Karin & David’s Leadership Articles
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...
Land in the AND: How the Best Leaders Blend Confidence and Humility
Beyond Either/Or: How Human-Centered Leaders Land in the AND Confidence or humility? Results or relationships? You don't have to choose. How to...
When You Make a Mistake at Work, Do This Next (With Video)
Mistake at Work? How to Recover From a Big Fat Workplace Oops You know that sinking feeling when you make a mistake at work, The “uh-oh, did I...
Crisis Leadership: How to Show Up When Everything’s Falling Apart
Crisis leadership demands that you empower yourself before trying to lead your team. We were working with "Vance," a human-centered CEO during a...
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? 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...
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
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...
Why Smart Teams Resist Your New Idea (And What to Do About It)
Practical Ways to Slow Down to Give Your New Idea a Fighting Chance of Success You've just come back from a strategic planning session with your...
Share Your Concerns: Speak Up Without Blowing Things Up
Because staying silent doesn’t solve the problem— it just delays the meeting about it. You know that moment. The one where your Spidey senses...


















