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 to start and will apparently take an act of Congress […]
Author: David Burkus
David Burkus is an organizational psychologist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author of five books on leadership and teamwork.
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 reverses course two weeks later. The kind who runs on […]
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, on the same schedule. That assumption is baked into nearly […]
How to Fix Your Team’s Procrastination Problem (Without Becoming a Micromanager)
You’ve probably experienced team procrastination more times than you can count. It’s the day before a big presentation, and the deck still isn’t done. Slides are getting reordered. Someone’s still waiting on images. And at […]
How To Run A Keyshop: A Guide For Event Planners
You’ve decided a keyshop is the right format for your event. Good call. Now comes the part nobody warns you about: a keyshop isn’t just a keynote with discussion questions stapled to the end. It […]
What Is a Keyshop? The Conference Format That Solves the Problem Keynotes Can’t
For years, event planners kept asking me the same question—just in different ways. “Can you make it more interactive?” “We want something between a keynote and a workshop.” “Is there a way to get the […]
