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Take Charge of You, with David Novak – Episode 377 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On April 5, 2022
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  • author, Business, CEO, coaching, Dan Moore, gratitude, leadership, success

David Novak, former CEO of Yum! Brands, leadership coach, and host of the “How Leaders Lead” podcast, offers insight on being self-aware and “other-directed”, facing reality, the perils of “riding the mood elevator”, identifying what blocks your joy vs builds it, why gratitude opens you up for growth, and shares his new book “Take Charge of You”.

About David:

David Novak is the Co-Founder and retired Chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands, Inc., one of the world’s largest restaurant companies with over 45,000 restaurants in more than 135 countries and territories. Under David’s strategy and leadership, Yum! Brands saw its market cap grow to nearly $32 Billion from just over $4 Billion.

David’s passion is to make the world a better place by developing leaders at every stage of life. David Novak Leadership equips people with courses and online resources to develop, through David’s Lift-a-Life Foundation, Lead4Change, Global Game Changers and The Novak Leadership Institute at the University of Missouri — David and the team are making big things happen everywhere!

Learn more at DavidNovakLeadership.com.

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