Picking a fight can be a powerful motivator, but you need to pick your fight wisely.

The message today, instead of someone to fight, leaders need to find a cause worth fighting

for.

This is coaching for leaders episode 481.

Produced by Innovate Learning

Maximizing Human Potential. Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm

your host Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born. They're made and this weekly show helps you discover

leadership wisdom through insightful conversations. Almost all of us lead teams, almost all of us are part of teams.

But how do we help teams find purpose?

You heard Simon Scenic recently on the show talking about a just cause.

Today, a bit of a follow-up to that conversation

on how to really practically and tactically find purpose

and to do it in a way that on its face might seem a little different than what you're expecting to hear.

But as you get into it with today's guest, I know you're going to find this a really practical conversation.

I'm so glad to welcome back to the show David

Berkus. David's work is changing how companies approach innovation, collaboration

and leadership. He is the award-winning author of four books and offers a fresh perspective on how to improve our

organizations and build better teams by blending research in psychology, sociology,

economics, and network science. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages,

and his work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal,

Harvard Business Review, USA Today, Fast Company, and more.

He's consistently been named one of the world's top business thought

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