Karin & David’s Leadership Articles
How to Foster Psychological Safety in Training (and Build a Courageous Learning Culture)
Overcoming the Quiet Room: Why Your Training Needs Psychological Safety Imagine this: you kick off a training session with a question, and you’re...
How to Handle Accountability Conversations: 6 Tough Questions, Answered
Because Clear, Constructive Feedback Shouldn’t Feel Like a Wrestling Match You want your team to succeed—and you want them to grow. And you know...
4 Critical Communication Skills for Managing Up with Style and Grace
Managing up well will build your influence, reduce stress, and improve your team’s performance. “How do I change my boss?” This is one of the...
How to Disagree with Your Boss Without Derailing Your Career
Your Ability to Disagree with Your Boss Constructively is a Game-Changing Leadership Skill Ever faced one of those moments when your boss rolls...
The Collaboration Checklist for Leaders: Five Questions to Guide Better Decisions
This Quick Gut Check That Can Save Your Team Hours of Rework You move fast. Decisions pile up. Calendars fill. But in the rush to deliver, it’s...
More Than a Chat: How to Make Your Career Conversations Count
This Practical Planner Could Change Your Career Conversations Let’s talk career converations—and how to get the support you need to make them...
David Dye’s Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast
4 Leadership Assumptions that Limit Your Team’s Productivity
Episode 310: Which leadership assumptions are quietly sabotaging your team—and what if you don’t even know you’re making them? If you’ve ever...
The Surprising Communication Skill Undermining Your Team’s Productivity
Episode 309: Could a surprising communication skill be the hidden reason your hard-working team still struggles with productivity? You're not...
Revolutionary Leadership Strategy: How to Transform Team Urgency Today
Episode 308: Is your leadership strategy unintentionally killing the urgency your team needs to succeed? If you’re leading a team in the middle...
Karin Hurt’s ASKING FOR A FRIEND VLOG
My Team is the Underdog! How do I Motivate Them Now? #AskingforaFriend
Asking for a Friend: How Do You Inspire Your Team When They're the Underdog? You know that feeling. The buzzer just sounded. You and your scrappy...
The Most Overlooked Part of Difficult Conversations? Location, Location, Location.
Difficult Conversations: It's not just WHAT you say, BUT WHERE you say it If you’ve ever been blindsided by feedback via Slack, had your stomach...
Personal Courage: How to Focus on What You Want (Not What You Fear)
Practical Ways to Summon a Bit More Personal Courage You want more personal courage. You want to take that bold step, make the big decision, or...


















