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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 bestselling 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 ...more

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Leading After a Layoff: 5 Needs Your Team Has Now

Your company just went through a layoff. Or a restructure. Or a downsizing, a rightsizing, a “strategic realignment.” The label doesn’t matter much. What matters is that you’re now leading a team that’s smaller, quieter, and a lot more anxious than it was a week ago. And leading after a layoff is a fundamentally different job than the one you had before the announcement went out.

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	Leading From Anywhere: The Essential Guide to Managing Remote Teams 3.77 avg rating — 661 ratings — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Friend Of A Friend . . .: Understanding the Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life and Your Career – Research-Based Guidance for Professional Success 3.83 avg rating — 558 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business As Usual 3.91 avg rating — 492 ratings — published 2016 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas 3.97 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Team Ever: The Surprising Science of High-Performing Teams 3.90 avg rating — 186 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pick A Fight: How Great Teams Find A Purpose Worth Rallying Around 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Guide to Leading Organizations 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It wasn´t the work that was stressing them out; it was constantly having to stop working so they could talk about the work they were just distracted from doing”
― David Burkus, Leading From Anywhere: The Essential Guide to Managing Remote Teams

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“Creative ideas make people uncomfortable. It turns out that, at least subconsciously, we can have a hard time recognizing ideas as both new and useful at the same time. This cognitive dissonance between creativity and practicality may actually create a subtle bias against creative ideas.”
― David Burkus, The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas

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“Close Open Offices”
― David Burkus, Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual

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