Karin & David’s Leadership Articles
The Secret to High-Performance Work Teams: Mastering the Performance Loop
High-Performance Teams Don’t Leave Their Achievement to Chance You know what it’s like when a high performance work team fires on all...
How to Thrive When Your Boss is Disengaged
You Care. Your Boss Doesn’t (Or So It Seems). What to Do Next With a Disengaged Boss You’re giving it your all. You’re solving problems,...
Better Feedback: The Secret to Giving (and Getting) Better Feedback
How to Communicate Like a Boss—With a Little Help from Your Pod You care about your team, and you want to help. But what do you do if your...
Recognition Power Words: The Phrases that Mean the Most
The Right Words at the Right Time: Crafting Recognition That Sticks Think about the best recognition you’ve ever received. Who said what, and why...
Not My Tornado: How to Stop Workplace Distractions from Stealing Your Focus
4 Workplace Distraction Traps Keeping You Swirling Ever feel like your workday is a full-blown tornado of workplace distractions—emails flying...
5×5 Communication: a Leadership Communication Strategy to Ensure Your Message Sticks
The right communication strategy helps your message cut through noise and distraction. You’ve said it. You’ve said it again. And yet, somehow,...
David Dye’s Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast
The Missing 5-Minute Communication Skill that Will Transform Your Team’s Productivity
Episode 313: What if one overlooked communication skill could be the difference between unfinished work and unstoppable team progress? Leadership...
10 Ways Fear Undermines Your Leadership Skills and What to Do to Fight Burnout
Episode 312: What if the secret to becoming a more confident leader and fighting burnout is learning to recognize how fear is running the show?...
How to Improve Your Productivity by Mastering 1 Critical Leadership Communication Skill
Episode 311: Want to master a leadership communication skill that helps you be more productive, avoid overwhelm, without hurting relationships or...
Karin Hurt’s ASKING FOR A FRIEND VLOG
How to Notice and Appreciate an Overworked Employee
Simple Ways to Show Support for Overworked Employees Let’s set the stage. You’ve got a guy on your team working incredibly hard. The company is...
AI for Leaders: Can I Trust AI as a Resource? (Asking for a Friend)
You Want to Use AI, But Can You Trust It? AI can be amazing… but let’s be real, it’s also a little nerve-wracking. What if it gets it wrong?...
Employee Development Activity: Focus Your Team in the New Year
Focus your team with this fast and remarkably effective employee development activity You know exactly WHAT your team needs to have a remarkable...

















