#189: David Novak, Cofounder and former CEO of Yum! Brands – Be an active learner

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest isn’t a guest at all. It’s David Novak himself! We’re turning the tables and putting David in the hot seat, so you can hear more about how he leads. This conversation is full of stories and insights into how he’s leveraged the superpower of being an active learner in order to drive success, both as the CEO of Yum! Brands but also now with David Novak Leadership. If you want to learn how to find new ideas and turn them into action, listen now! You’ll also learn: The most important thing to know if you want to build a culture of recognition A simple exercise you can do each year to focus on your own growth How to galvanize an unmotivated team The two big lessons David learned from his Crystal Pepsi debacle All about David’s new passion for country music songwriting (no, really!) Take your learning further. Get proven leadership advice from these (free!) resources: The How Leaders Lead App: A vast library of 90-second leadership lessons to stay sharp on the go Daily Insight Emails: One small (but powerful!) leadership principle to focus on each day Whichever you choose, you can be sure you’ll get the trusted leadership advice you need to advance your career, develop your team, and grow your business.

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0:00.0	Welcome to How Leaders Lead. My name is Tim Schur, and I'm the CEO of David Novak leadership,
0:10.1	and there's a good reason you're hearing my voice today instead of David's,
0:14.1	and that's because our guest today isn't a guest at all. It's David himself.
0:19.6	He says every week that this podcast is your chance to listen to
0:23.6	interviews with the very best leaders in the world. And while he's too humble to say that about
0:28.8	himself, you and I both know that David is absolutely in that category. I finally convinced him
0:35.8	to sit down and let me interview him because believe me, he's got
0:40.7	so many leadership lessons to share. If you listen to this podcast, you probably already know
0:46.6	that David was the co-founder and CEO of Yumb Brands. That's the parent company of KFC, Taco
0:53.0	Bell, and Pizza Hut. Under his leadership, the market
0:56.8	cap grew from $4 billion to $32 billion. And a big part of that success came from David's
1:03.7	focus on the power of recognition in the intentional way he built a people-first culture.
1:10.0	But there's more to that. As you'll hear today, he's an insatiable
1:13.9	learner. And not only that, he applies what he learns in order to drive results. This idea of being an
1:20.6	active learner is his superpower. And it's also the topic of his new book, How Leaders Learn.
1:29.8	I cannot wait for you to read it.
1:36.3	It comes out this Tuesday, June 4th, and it's going to help you develop that learning superpower for yourself.
1:42.4	And this conversation will too, because David goes into detail about how he learns and applies those lessons.
1:46.3	And if all that's not enough, I've also got a special surprise for you at the end of the episode. I will not spoil it completely, but let's just
1:51.9	say it involves David's latest and greatest hobby of country music songwriting, and you do not
1:58.0	want to miss it. So here's my conversation with my good friend and,
2:02.2	you know what, yours too, David Novak.
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