Author: David Burkus

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

How To Do Remote Team Building

One of the most common questions managers and senior leaders faced in 2020—especially as the long-term reality of our work-from-home experiment set in—was “how to you do team building when everyone is working remotely?” We […]

How To Build Culture On A Remote Team

Talent flows from teams. For over a decade, we’ve known that individual performance hugely depends on the team they are placed on. Top performance hinges on whether their teammates, their manager, and the organization they […]

How Teams Should Make Decisions

I’ve always been struck by the sayings that we throw out as common-sense wisdom just because they’re catchy. We’re supposed to believe that “He who hesitates is lost.” But we should also “Look before we […]

How Teams Should Make Decisions

Is Remote Work The New Normal?

Is remote work the new normal? Yes, but also no. It’s a little complicated. Let’s recap. On January 1st of 2020, most CEOs of most organizations would not believe that their employees could work from […]

Making Remote Workers Feel Included

It is undeniable that we are headed to a new chapter in the story of remote work. The remote work movement has gained momentum and is now at critical mass.  What began as a forced […]

How The Best Teams Work Together

Teamwork has never been a more important reality in the world of work. We’ve known about the importance of teams for decades. We’ve known that individual performance actually flows out of a team’s ability to […]

How The Best Teams Work Together
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