Category: David Novak Leadership in the News

Read this Forbes article on David’s one truth about being successful in any industry! …

“I never saw myself as a leader,” he told us. “I just went to work every day and tried to do my best, while helping the people around me become their best.” This a sentiment many of us share. But these humble words were spoken by David Novak, Founder and CEO of David Novak Leadership and Former Chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands, Inc. “Everyone has the power to be a leader but it’s important to realize that you can’t achieve anything big in life if you try to do it alone, you need to take people with you. We all need people to help us along the way,” added Novak. Read the Article.

Last week David and I were talking about how to build a great culture. He said, “Robert one word … recognition”. As background, he was the 17-year CEO of Yum! Brands and actually founding CEO where he had 1.4 million associates through brands like KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. David has a unique perspective on managing and elevating large scale global cultures through recognition. More recently he wrote a riveting book, O Great One, which is a business fable about the specifics of building recognition. LISTEN to the INTERVIEW.