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Dr. David Burkus helps leaders build high-performing teams.
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His profound understanding and expertise are backed by rigorous research and years of firsthand experience. David’s keynotes aren’t just entertaining and enlightening, they’re evidence-based and immensely practical–offering leaders at all levels a set of actionable takeaways they can implement immediately.
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How to Apologize as a Leader: The 9 Apologies You’ll Have to Make
Nobody puts “professional apologizer” on a résumé. But if you lead people long enough, that’s a real part of the job—and learning how to apologize […]
Leading After a Layoff: 5 Needs Your Team Has Now
Your company just went through a layoff. Or a restructure. Or a downsizing, a rightsizing, a “strategic realignment.” The label doesn’t matter much. What matters […]
Why Companies Get Worse As They Grow
You call customer service and end up trapped in a maze of menus that leads nowhere. You have a dozen subscriptions that took nine seconds […]
How to Protect Your Team From a Toxic Leader [5 Ways]
You’ve worked for a toxic leader before. Everyone has. The kind who drops a bold new priority in the all-hands meeting with zero warning, then […]
The Real Challenge of Managing Freelancers (And Why Most Leaders Get It Wrong)
Most management advice assumes something that hasn’t been true for years: that everyone on your team actually works for you, full-time, in the same building, […]
