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How Leaders Lead with David Novak

3 More Questions (Karla Gallardo) with David Novak and Koula Callahan

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8596 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of 3 More Questions, you'll hear David Novak's answers to: How do you as a leader create momentum around big dreams without overcomplicating it for your team? What ways could Karla's ‘fewer, better,’ concept apply to leadership? How would you advise leaders on how to balance maintaining their core offerings with driving innovation and introducing new products? ——— 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 with David Novak to bring you our final three more

0:05.6

questions episode of 2024. David, how you feeling? I'm feeling very, very good. This has been a

0:12.0

very challenging year for me personally, but one of the things that has helped me get through it has been

0:17.3

my smiling face. I'm just kidding. Well, your smiling face and the opportunity to interview I'm just kidding. Well, you're smiling face and the opportunity to

0:22.2

interview so many great leaders. And it's been amazing. And we certainly wrapped up the year

0:29.8

with a fantastic leader with Carla. She's something else. She absolutely is. We're debriefing

0:35.6

your conversation with Carla Gallardo. She is the co-founder

0:38.9

and CEO of Cuyana, which is a brand that I know and that I love and that I've been

0:44.6

buying products from really ever since its inception several years ago. And for those of you watching

0:50.6

this on YouTube, I just want to show you this gorgeous bag that I have taken

0:55.6

around with me for the past probably five years. It's been beaten up on airplanes, on trains,

1:01.0

and cars. And it is still in fantastic shape. There's not a nick on any of the leather. And that

1:07.1

just goes to show Carla and her team at Kuyana's focus on quality really does

1:12.1

allow consumers to purchase fewer things that are timeless in style and last a long time.

1:18.9

David, we're about to dive into these questions today.

1:21.2

Get ready.

1:26.9

Question number one.

1:28.3

Throughout the entire episode, Carla emphasizes the importance of dreaming really big, but starting small,

1:34.6

so that you can figure out your systems and processes for producing a product.

1:39.1

David, you're a dreamer.

1:40.4

You always cast a big, exciting vision for the people that you lead.

1:43.6

How do you, as a leader, create momentum around these big dreams without over-complicating it

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