Karin & David’s Leadership Articles
Executive One-On-Ones: How to Prepare for a Strategic Update with Your CEO
Common Mistakes, Strategic Shifts, and How to Elevate the Conversation You know that one-on-one with your CEO or President? It’s not just another...
The Five Pillars of Effective Team Decision Making
Focus on clarity in your team decision making to make better decisions, faster. Too many teams get stuck spinning in circles—second-guessing...
Email Like a Leader: How to Write an Executive Summary That Makes You Easy to Work With
Everyone Hates Long Emails: Here's What to Do Instead You open an email and see five chunky paragraphs, eight attachments, one pivot table, and...
How to Inspire Innovative Thinking in a Risk-Averse World
When There’s No Room for Mistakes, Is There Still Room for Ideas? You love the idea of a Courageous Culture—one where people speak up, challenge...
What to Do When Your Clueless Boss (or Team) Overlooks the Obvious
Your clueless boss or team are opportunities to lead and transform confusion into collaboration You’ve been there. That moment when the...
From Ticked Off to Tactical: What to Say Next When You’re Frustrated at Work
When You Can’t Believe You’re Having This Conversation Again… When you’re frustrated at work, it’s rarely about a single moment—it’s about...
David Dye’s Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast
Stop Making These 4 Communication Mistakes If You Want Influence with Your CEO
Episode 328: Ever walked out of a meeting with your CEO, wondering if you just tanked your credibility instead of strengthening it? If you ever...
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? If you’ve ever found...
3 Leadership Mindset Shifts to Lead a Calm and Productive Team
Episode 326: Do you feel overwhelmed and burned out? If you’ve been leading under constant pressure, juggling fires, and wondering why your team...
Karin Hurt’s ASKING FOR A FRIEND VLOG
How to Inspire Innovative Thinking in a Risk-Averse World
When There’s No Room for Mistakes, Is There Still Room for Ideas? You love the idea of a Courageous Culture—one where people speak up, challenge...
Your Company Culture Changed (You Didn’t) Now What? #askingforafriend
You Joined for the Company Culture—Now You’re Wondering What Changed (with Video) You didn’t misread the signs. Great company, mission and...
Advice Fatigue Is Real—Let’s Talk About What Makes It Stick (With Video)
Why Even Great Advice Gets Ignored—and How to Change That How receptive are you to advice? I like to think of myself as a highly coachable person...

















