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In a new episode from the Values and leadership podcast, we're joined with David Burkus.

Three million people have watched David's TED talks. A multiple-best-selling author and award-winning. He's an associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University, where he was recently named one of the nation’s “Top 40 Under 40 Professors Who Inspire”. In 2017, he was named as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. 

A must listen to Leaders. David and Ahmed share proven leadership behaviors for leaders to be more effective and impactful together with their teams.

Episode key Highlights:• David named Milton Hershey as the leader who inspires him as Milton blends leadership and values because he discovered a better way to do philanthropy. • Milton started a business (Hershey) and then used that to fund a philanthropic effort. He gifted his ownership in the company into a trust that funds a school for orphans. • Leaders behaviors that support innovation culture have to non-judgmental and inviting to the team’s ideas, improvements, suggestions, or innovations. One example would be to comment on the idea saying, “that's a great suggestion. What would have to be true for this idea to work?” OR ask, “OK, what else?” • Servant leadership is to figure out what's blocking teams from doing the things that they need to do, from getting the things that they want to get, figure out what's blocking them, and remove them. • Confident humility means you’re confident in your skills, knowledge, and ability to get the job done. But you also recognize that you are not the most important person in almost any room. • David argues that people want to join a cause and don’t want to join a company in his book Pick a Fight: How Great Teams Find a Purpose Worth Rallying Around. • David's POV is that as individuals, we exist as part of larger networks. Our role is to build a connection with the right people and provide value to the whole network/industry, which is, in essence, has no end as it’s part of the community. Basically, you end up creating value for the whole society.