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Does the thought of managing other people make you uncomfortable? Would you rather just do everything yourself? What if managing people felt right? That it’s about building relationships not just getting results. It is possible to feel like you’re not just winning but in fact winning well.

Karin Hurt is a keynote speaker, leadership consultant, and professor. A former Verizon Wireless executive with over two decades of experience in sales, customer service, and HR. She was recently named to Inc’s list of 100 Great Leadership Speakers, AMA’s 50 Leaders to Watch in 2015.

Karin’s latest book Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results-Without Losing Your Soul combines the bottom line with the human spirit and lends tremendous insight into business relationship management.

Calm WARRIOR

“Focus on the game, not the score.”
-Karin Hurt

Highlights -

• Blending the bottom line with human spirit
• Expectation Matrix
• Relationship value alignment
• Confidence-competence matrix
• Why you should delegate

Resources -

• Zoho Expense
  Are you wasting 5 days a month doing expense reports on paper or maybe not even doing them at all? Zoho Expense automatically captures information from receipts for you. You can connect your debit or credit cards and import all your bank statements and convert them into expenses in a CLICK. Zoho Expense is available on all major mobile operating systems like iOS, Android, and Windows. Sign up for Zoho Expense and get 3 months for free on the Standard plan.
• Inspyr Socks
  What keeps you going as an entrepreneur? Inspiration. One of my favorite ways to stayed inspired is with Inspyr socks. A constant reminder to stay empowered with a belief that anything is possible— where the message is purposely knitted into the back of the sock for others to read and get inspires as well. They’re also excellent gifts! Check them out at inspyrsocks.com. Use Code Warrior to receive 10% off every order.
• Grammarly
  Getting your point across in business can be tricky. Grammarly uses a browser extension to check your text for spelling and grammatical errors anytime you write something online to help you avoid mistakes in comments, tweets, and status updates. Get access to your own private editor 24/7!
• Free Webinar
  I’ll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To Succeed In Business Marketing Yourself and Your Talent. Register here or text warrior to number 33444 to register and unleash your creative thinking to propel your business forward.

Guest Contact -

• Karin’s Website, Karin on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
• Karin’s books:
  • Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results-Without Losing Your Soul

Mentions -

• The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? Seth Godin
• Start with Why Simon Sinek

Gifts -

Are YOU a Creative Warrior? Find out and take the Creative Warrior Assessment for FREE (normally $10).

Karin is generously offering us a free chapter to Winning Well and the Winning Well toolkit. Check out Creative Warriors Gifts Page where you can grab Karin’s offer as well as check out the free gifts from previous guests.

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