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David Burkus Presents

David Burkus

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Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 221

Helping leaders and teams do their best work ever. David Burkus is one of the world’s leading business thinkers and the author of five best-selling books about business and leadership. Episodes of the show include insights, strategies, tips and takeaways from David as well as in-depth conversations with other world renown experts to contribute ideas, opinions, and insights to help you level of your own leadership.

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How To Manage Team Conflict

Tuesday, January 2, 2024 • Duration 09:51

Conflict within a team is an inevitable part of any work environment. The diverse perspectives, ideas, and solutions that team members bring to the table can often lead to disagreements and conflicts. However, it's important to remember that team conflict isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it can be beneficial in many ways. It can help identify blind spots, explore different solutions, and find innovative ways to deliver on objectives. The key lies in managing these conflicts effectively.

Effective conflict management can lead to a more engaged team, improved performance, and overall growth. In this video, we will outline how to manage team conflict

0:00 Introduction

1:44 Find The Root Cause

3:02 Define Acceptable Criteria

4:15 Question Assumptions

5:55 Examine The Impact

7:09 Switch Your Perspective

8:44 Conclusion

Managing conflict effectively is crucial for the growth and success of a team. It helps teams to grow, improve performance, and create a more engaging work experience. Managed well, conflict is what helps every member of the team do their best work ever.

//DO YOUR BEST WORK EVER

If you liked this video and you want to help your team do their best work ever, check out the free resources we've compiled at https://davidburkus.com/resources

//ABOUT DAVID

One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever.

He is the best-selling author of four books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. 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. Since 2017, Burkus has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. As a sought-after international speaker, his TED Talk has been viewed over 2 million times. He’s worked with leaders from organizations across all industries including Google, Stryker, Fidelity, Viacom, and even the US Naval Academy.

A former business school professor, Burkus holds a master’s degree in organizational psychology from the University of Oklahoma, and a doctorate in strategic leadership from Regent University.

//SPEAKING

Like what you heard? Find more on David's speaking page (and find out about bringing him to your company or event) at https://davidburkus.com/keynote-speaker/

//CONNECT

+ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidburkus/

+ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/davidburkus

+ Facebook: http://www.FB.com/DrDavidBurkus

+ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DavidBurkus

//MUSIC

"Appreciate That" by David Cutter https://www.davidcuttermusic.com

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5 Questions Great Leaders Always Ask

Tuesday, December 19, 2023 • Duration 07:51

It may seem like leaders need to have all the answers. Presumably, they became leaders by being smart, hardworking individual contributors who had the answers most of the time. But while knowing what to do is important, great leaders believe that knowing what questions to ask is even more vital. Especially when it comes to leading the team. Asking them the right questions instead of barking out the answers will lead to a higher performing team.

In this article, we’ll outline 5 questions great leaders ask to promote growth, collaboration, and trust within their teams. These questions are not just about directing the team, but also about understanding the team's strengths, identifying areas for improvement, providing necessary support, and seeking feedback for personal growth. These questions align the team towards common goals, focus on strengths, encourage feedback and improvement, and promote a servant leadership mentality.

0:00 Introduction

1:02 Where are we going?

2:13 What is going well?

3:22 Where can we improve?

4:35 How can I help?

5:42 Where do I need help?

6:47 Conclusion

These five questions – Where are we going? What is going well? Where can we improve? How can I help? And where do I need help? – are essential tools for great leaders. They promote growth, collaboration, and trust within the team, fostering a positive and productive work environment. By asking these questions regularly, leaders can ensure that their teams are aligned, motivated, and doing their best work ever.

//DO YOUR BEST WORK EVER

If you liked this video and you want to help your team do their best work ever, check out the free resources we've compiled at https://davidburkus.com/resources

//ABOUT DAVID

One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever.

Best Icebreakers For Team Meetings

Monday, October 9, 2023 • Duration 09:26

Icebreakers are not just games or frivolous activities. Many people have memories of cringeworthy and awkward games played under the pretense of “team building.” I was one of them. But the research on icebreakers is pretty clear. Icebreakers are powerful tools that can help teams find uncommon commonalities and build strong connections.

Icebreakers can be the key to unlocking a more collaborative, understanding, and high-performing team. However, the effectiveness of an icebreaker hinges on its relevance and comfort level. They should be personally meaningful and not make team members uncomfortable.

In this video, we’ll cover four such icebreakers for team meetings. They’re quick, and not cringe. Each of these icebreakers is designed to help teams connect, understand each other better, and perform at a higher level.

0:00 Introduction

2:07 Energy Check

3:50 Triple H

5:33 Defining Moment

6:42 Three Snaps

7:39 Conclusion

These icebreakers, when used effectively, can be powerful tools for building a more connected, understanding, and high-performing team. They can help teams find uncommon commonalities, build strong connections, and understand each other better. In other words, these short, non-cringe icebreakers can help any team do its best work ever.

//DO YOUR BEST WORK EVER

If you liked this video and you want to help your team do their best work ever, check out the free resources we've compiled at https://davidburkus.com/resources

//ABOUT DAVID

One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever.

A Company Is Not A Family

Tuesday, December 7, 2021 • Duration 09:36

And further a company shouldn’t be a family.

When companies began to overuse the family analogy, results are rarely positive. Instead, pushing for family levels of commitment can actually do damage to the culture. And in this article, we’ll outline the ways that the “family” metaphor can lead to dysfunction. As well as the steps team leaders can take to transform their dysfunctional fake families back into the thriving work teams they were trying to build in the first place.

Why Not:
Boundaries get blurry.
Too easy to take advantage of employees.
Departing employees feel like betrayals.

What To Do Instead:
Define Purpose
Encourage Boundaries
Celebrate Departures

Calling your company a family, may have been a well-meaning metaphor, but it hasn’t been a very useful one. Most employees don’t want a dysfunctional family. They want a team that’s bonded through purpose and built on trust and respect. They don’t want to be seen as family one day and divorced family the next. They want to know their contribution was valuable even after they leave. They don’t want leaders who overcommit and abuse them.

They want leaders who help them do their best work ever.

//DO YOUR BEST WORK EVER
If you liked this video and you want to help your team do their best work ever, check out the free resources we've compiled at https://davidburkus.com/resources

//ABOUT DAVID
One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever.

What High Performers Want

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 • Duration 07:46

Decades after the "War for Talent," most organizations finally discovered the truth. Despite spending ever-increasing amounts of money on high performers, high performers weren’t really in it for the money.

In this episode, we’ll outline some of the lessons learned about what actually attracts high performers to work on a team—and what keeps them engaged once they’re on board.

They want to be heard
They want to work with peers
They want to be developed
They want to one praised

When you look at these four desires of high performers, you start to see why the compensation strategy fell apart during the war for talent. Compensation might seem like appreciation for a job well done, but it’s insufficient as a motivator. As leadership expert Roger Martin is fond of saying “People want to feel special more than they want to feel compensated.”

In addition, autonomy, growth, and a team of peers makes a job much more meaningful. And when you can create a work environment that provides those three elements, you’ll create an environment that helps everyone—not just high performers—do their best work ever.

//DO YOUR BEST WORK EVER
If you liked this video and you want to help your team do their best work ever, check out the free resources we've compiled at https://davidburkus.com/resources

//ABOUT DAVID
One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever.

How To Create A Strong Team Culture

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 • Duration 12:33

Culture is the secret sauce of organizational success.

It seems like nearly everyone agrees that culture is hugely important. The culture individuals find themselves in influences their future actions and ultimately their future success or failure. But while many agree about the importance of company culture, what many fail to understand is that the culture of the team matters more than overall company culture.

Even before the pandemic, the most common interactions individual employees had was with members of their team, not random people elsewhere in the organization. And after the great work from home experiment began, those team interactions only became even more dominant.

So, while company culture matters, smart leaders are paying more and more attention to team culture.

In this episode, we’ll examine three elements of a strong team culture…and then two ways to create or reinforce those elements on your team.

Three Elements of a Strong Team Culture
Purpose
Clarity
Safety

How To Build Culture
Artifacts
Rituals

Rituals and Artifacts are subtle reminders of the importance of shared culture, and the more individuals on the team understand that importance, the more they feel like a team. And when a team is built around purpose, clarity and safety—and that’s reinforced through observable symbols and shared actions—it grows stronger and stronger. And eventually, it grows into a team that helps everyone do their best work ever.

//DO YOUR BEST WORK EVER
If you liked this video and you want to help your team do their best work ever, check out the free resources we've compiled at https://davidburkus.com/resources

//ABOUT DAVID
One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever.

How To Welcome A New Employee To The Team

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 • Duration 09:52

Onboarding new employees is one of the most crucial, but overlooked, aspects of building a great team and great culture. It’s crucial because the first few days of new team member tenure determine how included they feel and how much they internalize the mission and culture of the team. But it’s also overlooked because of the emphasis on using that same time to make sure every legality and regulation is taken care of. That’s understandable. There is a lot of paperwork to handle. In the midst of all those policies and procedures, it can be difficult to remember to add culture and collaboration.

But the more we prioritize connection over documentation, the more successful our onboarding effects, and our people, become. In this episode, we’ll cover four ways to do just that—four ways to truly welcome a new employee to the team.

Start Before Start Day
Expose Them To Culture
Create Uncommon Commonalities
Add A Small Win

It’s important to note that onboarding is an on-going process. So while these actions are vital to take on day one, there will be more work to do. It takes time to get someone comfortable with culture or build friendships with the team. It takes time to feel significant progress even as small wins accumulate. But starting these actions on day one will help ensure new employees feel like valuable members of the team—a team that helps them do their best work ever.

//DO YOUR BEST WORK EVER
If you liked this video and you want to help your team do their best work ever, check out the free resources we've compiled at https://davidburkus.com/resources

//ABOUT DAVID
One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever.

Why Good Employees Quit

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 • Duration 10:50

When good employees quit, it’s hard for those same leaders not to take it personally. An unexpected resignation letter can feel like a betrayal. But before you place the blame solely on the newly departing and reframe your past history to try and spin them as less valuable than they really were, consider some of the reasons good employees quit.

Burnout
Boredom
Bad Managers
Better Pay
Bigger Opportunity
Blah Purpose

There are certainly more reasons good employees quit than these six. But these six represent the intersection between the felt emotions of good employees and the untaken actions of team leaders. If too many good people are turning over too fast, consider these six reasons as starting points for making adjustments as a leader. You may not keep good employees from leaving forever, but you will create an environment where they can do some of the best work they’ve ever done and will reflect on you as one of the best leaders they’ve ever had.

//DO YOUR BEST WORK EVER
If you liked this video and you want to help your team do their best work ever, check out the free resources we've compiled at https://davidburkus.com/resources

//ABOUT DAVID
One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever. He is the best-selling author of four books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. 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. Since 2017, Burkus has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. As a sought-after international speaker, his TED Talk has been viewed over 2 million times. He’s worked with leaders from organizations across all industries including Google, Stryker, Fidelity, Viacom, and even the US Naval Academy.

A former business school professor, Burkus holds a master’s degree in organizational psychology from the University of Oklahoma, and a doctorate in strategic leadership from Regent University.

Five Ways To Build Trust On Teams

Tuesday, November 2, 2021 • Duration 09:33

One of the easiest ways to predict how successful or not a given team will be, is to first measure how much trust exists on the team as a whole. When members of the team trust each other, they're more likely to succeed because they’re more likely to share information. But how do you build trust on a team? How do you get people to trust each other? And how do you get people to trust the team and you as a leader? In this episode, we’ll outline five ways to build trust on teams. Trust is not built overnight, but these five simple actions will start the process of trust-building on your team.

Build Real Bonds
Encourage Candor
Spotlight Wins
Accept Failures
Model Vulnerability

While these five methods are not an exhaustive list of the ways trust develops on teams, they all have something in common. Each of these methods is a leader-initiated action that kick starts a cycle of trust. Each method creates space for team members to act on trust and feel trusted. And we know from research that trust is not given, and trust is not earned, trust is reciprocated. It’s a virtuous cycle that starts with one person—usually the leader—demonstrating trust and modeling what trustworthiness looks like. Over time that trust compounds and creates an environment where everyone on the team can do their best work ever.

//DO YOUR BEST WORK EVER
If you liked this video and you want to help your team do their best work ever, check out the free resources we've compiled at https://davidburkus.com/resources

The Five Worst Ideas In Management

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 • Duration 13:52

In this episode, we’ll cover perhaps the five worst ideas in management in no particular order—in the hopes of correcting some errors and keeping the same error from happening again.

Stack Ranking
Performance Reviews
Personality Testing
Open Offices
Right-Sizing

These five ideas are some of the worst in management, but they aren’t the only ones. What they have in common, however, is that they share the same root cause. All of these ideas seem logical and well-intentioned at first. Developing a system for providing feedback is great; but the annual review system that it turned into is not. Wanting a more innovative culture is good; but designing your offices to look like startups is not.

Testing and experimenting with different ways of leading organizations is great; but blindly following what others call “best practices” is not. Instead, keep experimenting, keep getting feedback from your people, and keep focused on ways your leadership helps everyone do their best work ever.

//DO YOUR BEST WORK EVER
If you liked this video and you want to help your team do their best work ever, check out the free resources we've compiled at https://davidburkus.com/resources

//LIKE THE SHIRT?
Get yours at https://shopdavidburkus.com

//ABOUT DAVID
One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever.

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