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Dr. David Burkus - Top Business & Leadership Expert On Best Team Ever - The Surprising Science Of High Performing Teams
07 Aug 2023
#122: Dr. David Burkus’ is one of the world’s leading business thinkers. His forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders build their best team ever.He is the bestselling author of five books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. Since 2017, David has been ranked multiple times as one of the world’s top business thought leaders. His insights on leadership and teamwork have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USAToday, Fast Company, the Financial Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, CNN, the BBC, NPR, and CBS This Morning. A former business school professor, he now works with leaders from organizations across all industries, including PepsiCo, Fidelity, Adobe, and NASA.On the show David shares his story of growing up, the power of story, leadership, common understanding, psychological safety, prosocial purpose, and his newest book Best Team Ever, the surprising science of high performing teams. David gives you a framework from hours and hours of research to help you build your best team ever.To find out more about David, his books, podcast, speaking, and resources check out davidburkus.com as well as the links in the show notes. Enjoy the show!Books:https://www.amazon.com/Best-Team-Ever-Surprising-High-Performing/dp/1544541740?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&linkCode=sl1&tag=davidburkus-20&linkId=0a60a28bc0583bac05a2034c4f9585f4&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/david-burkus-presents/id1543942272Speaking:https://davidburkus.com/keynote-speaker/
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