Karin Hurt

I had the chance to attend Karin’s Courageous Leadership session during NAR’s AE Institute, and it was outstanding! She took topics that are usually uncomfortable (conflict, accountability, tough conversations) and made them practical, human, and immediately usable. Her concept of “conflict cocktails” gave our group fresh, practical language to talk about the real tensions we face, inviting better ideas, and setting real expectations that gave our association leaders concrete language and tools we can take strating back to our boards, volunteers, and teams. Karin blends strong storytelling, solid research, and interactive exercises to keep people engaged while also challenging them to grow. You don’t just leave inspired; you leave with scripts, models, and next steps. I highly recommend Karin as a speaker for any association or organization that wants to build a more courageous, connected, and accountable culture!

Karin Hurt delivered exactly what we needed - high-impact, customized sessions that truly resonated with our audience. She crafted two powerful programs: one for our executives, built on her Courageous Cultures research and book, and another for all attendees, inspired by her most recent book, Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict. The sessions were strategically integrated, highly interactive, and packed with practical takeaways our members could immediately apply. Karin was a joy to work with - professional, insightful, and fully invested in our success. We would definitely love to work with Karin again in the future!

Karin Hurt did a phenomenal job at our Women’s Leadership Forum! Speaking to 225 industry professionals, she was able to bring the concept of creating courageous cultures to the forefront of attendees’ minds, giving them relatable content but also specific, methods, tools, and resources to apply immediately in their work environments. She is a true professional and was a pleasure to work with.

Karin's program on building Courageous Cultures was incredibly timely and relevant for our audience. It was hands-on, interactive, and I took away multiple skills and tools I could action right away. I would highly recommend Karin.

Karin and David light up the stage through dynamic storytelling and highly practical leadership solutions participants can implement right away. While they are teaching teamwork and communication, they are actually demonstrating it beautifully.

Karin's messages of getting results without losing your soul and of courageous cultures were both timely and engaging for our audience of healthcare executives, leaders and physicians. The industry of healthcare is consistently experiencing change and challenges and Karin's practical tools were a welcomed resource for our busy leaders. Karin's presentation was loaded with applicable and tangible tools that our leaders could take back and implement with their own teams. For example, her movie trailer activity was very well received - our audience was engaged and laughing all throughout and many of them have already shared this exercise with their teams. We utilized Let's Grow Leaders' Learning Lab to further promote the day's key messages - our leaders loved the opportunity to have this information sent directly to their phones. It has offered a new and creative medium to keep our audience engaged and connected to the day, long after the event occurred. We are grateful to have benefited from Karin's expertise and look forward to utilizing the content of her book and toolkit throughout our organization.

Karin Hurt and David Dye were invited to speak to an elite group of highly engaged volunteer leaders from around the world - a tough audience to please. It was an early morning session on the last day of a long conference. Their delivery style, real-world stories and innovative concepts kept this audience engaged. The feedback from the leaders is that they gained takeaways they could immediately apply in their volunteer and professional roles - including tools and templates. I would hire Karin and David again to improve the skills of people who manage others in any capacity.

Karin is an energetic and articulate speaker with an expansive understanding of how to scale the development and impact of leadership. Recently, as VP, Delivery Services - Information Technology at a nationally recognized organization, I engaged Karin to discuss the opportunities and challenges I saw in trying to develop a sustainable platform for leadership content, continuous learning through internal dialogue and industry awareness, and opportunities to meet executives that valued leadership and embraced it as a core strategy. After establishing a solid foundation for the platform, I sought out credible executives with experiences and messages that I thought would resonate with the leadership philosophies and content we had developed as a team and also be interested in participating in our 'Meet a Leader' segment. During this search, Karin was referred to me by a team member that followed Let's Grow Leaders and was impressed based on his own interactions with Karin. When I engaged Karin, I noticed immediately that she was willing to listen and understand our intentions and desired outcome, progress and accomplishments, and challenges. She asked questions that brought about important insights that I had not considered and/or thought through. Just as a leader should do, Karin led me to learn vs stated instructions I should follow. Karin and I collaborated on a theme and framework, using 'Confident Humility to Take a Leap into Leadership', that engaged my staff and is still leveraged today. Karin's development and delivery of the content was excellent. Karin did a great job balancing theory, real life examples, and feedback from the room to ensure we had an inclusive and robust discussion. Additionally, Karin increased the value of her services by offering reasonable pricing for services and including copies of her book - 'Overcoming an Imperfect Boss'.

Karin Hurt is very engaging and dynamic as a keynote speaker. Her humor and down to earth communication style immediately invites the audience into a conversation. She is energetic, insightful and thought-provoking. In minutes you will feel as though you are talking to a friend who happens to also be a leadership expert."

I was introduced to Karin at an industry dinner, where right before meeting her, my BOD president-elect told me to watch and see, this woman has got something special. He was certainly right. Karin's business sense as well as her sense of self combine for incredible insights into authentic leadership and leadership development. From business owners to educators, she has a special message to deliver. I highly recommend her for your next event or training.

After attending Karin's workshop at The National Speakers Association's Business Accelerator Lab at High Point University, I had many great tools to help me personalize my business. Her teaching/speaking style truly resonated with me. She inspired me to go in directions I had not previously considered. In some cases she shed new light on subject matter that is familiar, but much of her material was a feast for my creativity and her manner of presentation was easy to absorb. She was the perfect choice for the Business Accelerator Lab; I was greatly inspired by her. Charlotte Cole

Karin has a very unique ability to connect, captivate and move an audience with her authenticity, humor and experiences. Her audience becomes intrinsically motivated to be better leaders and equipped to handle real business issues after hearing her message. She has helped many members on my team and myself take their leadership and careers to a higher level.

When I first started working with Karin I had no idea what a leader was. I've been a business owner but when it came to leadership, I lacked intestinal fortitude. She assisted me by forcing me to confront the leader inside of me. First by recognizing that I am a leader! Then she allowed me to expend my leadership style. She forced me to think outside of the box. Finally and most importantly she help me to recognize leadership in others. Which is why I'm hands off with my transportation company. I employed good leaders, and allowed them to do what they do best WIN!

Karin's engaging style brings an important combination of passion and compassion that made it easy for us to mine our own stories and identify approaches to building deeper trust with our partners in the tertiary education system in Nigeria.

In every speech as well as in her book, Karin Hurt is not only motivating and inspiring but also down to earth. She addresses real issues and real solutions. I love her honest approach to facing leadership challenges the way they really are not as we pretend them to be. It was time to have someone stand up to talk about the issues we all want to ignore.

Karin had an uncanny way of getting to the root of the solution we needed. She is real, addresses real issues, and leaves lasting improvements. Karin insights and instigates self-improvement which helped our employees to actually spearhead change. She turned the tide in our company from an environment of follow the leaders direction, to one in which employees worked harder, volunteered more and were more happy with Company and team success rather than their individual success. Priceless! Karin will be a part of Apartment Turnovers for a long time, she is a part of our fabric.

"Karin with Let's Grow Leaders was engaging, interesting, and presented compelling information. Her content was broadly applicable; she gave both personal and professional examples that were incredibly relatable. Our attendees walked away with tangible resources and concepts to implement into their professional, and personal lives. She was warm, inviting, informative, and relatable: everything you want in a keynote speaker. I would highly recommend Karin and Let's Grow Leaders!"

Karin Hurt and David Dye are a dynamic- duo. They are amazing speakers and their message is throught-provoking and real. They recently attended PMI Heartland's Professional Development Day at Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska and delivered an inspiring keynote. Karin and David also spilt up and provided 4 breakout sessions throughout the day. The survey results gathered indicates their breakouts "exceeded expectations". If you have an opportunity to hire speakers, for any event, your first choice should be Karin Hurt and David Dye.

"David and Karin worked really well with our team. It was almost uncanny how relevant the content was - perfect for our team and the issues that we face on a day-to-day basis." -Sean Barrett, VP Product Management, Albertsons

Karin and David knocked it out of the park with their Mega Session delivered at this year's HR VA SHRM 2022 annual conference. Their presentation was both informative and interactive. So glad they presented.