066: Navigating Workplace Conflict with Karin Hurt

In this episode of Evolve: A New Era of Leadership, I'm joined by Karin Hurt, a distinguished leadership expert and the co-author of "Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict." Karin shares her profound insights on navigating conflicts in the workplace and fostering human-centered leadership.

Karin Hurt helps leaders find clarity in uncertainty, drive innovation, and achieve breakthrough results. She’s the founder and CEO of Let’s Grow Leaders, a global leadership development and training firm known for practical tools and programs that make a lasting impact.

She’s an award-winning author of multiple books, including her latest work with David Dye, "Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict." A former Verizon Wireless executive, Karin was named to Inc. Magazine’s list of great leadership speakers. Together with her husband and business partner, David Dye, they run their philanthropic initiative, Winning Wells – building clean water wells for the people of Cambodia.

🔑 Key Themes & Takeaways:

• Conflict as Opportunity: Karin discusses how workplace conflicts, if managed well, can lead to greater understanding and innovation. She emphasizes the potential within conflicts to propel organizations forward. 🔄
  
  

• Human-Centered Leadership: Exploring Karin’s approach in nurturing leaders who prioritize empathy and understanding in their leadership style, aligning closely with modern organizational needs. 🧠
  
  

• Practical Leadership Tools: The conversation dives into specific strategies and phrases from Karin's new book, designed to equip leaders with the skills to handle conflict effectively. 📚
  
  

• Leadership Across Borders: Insights into how Karin’s global perspective on leadership training shapes more inclusive and effective leadership practices, catering to diverse workplace environments. 🌍
  
  

• The Synergy of Personal and Professional Growth: Karin shares her personal story of growth alongside her partner, highlighting how personal relationships can influence and enhance professional endeavors. 💼

We talk about:

• 00:00 Intro

• 03:38 What inspired Karin to get into leadership development

• 05:45 What has changed for her regarding dealing with conflict in the workplace

• 08:34 About her writing partner

• 11:47 Why leaders need to buy this book right now

• 16:28 What if we can't get one of the four C's

• 21:51 Advice people would give their former self if faced with the same conflict they have faced before

• 22:33 The feedback she is getting from early readers or people who have gone through her workshop and been exposed to these tools

• 28:31 How this book works with my book and navigating conflict while also navigating trauma informed leadership

• 33:33 Generational differences in perspectives on workplace conflict and how to deal with it

• 35:58 How long it takes to move through the discomfort and recognize when that discomfort or awkwardness is ok

• 37:36 Are there differences in how to handle smaller conflicts versus ones that have inflated

• 42:22 How to preorder the book

• 44:23 Rapid fire questions
  
  

🌈 Closing Thoughts:

This episode with Karin Hurt deepens our understanding of leadership in the context of conflict and change, providing a comprehensive framework for leaders to create environments that value empathy, resilience, and adaptability. Karin’s experience and insights offer invaluable lessons for anyone looking to enhance their leadership skills in increasingly complex workplace environments.

We encourage listeners to think about how the principles discussed can be applied in their own leadership situations, promoting growth and innovation within their teams.

#LeadershipDevelopment #HumanCenteredLeadership #ConflictResolution #TeamDynamics #StrategicThinking

Connect with Karin

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karinbhurt/

• Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/letsgrowleaders 

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/letsgrowleaders/ 

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-hurt-7ab25910/

• https://letsgrowleaders.com/ 

• Download free sample chapters of Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict AND a free Collaborative Conversations Companion Guide (a Leaders/Trainers Guide to Putting Powerful Phrases into Action with Their Teams): https://letsgrowleaders.com/conflict-phrases-book/ 

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