3 More Questions (Pat Battle) with David Novak and Koula Callahan

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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On this episode of 3 More Questions, you'll hear David Novak's answers to: As a leader, when you do something that’s never been done before…how do you prepare for the potential pushback? What should leaders consider when deciding how to integrate and retain employees after an acquisition? Based on all the teams and businesses you’ve studied throughout your life, what would you say is the single most common factor that leads to a team or business failing? ——— 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 episode of three more
0:09.0	questions with David Novak. And these episodes, we debrief the conversation that David had with the
0:14.2	previous week's guest. And today we've got a really fun one. I love anytime we get to talk about
0:19.3	sports on the podcast. And today is one of those days. David Ward, debriefing the conversation you had with Pat Battle.
0:26.2	He is the executive chairman of Diamond Baseball Holdings, which I was unaware that they own
0:32.7	a gigantic number of minor league baseball teams. Absolutely.
0:37.8	I think the numbers on its way to 50, and they're basically rolling up the industry and
0:43.3	doing it with world-class marketing and people.
0:47.5	And their approaches right on the money, and they're being very successful because of it.
0:51.9	Another reason that I really like this podcast episode is because
0:54.8	in the lightning round, you ask him what would be on the radio in his car if you turned it on.
1:00.9	And he said, Sweet Home Alabama by Leonard Skinner, baby. So I love having another fellow
1:06.4	Bammer on the podcast. His father was actually athletic director at the University of Alabama for a
1:12.3	number of years. So I just, I feel deeply connected to this man, though I've never met him.
1:16.2	I'm glad you feel really good about the role tied. I don't think much of them since they
1:21.4	killed my Missouri football team this last year. So anyway, let's move on to a brighter subject.
1:26.3	Well, we've got some fun questions for you
1:27.9	today, David. Let's get going. Question number one. When Pat and his team at Diamond
1:36.9	Baseball Holdings made their first acquisition, it was of 10 minor league baseball teams. And at
1:41.9	the time, it was something that no private equity company had
1:44.7	ever done before. And he talks about that announcement being met with a lot of fear of the unknown.
1:50.6	David, as a leader, when you do something that's never been done before, how do you prepare for
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