Author: David Burkus

David Burkus is an organizational psychologist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author of five books on leadership and teamwork.

Make Performance Reviews Work For Your Team

Traditional annual performance reviews are confusing, dated, messy, time-consuming, and sometimes just plain inaccurate to what’s really going on in your team. As organizational psychologist Bob Sutton said, “If performance evaluations were a drug, they […]

Make Performance Reviews Work For Your Team

How Employee Engagement Really Works

We need to talk about employee engagement surveys. It’s great news that organizations are paying attention to engagement and its impact on performance. The bad news is that senior leaders seem to want a clear […]

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Do We Really Need Managers?

There have been SO many articles and books about this idea of flat organizations. No managers, no bosses, just passionate people solving problems and collaborating at ease. Sounds great, right? Well, not if you’re a […]

Do We Really Need Managers?

Motivating Your Team Doesn’t Have To Be Hard

How do you make your team care about the work they are doing? If you’re a manager, you’ve probably asked that question a few times in your career. And you’ve probably made some attempts at […]

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