Karin & David’s Leadership Articles
Repairing Broken Trust on Your Team: A Leader’s Guide to Rebuilding Collaboration
Because “let’s just move on” is not a collaboration strategy. You can feel it even if no one’s saying it. There’s a weird tension in meetings....
Boost Team Confidence Fast with This Wildly Successful Team Training Activity
Confidence Bursts create energy, build vital habits, and drive results Have you ever rolled out a new strategy and watched your team stare back...
How to Lead with Their Best Interest at Heart (Even When It’s Hard)
How Do You Show Someone You Have Their Best Interest at Heart? It’s one of the most reassuring phrases you can say to someone—especially at work,...
Quick Decisions: How to Collaborate When You Have to Decide Fast
When urgency strikes, and you need quick decisions. Skip the swirl—not the people. You’ve got 20 minutes and you need to make a few quick...
How Human-Centered Leaders Understand Other Perspectives
A Human-Centered Leadership Practice That Builds Trust, Reduces Friction, and Makes Every Decision Smarter You’ve done the work. The plan is...
Turning Data Into Insights: What Smart Communicators Do Differently
Make Data Matter: Four Questions That Turn Info Into Influence You’ve been there. Someone senior asks, “Can you get me the numbers on this?” and...
David Dye’s Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast
4 Key Communication Skills to Keep Your Team’s Trust when They Hate the Decision
Episode 327: Ever had to break news your team didn’t want to hear—especially when you didn’t agree with it yourself? Leadership Survey If you’ve...
3 Leadership Mindset Shifts to Lead a Calm and Productive Team
Episode 326: Do you feel overwhelmed and burned out? Leadership Survey If you’ve been leading under constant pressure, juggling fires, and...
4 Communication Skills to Turn “No” into “Let’s Go” for Better Problem Solving
Episode 325: What if the secret to better problem-solving on your team isn’t having all the answers—but knowing how to handle their resistance to...
Karin Hurt’s ASKING FOR A FRIEND VLOG
6 Practical Ways to Be Easy to Work With
Smart, Strategic, and Still Easy to Work With? Yes, You Can. You know that person everyone wants on their team? The one people describe with a...
Welcome to Team Crickets: How to Support Your Quiet Team
Inheriting a Quiet Team? Here’s How to Build a Culture of Voice You’re a human-centered leader who wants people to speak up and contribute...
Help! Workplace Distractions Stole My Zen (and Left a Trail of Bananas)
You Scheduled Time to Focus: Workplace Distractions Laughed and Brought Snacks You cared out the time, turned off your notifications to remove...
















