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David Burkus

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Transform your team's approach to leadership, teamwork, and collaboration with Dr. David Burkus, speaker, bestselling author, and business thinker.

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Respected business thinker and bestselling author
Leadership and teamwork expert for top organizations like PepsiCo, Fidelity
Featured in Harvard Business Review and The New York Times

Dr. David Burkus, a respected business thinker and bestselling author, is transforming how companies approach leadership, teamwork, and collaboration. He has guided leaders from top organisations like PepsiCo, Fidelity, Adobe, and NASA in building their strongest teams. As a former business school professor, David's insights on leadership and teamwork have been featured in esteemed publications such as the Harvard Business Review and The New York Times. His engaging keynotes offer practical, research-backed strategies for immediate implementation. David's expertise spans topics like team performance, psychological safety, innovation, and leading remote teams. His speaking engagements are lauded for their valuable insights and captivating delivery. Alongside his speaking engagements, David has authored five influential books, including "The Myths of Creativity" and "Leading From Anywhere."

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The Truth About Trust: Elevating Teams Through Psychological Safety

Collaboration is essential to teamwork. But it can be difficult to collaborate with people whose perspectives, preferences, and personalities are different from our own. It’s hard enough to build trust among the team and collaborate properly, but keeping that trust is even harder. That’s why high-performing teams don’t merely trust each other, they work to create a psychologically safe environment. An environment of trust and respect.

Innovation Is A Team Sport: The Science Of Creative Collaboration

As the challenges organizations face seem to compound, we need innovative ideas more than ever. But many teams struggle to find and implement their brightest ideas. Much of this struggle comes from a common misconception: you can’t create an innovative company teaching individuals to be more creative. Instead, research reveals that “lone creators” are historically rare, and for most innovations, creativity is a team sport.

Best Team Ever: The Surprising Science Of High-Performing Teams

Every leader wants to build a high-performing team, and nearly everyone wants to be on one. But most teams fail to perform at their optimal level. We try to recruit star players, improve compensation, give copious feedback, obsess over engagement surveys, and in the end, we still don’t have the results we want and often feel we’re out of options. But the secret to unlocking performance isn’t recruiting new teammates or designing the perfect incentive. The most effective teams became that way by building the habits and culture of the team that allows for optimal performance.

Leading From Anywhere: How To Build High-Performing Remote And Hybrid Teams

The debate over hybrid work and returning to the office keeps raging, and leaders’ plans for how to manage their team just keep changing. The desire for autonomy among employees is at an all-time high, while feelings of connection and belonging to the team are at all-time lows. It’s enough to make a leader cry “when are we going back to normal?”

Why we recommend booking David

David brings a wealth of experience from guiding leaders at top organizations like PepsiCo and NASA, offering your team practical, research-backed strategies for enhancing leadership, teamwork, and collaboration. His insights have been featured in prestigious outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, ensuring your team receives top-tier, actionable advice. Booking David means investing in your team's performance and innovation, with engaging keynotes tailored to drive immediate and impactful change.

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