3 More Questions (Bill George) with David Novak and Koula Callahan

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of 3 More Questions, you'll hear David Novak's answers to: How can leaders eliminate the layers that build up between them and the people who work on the front lines of their organization? What do you do when you've lost the passion for your job? How can leaders convey the big-picture mission of their company to the employees so they don’t get distracted by temporary challenges? ——— ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Get coaching from David by signing up to receive his Weekly Leadership Plan. It builds on each podcast episode by offering actionable steps you can take each week to incorporate the learnings from the episode into your leadership style. It only takes about 5 minutes and is a great way to start off your week! Become a better leader in 5 days with our free, 5-Day Leadership Tune Up. This five-minute-a-day program is designed for the busy leader – it cuts right to the chase and gives you the practical know-how you’ll need to boost your confidence as a leader. Subscribe to the How Leaders Lead podcast to ensure you never miss an episode!

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0:00.0	Welcome to How Leaders Lead. I'm Kula Callahan here to bring you another edition of three more
0:08.8	questions with David Novak. David, it's great to see you again. How are you today?
0:12.5	I'm doing fantastic and I'm really looking forward to our conversation today as we take a deeper
0:17.3	dive into the podcast we did with Bill George, the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic,
0:24.2	and one of the great CEOs of our era.
0:27.5	This conversation is fascinating.
0:29.7	You can tell that Bill George is just an unbelievably smart leader.
0:35.1	He also leads with a lot of heart.
0:37.2	And I always love learning from leaders who pair
0:40.0	their intellect and skill with true passion for what they do and a real recognition of their
0:46.8	unique gifts that they can bring the world and how they can bake that into their leadership
0:51.8	style. Well, Bill definitely does that because you're right. He is a very,
0:57.0	very smart guy. He knows his business cold. He's constantly learning. He's teaching at Harvard now.
1:04.4	He really is passionate about making the world a better place by developing better leaders.
1:08.8	So we had a real common bond and a shared vision. And
1:12.5	it's really terrific to learn from somebody like Bill who's done so much and been so successful
1:18.5	throughout his career. Well, we're going to get your take on some of the topics you
1:22.3	chatted with Bill about. So without further ado, let's roll into our first question of today's episode.
1:33.6	Question number one. Bill says that if a leader doesn't know what's going on on the front
1:39.1	lines of their business, they don't know what's going on, period.
1:43.6	David, I know you shared this same approach,
1:46.1	and I'd love for you to help leaders listening understand how they can eliminate the layers
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