources can get tricky. You want to be viewed as a highly collaborative team player AND a results-focused leader making an impact on your organization’s most strategic priorities.

In this highly interactive keynote, you’ll learn practical tools and techniques to say “no” with poise, assurance, and tact, positioning you as a leader who effectively balances demands with overarching organizational goals.

You’ll gain confidence and courage by focusing on your bigger “yes,” propelling innovative solutions and fostering a collaborative environment.

This program is perfect for:

• Project managers, HR professionals, and anyone dealing with multiple stakeholders
• Employees at all levels working in a matrixed environment or global, or hybrid and remote team
• Managers looking to empower their team to stay focused on what matters most

The audience will leave with:

• Practical tools and techniques to gain better clarity and communicate what matters most
• Communication strategies to navigate competing priorities and conflicting goals
• Powerful phrases to communicate in even the most difficult workplace scenarios

Based on our 2023 research: The World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration Survey and our new book, Powerful Phrases for Dealing With Workplace Conflict: What to Say Next to Destress the Workday, Build Collaboration, and Calm Difficult Customers

60-90 Minute Interactive Keynote (longer programs also available)

Leading remote and hybrid teams is hard. Doing it during a time of constant uncertainty and change is even more challenging.  Now, more than ever, your managers need practical tools and techniques to create clarity and build a deeper human connection.

In this highly interactive keynote, you’ll learn 6 habits of highly effective hybrid and virtual teams, and practical tools and approaches to take your team’s performance to the next level.

 This Keynote is Perfect For:

•  Organizations looking to take their hybrid and virtual teams’ performance to the next level
• Managers looking for practical tools and techniques create better trust and connection in their virtual and hybrid teams
• Team members looking for inspiration and support to make a deeper contribution to their hybrid or virtual team

Your Audience Will Leave With:

• An assessment of their hybrid and virtual teams’ strengths and opportunities
• Techniques to create a more inclusive and connected culture 
• Ideas for fostering innovation, collaboration, and problem-solving
• Practical tools to improve synchronous and asynchronous communication
• Tips for running better virtual meetings and one-on-ones

It’s tempting to demand more, tighten control, and micromanage to get more results out of your team…but there is a better way. 

WINNING WELL is a practical leadership strategy to achieve breakthrough results that really last. Get results while keeping your team (and yourself) energized, motivated and inspired.

Join award-winning author and Inc. Top 100 speaker, Karin Hurt as she shares real examples of turnaround successes, humor, and practical tools to guide you and your team through the art of inspiration, influence, and lasting impact. 

In this program discover how to:

• Mind the MIT: (the Most Important Thing) that contributes to consistent, breakthrough results
• Play the Game: don’t game the score. Use data to drive, and not drown, your team
• Own the UGLY: eliminate the most common productivity killers
• Ditch the Diaper Genie: correct poor performance without drama
• Put People Before Projects: quickly build a more competent and confident workforce
• Rock Your Role: leverage your strengths to make a unique contribution to the organization
• Channel Challengers: build better relationships – up, down, and sideways
• Trust the Trenches: know the people closest to your customer or product and what they have to say

 This program is perfect for:

• Overwhelmed managers ready for a breakthrough
• Those 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
• Long term strategies to keep the team on track

Based on our best selling book: Winning Well: A Managers Guide to Getting Results – Without Losing Your Soul

Join award-winning author, Karin Hurt for practical leadership tools, tactics and strategies to achieve breakthrough results that really last.