Winning Well Keynote By Leadership Speakers Karin Hurt and David Dye

Karin Hurt and David Dye

Management isn’t easy. This is the main concern that award-winning authors, Karin Hurt and David Dye want to address in their keynote Winning Well. 

Managers regularly face seemingly impossible goals. The eventual fallout is stress, frustration, and disengagement from themselves and from their staff. Two-thirds of managers report being disengaged from their mission and disconnected from much their team.

Karin and David share practical leadership tools, tactics, and strategies to achieve breakthrough results that really last—keeping employees and managers energized, motivated and inspired.

Two of their most important points from Winning Well are:

  • Mind the MIT: (the Most Important Thing) that contributes to consistent, breakthrough results
  • Put People Before Projects: quickly build a more competent and confident work force ts

Watch their keynote below to find out what Karin and David mean by phrases like “Ditch the Diaper Genie” and “Own the UGLY”:

Karin Hurt


Author and international keynote speaker Karin Hurt inspires transformational change.

Recently named on Inc’s list of 100 Great Leadership Speakers and American Management Association’s 50 Leaders to Watch, Karin Hurt helps leaders from around the world achieve breakthrough results without losing their souls.

Karin has over two decades of experience in customer service, sales, and human resources. Her keynotes inspire leaders with proven and practical leadership techniques developed over her rich career as an executive, speaker, and strategic advisor.

A former Verizon Wireless executive, Karin transformed customer service outsourcing (96M calls/year) to reach parity in quality with internal centers and developed a leading sales team that won the President’s Award for Customer Growth.

Karin has a BA in Communication from Wake Forest University, an MA from Towson University in Organizational Communication, and additional graduate work at the University of Maryland, where she teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs.

David Dye

Author and international keynote speaker David Dye gives leaders the roadmap they need to transform results.

David works with leaders around the world who want to achieve breakthrough results without losing their soul (or mind) in the process.

He gets it because he’s been there: a former executive and elected official, David has over two decades of experience leading teams, building organizations, and working with Boards of Directors to transform their effectiveness.

Known for his optimism, for making difficult concepts understandable, and for moving leaders to immediate, practical action, David’s keynotes and training programs help leaders across industries to increase their influence, solve common leadership frustrations, and improve productivity through practical leadership inspiration.

David has a BA in Political Science from the University of Colorado and a Masters Degree in Management from Regis University.

Karin Hurt and David Dye live outside of Washington, DC, enjoy meditation and outdoor activities and being parents to emerging leaders. They are also dedicated to their philanthropic initiative, Winning Wells, which provides clean water wells to communities struggling with access to safe water throughout Southeast Asia.

Karen and David‘s keynotes are:

  • Winning Well: Building a High-Performance, High-Engagement Culture
  • Mastering the Art of Tough Conversations
  • How Can We? Building An Innovative, Solution-Focused Culture
  • Leading During Times of Uncertainty and Change

Contact us if you would like to engage Karin Hurt and David Dye to speak at your next event.