Business | David Novak on Why Being Late Means You Don't Respect People's Time
Thrivetime Show | Business School without the BS
Clay Clark
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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David Novak on Why Being Late Means You Don't Respect People's Time, How to Get Promoted and How to Develop a Higher Sense of Urgency
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| 0:00.0 | On today's show, we are interviewing the former CEO of Yum Brands. |
| 0:08.4 | You know, Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, he was the CEO of that organization. |
| 0:14.7 | However, my interest in David Novak started many, many years ago. |
| 0:19.9 | You see, back in the day, I was reading this incredible book about how to become a more |
| 0:24.6 | effective manager and leader, that the book was titled The Education of an Accidental CEO. |
| 0:32.6 | And the book was written by the CEO of Yum Brands at the time, David Novak. |
| 0:39.0 | David Novak in OVAK. |
| 0:41.5 | And the book was just a real page turner. |
| 0:43.4 | You know, I'm a guy who believes the more you learn, the more you earn. |
| 0:47.4 | And so I was just flying through this book where David shares how he was able to double |
| 0:52.0 | the size of the restaurants to 41,000 worldwide restaurants. |
| 0:56.9 | And he was able to grow the company's market capitalization from $4 billion to $32 billion. |
| 1:05.0 | And so you can imagine my excitement and nervousness when David Novak agreed to be on today's show. |
| 1:12.1 | And so I didn't want to waste this opportunity. |
| 1:14.0 | And so I asked David about everything I've ever wanted to ask him. |
| 1:18.0 | Including, how did he go from living in a trailer park to becoming the CEO of one of America's largest companies? |
| 1:24.7 | You know, people would say, well, how could you live in a trailer and travel around like that? |
| 1:29.0 | Well, I thought everybody did it, you know, what's really funny is that even now, no matter how big the house is, |
| 1:36.2 | when I get together with my two sisters and my mom and dad, who I'm blessed with, |
| 1:39.4 | they're still alive at 90 years old, you know, we all sit on the same sofa clumped up against each other. |
| 1:46.5 | I asked David directly, what are the keys to getting promoted? |
| 1:50.5 | Early on in my career, I really tried to outwork everybody and I would get in at five o'clock |
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