The Biggest Challenge After a Spin Off

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The first responsibility of a leader is to do define reality and create hope. So I had to like say hey look there's a reason why we're spun off. And so I sent out a letter to all of our leaders and team members called the top 10 reasons why the new company is going to be a home run. We have close to, you know, well probably over 10,000 young, young restaurants in China between KFC and and and pizza.

David Novak is the Co-Founder and retired Chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands, Inc. one of the world’s largest restaurant companies that includes KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in its portfolio.

Under David’s 17-year leadership, Yum! Brands doubled in size to over 45,000 restaurants and grew from a $4b to a $32 Billion market cap. David is also founder and CEO of David Novak Leadership, the parent organization to five nonprofits dedicated to developing leaders at every stage of life, from ages 5 to 65. He’s also the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including a new one, Take Charge of You, which is now available wherever books are sold.

David joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss his highly successful career, how to build leadership ability and much more.

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