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
1 Critical Leadership Skill You Need to Help You and Your Team Avoid Burnout
Episode 323: How can you, as a leader, stay grounded and avoid burnout when the pressure never seems to let up? If you’re tired of the constant...
7 Leadership Skills That Transform Risk-Adverse Teams into Problem-Solving Champions
Episode 322: Does your risk-averse team stall out at the edge of progress—hesitating, overanalyzing, or waiting for one more approval? If you’ve...
7 Crisis Leadership Skills to Help You and Your Team Navigate the Storm
Episode 321: When chaos hits, do you have the crisis leadership skills to keep yourself—and your team—steady? As a leader, you can’t always...

Karin Hurt’s ASKING FOR A FRIEND VLOG
Are You Getting on the Wrong Boats? (A Quick Guide to Smarter Meetings)
Not Every Meeting Deserves Your Time (Or Oars) The key to smarter meetings is knowing which ones to avoid. Imagine this. You get a calendar...
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...