David Burkus - Best Team Ever: The Surprising Science of High-Performing Teams

In this week’s episode of the SIMPLE brand podcast, I talk with David Burkus.

David’s written six award-winning books. He’s delivered three TEDx talks that have been viewed over two million times. He’s been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, Fast Company, and more. And he’s consistently ranked as one of the top world business thought leaders by thinkers50. 

David was actually our very first guest on episode 2 talking about how to inspire and align your employees to pick a fight.

Then he was back on episode 23 teaching us how to lead from anywhere.

This time he’s back to discuss his latest book - Best Team Ever: The Surprising Science of High-Performing Teams.

Why are some teams more motivated, more innovative, and more successful than others? Why do some groups of talented people actually fall short when compared to teams of less talented people?

It comes down to the habits and practices you put in place that bring out the best in your team.

David and I discuss how some of the world’s most effective teams do this, and we show you how you can do the same with your team.

Here’s what we discuss:

• The team that an employee is on is highly correlated to their employee experience
• Team cultures are likely different from the corporate culture
• The three elements that separate high-performing teams from all others
• The talent of your team members doesn’t matter as much as you think it does
• How to build a common understanding in your team
• Build psychological safety in your team through Trust, Risk, Respect
• Focusing on WHO is impacted by your work is a stronger driver than your WHY
• How to build your team back up if any high-performing elements break down

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• David's site
• David's book - Best Team Ever: The Surprising Science of High-Performing Teams
• David on LinkedIn
• SIMPLE brand #23: David Burkus – Leading From Anywhere
• SIMPLE brand #2: David Burkus – Inspire And Align Your Employees to Pick A Fight