Leadership Articles

Insights, tips and more from David & the world's top leaders.

Are You Overlooking a Hidden Goldmine of Learning Opportunities?

Accelerate your growth with these unconventional paths to leadership learning that go beyond books and courses If you want to grow as a leader, you have to continually engage in learning. Personally, I can say with conviction that being an active learner has been the primary driver of my success. But there are times when […]

How can you develop your team AND retain them at your company? Try these five tips.

Here’s how to be a supportive leader who keeps top talent but doesn’t hold on too tight It’s one of the toughest balancing acts any leader faces: You know it’s your job to develop the people on your team so they can take on new opportunities and grow. But as team members become more and […]

3 Ways to Maximize the Effectiveness of This Course With Your Team

The more people there are on your team who can think like a leader, the more BIG THINGS you can get done together! Try these three ideas and incorporate this course with your team. 1. Create an incentive. It’s one thing to invite people on your team to go through Taking People With You. But […]

Lead to Leave A Mark

Welcome to How Leaders Lead Insiders, a newsletter where I share stories and explore styles of some of the most accomplished leaders of our time. People like Tom Brady, Indra Nooyi, Kendra Scott and Jamie Dimon who are truly making big things happen in their respective fields. My mission in life is to make the […]

Self-Coaching Keeps You Moving Forward When You’re Going It Alone

Training for a marathon is the ultimate example of self coaching. There is no one there to get you out of bed in the morning when it’s raining or -20 degrees outside. If you want to do 20 miles, you have to put in the work. When you hit the wall at the 20-mile mark […]

How to Build Female Leadership: Three things men need to do to advance women in the workplace

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing my good friend Indra Nooyi on my podcast, How Leaders Lead with David Novak, about her new book, “My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future.” Indra, the former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, and I worked together at PepsiCo before I became chairman and CEO […]