3 More Questions (Dr. Mark Esper) with David Novak and Koula Callahan

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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On this episode of 3 More Questions, you'll hear David Novak's answers to: How should leaders at the very top stay informed about what’s actually going on in their business? How should leaders handle disagreements with their boss? What do leaders need to be thinking about when it comes to recruiting? ——— 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.
0:05.6	I'm Kula Callahan, here to bring you another edition of three more questions with David Noback.
0:10.2	David, it's great to be back on this show with you.
0:12.3	How are you?
0:13.0	I'm doing great, Kula, and it's great to be with you as well.
0:16.4	And I can't wait to talk about the conversation we had with Mark Esper, the former United States Secretary of Defense.
0:25.0	This is a guy who is very decorated on almost every front.
0:30.5	You know, he has got the leadership award at the Military Academy, worked his way up in the armed forces, goes into private industry, does a
0:41.4	fantastic job there and ends up being the Secretary of Defense for the United States.
0:47.3	Very impressive person.
0:48.3	He is a very impressive person.
0:50.8	This conversation is fascinating and I'm excited to dive a little deeper into some of the concepts that you chat with Mark about in the episode.
0:58.0	So for today's edition of three more questions, let's get going.
1:06.0	Question number one.
1:09.0	In the episode, Mark talks about how he stayed informed of what was actually going on
1:14.2	in the army when he served as secretary of the army a leadership position at the very top of the ranks
1:19.7	from your perspective david how should leaders at the very top of their organization stay informed
1:25.8	about what's actually going on in the business.
1:28.8	I think, number one, you declare war on bureaucracy. You just can't have too many levels,
1:34.0	too many things you have to go through to really get the real skinny in terms of what's going
1:38.1	on in your business. So you'd say, we just can't waste our time on doing things that really
1:43.6	aren't going to satisfy our customers
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