What Are Some of Your Most Memorable Learnings?

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Mark O'Neill: I was a big student of other companies and you know leadership. We did best practice visits when we were spun off to the top companies at the time like Southwest Airlines Home Depot. And then more importantly we came back and we codified them and we created what I called the young dynasty drivers. The number one dynasty driver that we codified was is that create a culture where everyone counts, no matter what level in the organizationYou make a difference. So yeah it sounds like you figured out which things mattered more than others.

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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