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Kraft Heinz Vice Chairman, John Cahill

[cs_content][cs_element_section _id=”1″ ][cs_element_row _id=”2″ ][cs_element_column _id=”3″ ][x_image type=”none” src=”https://davidnovakleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cahill-Circle.png” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=”” style=”border:8px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.10);border-radius:50%;”][x_share title=”Share this Post” share_title=”” facebook=”true” twitter=”true” google_plus=”false” linkedin=”true” pinterest=”false” reddit=”false” email=”false” email_subject=”Hey, thought you might enjoy this! Check it out when you have a chance:”][cs_text class=”hidden”][/cs_text][/cs_element_column][cs_element_column _id=”7″ ][cs_element_audio _id=”8″ ][x_gap size=”30px”][cs_element_content_area_modal _id=”10″ ][cs_text]John Cahill is a proud alumnus of Yum! Brands, having served as chief financial officer of KFC under David Novak. Since leaving KFC, the numbers-driven finance officer has gained extensive leadership experience in the food and beverage industry, serving as Chairman and CEO of Pepsi Bottling Group, Chairman and CEO of Kraft, and in various key roles at other food and beverage companies. After spinning off from Mondelez International in 2012, Kraft food groups made John CEO in 2014, after which he was responsible for merging Kraft with Heinze to form North America’s third largest food and beverage company behind PepsiCo and Tyson Foods. John brings global leadership, operating, marketing and product development experience, as well as insight into corporate governance, accounting, and financial subjects.

John is currently the lead director of American Airlines, director of Colgate, Palmolive, and Chairman of the Medical University of South Carolina Foundation. He has been married to Betsy Kirkland Cahill for thirty years. They have four children and reside in their hometown of Charleston, South Carolina.
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From Podcast Action Journal
Becky recalls a significant failure in her career. She was working with someone she respected to launch a new product. Becky thought they should do it in a specific way, but her colleague didn’t agree. Becky relented, and later a competitor launched the product her way with great success. Becky knew she was right but second-guessed herself. Despite the failure, she is grateful that it happened when she was young. She learned that the next time she needed to fight harder.

Have you ever experienced a failure? What did you learn?
If your colleague disagreed with you, how would you respond?

Becky has the following thoughts on recognition:
Feedback is a gift, something we have lost in Corporate America. Becky says, “If I am not giving you feedback, then I am not investing in you. If I’m not getting feedback, people aren’t invested in me.”

What is the best piece of constructive feedback you’ve ever received?

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John Cahill is a proud alumnus of Yum! Brands, having served as chief financial officer of KFC under David Novak. Since leaving KFC, the numbers-driven finance officer has gained extensive leadership experience in the food and beverage industry, serving as Chairman and CEO of Pepsi Bottling Group, Chairman and CEO of Kraft, and in various key roles at other food and beverage companies. After spinning off from Mondelez International in 2012, Kraft food groups made John CEO in 2014, after which he was responsible for merging Kraft with Heinze to form North America’s third largest food and beverage company behind PepsiCo and Tyson Foods. John brings global leadership, operating, marketing and product development experience, as well as insight into corporate governance, accounting, and financial subjects.
John is currently the lead director of American Airlines, director of Colgate, Palmolive, and Chairman of the Medical University of South Carolina Foundation. He has been married to Betsy Kirkland Cahill for thirty years. They have four children and reside in their hometown of Charleston, South Carolina.
“Put yourself in the seat of the person listening to you and try to figure out how they would receive the question, how they received the comment so that you're not offensive, but you're constructive.” – John Cahill Click To Tweet

“I think it's extraordinarily important to articulate where the objective is, what the goal is, how you're going to get there, and how each team member contributes to that goal.” – John Cahill Click To Tweet

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Have you ever experienced a failure? What did you learn?
If your colleague disagreed with you, how would you respond?

Becky has the following thoughts on recognition:
Feedback is a gift, something we have lost in Corporate America. Becky says, “If I am not giving you feedback, then I am not investing in you. If I’m not getting feedback, people aren’t invested in me.”

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Wipe Out "Not Invented Here"

I can’t use your idea because “it’s not invented here.” While you may not use those exact words, I wonder if you’ve ever ignored an idea because it wasn’t your own. The phrase “not invented here” refers to an unwillingness to adopt something because it didn’t originate with you. As leader, it’s your job to make sure that nothing gets in the way of a good idea, no matter where it comes from. Being open to and on the lookout for good ideas yourself is only half the battle. You have to position yourself so that good ideas can come to you. That means creating an atmosphere in which the people around you feel comfortable speaking up and know that there is a benefit to doing so.

Early in my career, I had a boss who, every single time I came to him with a new idea, would answer by saying, “That’s funny, I’d been thinking the same thing.” At first, I thought it was spooky how alike we were, but pretty soon, I caught on. As the big boss, he didn’t want to admit he hadn’t thought of something himself. And it wasn’t just me. Around the office, “I was thinking the same thing!” became a punch line that one of us would shout anytime anyone had an idea, no matter how trivial. Not only did our boss’s bad habit dampen our drive to come to him with ideas that could improve the business, but it also caused us to lose respect for him as a leader.

wipe out "not invented here" guide downloadBy having to claim our ideas as his own, he was unfortunately demonstrating his lack of security and need to prove his own self-worth. The reality is, I’ve learned when you become a leader, you need to realize the importance of celebrating other people’s ideas more than your own. Because you don’t have to get all the credit, you demonstrate confidence and it lets everyone know you are counting on them to contribute.

In contrast, Howard Draft, former Executive Chairman of Foote, Cone & Belding, one the world’s largest communication agencies, once told me how, even though he’s been in the business for more than thirty years, he often relies on the ideas and opinions of young people right out of college. In a meeting where a team was working on a creative strategy for a Kraft product, he was offering the group his viewpoint when “this young woman with a pierced nose and red hair looks up at me and goes, ‘You’re absolutely wrong and here’s why you’re wrong.’ I was so proud of her I went over and hugged her.”

Imagine the difference in working for these two guys: One won’t even admit your ideas are your own; the other is hugging an employee in front of everyone because she had the guts to stick up for her opinion, which she backed up with knowledge. Who would you want to work for?

Here’s another example of how wiping out “not invented here” led to positive results. I was the first president of Tricon (later Yum! Brands) when PepsiCo originally spun off the restaurant brands. The restaurant business had been struggling, which was a major reason why PepsiCo leaders thought they’d do better if they spun us off. But in my mind, that gave us the opportunity for what I characterized as a gigantic do-over. In business, we sometimes get too caught up in the idea that we need to be different, that we need to innovate. Too often we start from scratch and try to reinvent the wheel. Of course, we need to distinguish ourselves from our competition, but that does not mean we can’t borrow good ideas, make them our own, and do an even better job executing them.

To take advantage of our unique position of being a brand-new public company made up of well-established brands, we went out and did a best-practice tour of some of the most successful companies around at the time in order to take inspiration from them and borrow any good ideas we could find. We visited lots of companies, including GE, Walmart, Home Depot, Southwest Airlines, Target, and UPS – and then came back and crystalized what wed learned into five things that we called our Dynasty Drivers, because these were the things that we believed would make us an enduring great company.

Just think how much we advanced our position on the learning curve to becoming a great company just because we were willing to wipe out “not invented here.” Great leaders learn how to wipe out “not invented here” because there’s a danger if you don’t wipe it out. I think Linus Torvalds, the Finnish-American software engineer who created the Linux kernel (which became the kernel for operating systems like Android and Chrome OS) got it right when he said, “The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.”

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How is the “not invented here” disease suppressing your team or company’s performance? Download this guide for five tactics that will help you ensure that you are truly wiping out “not invented here.”

Do you know someone who could use help wiping out “not invented here?” If so, equip them by sharing this blog and guide. You have the power to make a difference by sharing what you’re learning with others. Go Lead!

 

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Rick Pitino, Head Coach at Iona & NCAA Hall of Famer

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Coach Pitino was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. Prior to being named the head coach at Iona, Pitino was the head coach of Panathinaikos, one of the leading teams in the EuroLeague and has been named the head coach of the Greek National team for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

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From Podcast Action Journal
Becky recalls a significant failure in her career. She was working with someone she respected to launch a new product. Becky thought they should do it in a specific way, but her colleague didn’t agree. Becky relented, and later a competitor launched the product her way with great success. Becky knew she was right but second-guessed herself. Despite the failure, she is grateful that it happened when she was young. She learned that the next time she needed to fight harder.

Have you ever experienced a failure? What did you learn?
If your colleague disagreed with you, how would you respond?

Becky has the following thoughts on recognition:
Feedback is a gift, something we have lost in Corporate America. Becky says, “If I am not giving you feedback, then I am not investing in you. If I’m not getting feedback, people aren’t invested in me.”

What is the best piece of constructive feedback you’ve ever received?

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Rick Pitino is one of the most successful coaches in the history of college basketball. He is the first coach to have taken three different schools (Providence, Kentucky and Louisville) to the NCAA Final Four and the first to win a NCAA Championship at two different schools (the last of which was later vacated).
Coach Pitino was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. Prior to being named the head coach at Iona, Pitino was the head coach of Panathinaikos, one of the leading teams in the EuroLeague and has been named the head coach of the Greek National team for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Pitino has served as head coach for the University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, Providence College, Boston University, Hawaii and the NBA’s New York Knicks and Boston Celtics.
“You know success is not something you're born with, success is not something that's given to you. Success is a choice you make.” – Rick Pitino Click To Tweet

“If you're going to be successful you have to lead. And you have to make tough choices.” – Rick Pitino Click To Tweet

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Recent EpisodesRick Pitino, Head Coach at Iona & NCAA Hall of Famer03/19/2020City National Bank CEO, Kelly Coffey03/10/2020Goldman Sachs Chairman & CEO, David Solomon02/27/2020KPMG Chairman & CEO, Lynne Doughtie02/11/2020

Attract and retain top talent by providing your managers with “must-have” leadership skills.Building People Capability First Leads To:

Purposeful RecognitionThe Secret to Achieving
Great Results

Buy NowFor Individuals

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Essential Leadership TraitsLearn the Soft Skillsthat Drive Hard Results

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From Podcast Action Journal
Becky recalls a significant failure in her career. She was working with someone she respected to launch a new product. Becky thought they should do it in a specific way, but her colleague didn’t agree. Becky relented, and later a competitor launched the product her way with great success. Becky knew she was right but second-guessed herself. Despite the failure, she is grateful that it happened when she was young. She learned that the next time she needed to fight harder.

Have you ever experienced a failure? What did you learn?
If your colleague disagreed with you, how would you respond?

Becky has the following thoughts on recognition:
Feedback is a gift, something we have lost in Corporate America. Becky says, “If I am not giving you feedback, then I am not investing in you. If I’m not getting feedback, people aren’t invested in me.”

What is the best piece of constructive feedback you’ve ever received?[/cs_content_seo]

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How to Improve Your Self-Awareness and Become a More Effective Leader

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By: David Novak Leadership

Self-awareness is the new leadership buzzword and has recently been heralded as one of the most important traits a leader can have. Self-awareness is said to be a key factor in Emotional Intelligence. It involves knowing yourself and being cognizant of the areas in which you excel or lack.

What is so great about self-awareness and why should you care?

Being self-aware means knowing what drives you and what debilitates you: your motivators, breaking points, and inclinations. Why is this important? Because a leader leads people. If you aren’t able to manage yourself, then how can you manage your team?

When you acknowledge your tendencies, you’re more able to anticipate them. And when you do this, you reach the top category of leaders who know how to play to their strengths and compensate for any weaknesses.

Do you know the one thing that is absolutely necessary to develop your self-awareness?

Here’s a hint: it doesn’t come from you. The tool every leader needs to develop in self-awareness is feedback.

But not just any feedback… Sure, feedback to improve work environment or processes is great, but it won’t help you in your ability to work alongside your team. You need to be assessed in your leadership because it is this kind of direct feedback that will let you know if you’re leading people well.

At David Novak Leadership, we recognize that leaders need feedback specific to their leadership skills, which is why we’ve developed a set of focused questions that help people analyze their leadership style. Questions like, does this leader work to ensure that each person on their team knows the team’s vision and can explain it? And, does this leader directly involve others in setting goals so everyone can feel ownership of them?

Every leader has weak spots, but it’s hard to know what they are unless someone tells you. Real, honest feedback will enable you to see those weak spots and improve your performance in those areas. For an example of why feedback is important, check out how Geoff Colvin, Senior Editor at Large at Fortune Magazine, learned to become an expert through feedback in this interview.

Are you willing to invest in becoming the best leader you can be by becoming more self-aware?

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City National Bank CEO, Kelly Coffey

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Becky recalls a significant failure in her career. She was working with someone she respected to launch a new product. Becky thought they should do it in a specific way, but her colleague didn’t agree. Becky relented, and later a competitor launched the product her way with great success. Becky knew she was right but second-guessed herself. Despite the failure, she is grateful that it happened when she was young. She learned that the next time she needed to fight harder.

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Kelly Coffey is the Chief Executive Officer of City National Bank, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). As the fourth CEO in City National’s 65-year history and the bank’s first female chief executive officer, Kelly has been working to establish a leadership team that can strategically embrace new technology and changing marketplaces at home and abroad while maintaining the core values that have helped to define City National’s success thus far. City National Bank has more than $60 billion in assets, 5,200 colleagues and 72 offices in seven states and Washington, D.C.
Kelly has been named three times to American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Finance List and to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s annual list of the most influential Angelenos. She began her career in mergers and acquisitions and spent six years working in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She also chaired J.P. Morgan’s Reputation Risk Committee in North America and led the investment bank’s Women’s Network.
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Becky recalls a significant failure in her career. She was working with someone she respected to launch a new product. Becky thought they should do it in a specific way, but her colleague didn’t agree. Becky relented, and later a competitor launched the product her way with great success. Becky knew she was right but second-guessed herself. Despite the failure, she is grateful that it happened when she was young. She learned that the next time she needed to fight harder.

Have you ever experienced a failure? What did you learn?
If your colleague disagreed with you, how would you respond?

Becky has the following thoughts on recognition:
Feedback is a gift, something we have lost in Corporate America. Becky says, “If I am not giving you feedback, then I am not investing in you. If I’m not getting feedback, people aren’t invested in me.”

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Making Wise Decisions: Two Strategies All Leaders Need

If being a leader was easy, everyone would do it. Seriously. It doesn’t matter how big your organization is, when you’re tasked with responsibilities like your team’s engagement and the success of your company, it is no small matter. How you approach every decision–whether it be the new hire or next year’s strategy–is a big deal.

When you have big decisions to make, you don’t want to react too quickly. It’s important to consider all your options and seek out advice. But then what? How can you prevent getting bogged down with distractions or getting lost in minute details? You need a strategy.

Here are two tactics you’ll want to apply to every future decision you make:

Be Aware

Free Leadership Assessment from David Novak LeadershipAwareness is the result of being mindful. When you understand what is going on around you and how it ties in with what is important to you and your organization, you are more aware, thus better able to make a good decision.

To illustrate, let’s say you are presented with a new idea, one that a lot of other companies are jumping on. It might sound like a good idea, but if you go after it without considering how it affects your goals, then you’re probably not acting out of awareness.

To be aware, first you need a clear understanding of your priorities, and second, you need insight to your thoughts and feelings about the situation. For instance, when negativity enters your thoughts, if you are aware of it, you put it in check. This can protect you from not making the best decision because your negativity was biasing you. When your priorities and thoughts and feelings are in check, it’s time to apply the next tactic:

Be Intentional

When you are a leader, you are constantly making decisions. As with awareness, in every decision you make, it’s important to be intentional. How can you, as a leader, be more intentional?

Being intentional means operating with purpose–it’s a mindset which requires discipline. Purpose is derived from your priorities and passions, and to be intentional, you need to be aware of them on a daily basis.

You might ask yourself, how does this new idea tie into my purpose? If there is no link, is it worth your energy and time? Making intentional choices, in leadership and in your personal life, will make even the most seemingly mediocre decisions feel noteworthy, because everything you do will be meaningful.

Are you aware and intentional when you make decisions? You can start applying these tactics today. And to grow even more in your quest to become the best leader you can be, then check out our Heartwiring and Hardwiring Your Leadership™ Program. It provides in-depth training to help you transform your leadership style.

 

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