3 More Questions (Peter Cuneo) with David Novak and Koula Callahan

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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On this episode of 3 More Questions, you'll hear David Novak's answers to: What would you tell leaders looking to make an industry shift to do in order to prove they have what it takes to get the job done? How can leaders in the creative space help develop the skill of creativity in their people? David, what’s a story from your career where you entered into an alien environment, and how’d you navigate it? ——— 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. It's Monday morning, which means another episode of three more
0:08.3	questions is coming your way. I'm Kula Callahan here with David Noak. David, today we're
0:13.4	debriefing your conversation with the former CEO and vice chairman of Marvel Entertainment.
0:19.0	Yes, that is all 37 of the Marvel movies that we're talking about.
0:24.1	Well, I got to tell you, my grandkids love the Marvel movies, so I don't know if they're going to
0:28.3	listen to this podcast or not, but this one might have a better chance than others.
0:32.9	Audrey, Claire, and Luke, you should listen to this podcast. Your Ogo's going to do a great job.
0:37.2	I don't think so.
0:38.0	Maybe someday they will.
0:39.7	Well, Peter Coonio is a guy who has led seven successful turnarounds in his career.
0:45.0	And what's interesting about the way that he leads and enters these environments is that usually he's stepping into an industry or a business that he doesn't have a ton of experience
0:54.8	in. And yet, he's been successful with all seven. So, David, I'm excited to break down some of
1:00.4	the topics that you chatted with Peter about in your episode in today's edition of three more
1:05.8	questions. All right. Well, let's go.
1:12.7	Question number one.
1:19.6	It seems like today that you have to have experience in a certain industry if you want to get hired in that industry.
1:25.1	For leaders looking to make an industry shift, like Peter did many times in his career,
1:28.4	David, what would you tell them to do in order to prove that they have what it takes to get the job done? Well, that's a great question because I've had a
1:33.2	couple of experiences kind of like that. I went from the advertising agency to Pizza Hut,
1:37.5	which is the restaurant business. And then I went from the Pizza Hut business to the Pepsi Pepsi Cola business, which was the beverage business.
1:46.3	So, you know, I had to learn two very different industries and succeed in both of them, which is
1:53.6	really a daunting task.
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