S8 EP 06: A Masterclass in "How Leaders Lead" | David Novak

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If you’ve been listening for a while, you’ve come to understand how important I believe leadership is to being a successful PGA Professional.  In these times of low retention levels and poor employee engagement, your ability to lead your team and your facility has never been more critical.  It’s the reason we’re launching a much anticipated leadership program from GBNU here this fall, 2022.  We’re going to give PGA Professionals the chance to develop their leadership skills so they can become somebody that people want to follow, somebody that people want to work for, and somebody that can produce results for their facility.  All through the lens of what you, the PGA Professional does every day.  I can’t wait to tell you more about it.  

And right on queue, we have an episode that can be a masterclass on leadership.  I was so honored to have the chance to speak with our featured guest, David Novak.  David is one of the premier leadership minds out there.  He’s the former CEO and co-founder of Yum Brands, which operates KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger.  He’s been named Chief Executive of the Year, and oversaw explosive growth as the company doubled its number of restaurants under his leadership and grew to a market cap of almost $32 billion.  His marketing background includes such big wins as developing and launching Cool Ranch Doritos, and Pizza Hut’s meat lover’s pizza…along with one notable marketing mishap, which we’ll discuss.  You’ll want to hear that.

Now after retiring in 2016, David launched “David Novak Leadership” where he coaches leaders using his time tested methods and practices, including Purposeful Recognition.  He’s the host of the very popular “How Leaders Lead” podcast where talks with world class leaders every week.  In addition he’s a New York Times bestselling author.

David is busy to say the least, but not too busy to find time for one of his biggest passions…golf.  He’s the definition of a “golf nut” and not to mention,quite a player as you’ll hear early in our conversation about a huge accomplishment he achieved this summer.  So David knows golf and he know golf pros.  That’s why this conversation is so powerful.  Whether you’re in a leadership position, or aspire to get to one, David’s lessons here are priceless and ones you can implement the very next time you walk in the door at work.  

This was such a pleasure to have this conversation and I’m excited to share it with you.  

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