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How Leaders Lead with David Novak

3 More Questions (Constance Schwartz-Morini) with David Novak and Koula Callahan

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8596 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of 3 More Questions, you'll hear David Novak's answers to: When did you get a “no” but have so much conviction in a thought or idea that you pushed it through until it became a yes? When in your career did you catch a "once in a lifetime" wave and how’d you manage it? When’s a time you said what everyone was thinking but you had the courage to say out loud? ——— GO DEEPER Scale up your leadership skills in 2 minutes a day with the How Leaders Lead app — Download today in the App Store 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! 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, you better buckle up because today we're debriefing your conversation

0:14.4

with a powerhouse woman from Yonka's New York, and she is not afraid to speak her mind.

0:21.2

Well, you can say that again, Kula.

0:24.1

I don't think there are too many people that can rival with Constance.

0:27.4

She is amazing. She's also Greek, and I'm Greek.

0:29.9

So I felt a sense of connection when she was talking because, yes, she's from New York,

0:33.8

but Greek women just have this way of being headstrong, and they have this way of

0:39.4

turning nose into yeses. And so I felt that so deeply from Constance.

0:44.4

I have to tell you one thing, Kula, you Greek women are very proud of yourself.

0:49.1

We've got to be. It's our heritage. And you love us for it, don't you?

0:53.3

I love it. I love it.

0:55.0

Constance is the founder and CEO of Smack Entertainment.

0:59.0

She co-founded the company with Michael Strayhan and her story is pretty freaking amazing.

1:04.0

She had the chance to be Snoop Dogg's manager at one point.

1:08.0

Now she's working to develop Coach Prime. And the way that her business has taken

1:12.4

off is so inspiring and exciting. And today, David, I've got three questions for you. And like I said,

1:18.7

you better buckle up because I'm not from yonkers, but the yonkers can come out of me.

1:23.6

Well, I will definitely speak my mind, Cool, so let's go.

1:43.5

Question number one. Constance can't stand getting a no. In fact, she works on an idea or a deal until that no eventually becomes a yes. David, when's a time where you got a no, but had so much

1:47.5

conviction and an idea or a thought that you pushed it through until that no became a yes?

1:53.2

Well, when PepsiCo is going to spin off the restaurants, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC,

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