Month: September 2017

Yum! China, CEO, Micky Pant

Post author By David Novak
Post date 09/28/2017
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Learn about Micky’s leadership journey and his remarkable insights that will be applicable for every leader. Host David Novak, asks Micky about how his younger years impacted his leadership style and what leadership lessons he believes are the most important for leaders to go from good to great.
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This great resource will help you along the way, during or after you listen to the podcast. Not only will you get to know our guest, you will be asked tough questions to really spearhead your journey to becoming a better leader! And look below for more insights and clips!!

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Micky says if you want to get to know a business all you need to do is go to the front line. You can know what is going on just by seeing how the team operates.
It’s important to respect people. Be a good listener first, then make your own judgments.
(13:14-14:24)

Do you agree with Micky’s assertion that you can know a business based on what happens at the front line?
Have you ever seen a leader make an uninformed judgment? What was the result?

Micky is an advocate of peer-to-peer knowledge sharing forums. People can learn so much by listening to each other.
He also believes leaders should empower their team members. One organization that he is really impressed with is a store chain called Emporer. There, the store managers have the final decision is what happens in terms of business. If they make a mistake, they make it right. Even with numerous stores, the business runs smoothly.
(15:27-16:35)

How could you or your team benefit from a knowledge sharing forum?
What changes could you make in your own leadership to empower your team?

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PepsiCo, former Chairman & CEO, Indra Nooyi – Part 2

Post author By David Novak
Post date 09/21/2017

Listen to part two of our two-part podcast with Indra Nooyi, former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo. Hear Indra Nooyi discuss the challenge of the transformation PepsiCo went through as they developed more lines of what they call “Good For You” and “Better For You” products. Listen to how she handled the criticism she was getting and how she motivates her employees and builds leaders within her organization.
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Indra is a champion of diversity. She says you can discover the best candidates if you draw from the entire talent pool, rather than a narrow one.
Inclusion is important in order for everyone to feel equal and there shouldn’t be disparity in wages or benefits based on race, religion, or gender. Also, people who need special training should be allowed the opportunity. Indra explains, for example, that Asian people are very strong in their jobs, but they sometimes have trouble with communication.
Indra wants everyone to be successful because she wants the company to be successful. To be a champion of diversity, Indra recommends:

Believe in all people.
Lift your team up.
When it doesn’t work out, allow them to leave.

(13:02-16:00)

How could pulling from a diverse talent pool benefit your organization?
Which principle could you practice more often to better champion your team?

David Novak Leadership in the News

University of Missouri Establishes the Novak Leadership Institute

Post author By David Novak
Post date 09/15/2017

David and Wendy Novak have committed $21.6 million to the University of Missouri School of Journalism to establish the Novak Leadership Institute. The gift, which was announced today by MU Chancellor Alexander Cartwright, will support the institute named for David Novak, an advertising and marketing executive and renowned expert on leadership, who is the co-founder, retired chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands.
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PepsiCo, former Chairman & CEO, Indra Nooyi – Part 1

Post author By David Novak
Post date 09/14/2017
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This is part one of a two-part podcast with Indra Nooyi, former Chairman & CEO of PepsiCo. Mrs. Nooyi is the chief architect of Performance with Purpose, PepsiCo’s promise to do what’s right for the business by doing what’s right for people and the planet.
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Indra was a product manager for Johnson & Johnson during a time when India didn’t allow companies to advertise personal products. She had to learn how to sell a product that couldn’t be marketed, and couldn’t be talked about, but was necessary.
This role stretched her beyond her imagination. She was fortunate to have mentors who believed in her and told her she could do it. Indra worked her tail off until she figured out a solution to the problem. She refused to give up because she didn’t want to disappoint the company or her family; but more importantly, she didn’t want to let herself down.
(4:26-6:57)

Have you been given a job that seemed impossible? How did you work through it?
Indra was motivated because she wanted to make her parents proud. What motivates you?

Indra had already completed several years of schooling in India (both undergraduate and graduate), and was moving up in her career when she decided to risk it all and apply to Yale’s School of Management. To her amazement, Indra’s parents agreed to send her to America.
Indra’s first few weeks in America were very difficult and she seriously considered returning to India. Fortunately, she persevered and some amazing opportunities presented themselves later on.
(6:57-8:50)

Have you ever taken a huge risk and wondered if you made the right choice?
In your experience, has persevering through a tough situations led to a greater outcome?

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