3 More Questions (Lisa Lutoff-Perlo) with David Novak and Koula Callahan
How Leaders Lead with David Novak
David Novak Leadership
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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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 |
| 0:09.1 | questions with David Novak. David, I always loved doing these episodes with you. How are you today? |
| 0:14.0 | I'm terrific and I'm really excited about talking about the conversation I had with Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, |
| 0:20.6 | the former CEO of celebrity cruises. |
| 0:23.9 | You know, what I love about Lisa is that she's just a bored salesperson. I mean, she started |
| 0:29.7 | out in accounting, but boy, does she know how to sell? And, you know, she's so excited about what |
| 0:36.1 | she does, and it's just contagious. |
| 0:38.5 | It really is. I mean, she has worked in the cruise industry for 39 years. |
| 0:43.2 | One thing about Lisa, the woman is persistent. And I was so inspired listening to this conversation, |
| 0:48.6 | David, just by how her persistence really paid off for her in her career. |
| 0:52.7 | And not only persistent, I would say passionate. |
| 0:55.9 | I mean, she just has a real passion for what she's doing, the people she has the privilege |
| 1:00.8 | of leading, and it just shows. |
| 1:02.8 | You know, she might be in that industry for 39 years, but she stays forever young in |
| 1:09.4 | her approach and her thinking about how to delight customers. And I love that. |
| 1:14.3 | I do too. I'm excited to dive into our questions for today, David. Let's get going. |
| 1:23.1 | Question number one. Lisa really paved the way for women to hold leadership positions in the cruise industry. |
| 1:30.0 | She, of course, was CEO of Celebrity Cruises, |
| 1:32.7 | and she actually asked for that job three different times |
| 1:36.3 | before she was given the opportunity to become CEO. |
| 1:39.8 | David, what advice do you have for leaders who get turned down from a job |
| 1:43.6 | that they believe |
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