How Leaders Learn: Master the Habits of the World's Most Successful People - Hardcover

How Leaders Learn: Master the Habits of the World's Most Successful People is about turning what you notice into something you act on.

David Novak went from a trailer park and twenty three states before high school to running Yum! Brands, and he credits the habit of active learning rather than any strategy.

How it is built

Short chapters, each carrying a story from Novak or from a CEO, coach, military or political figure, and closing with questions aimed back at you.

Who it's for

Anyone who reads leadership books in ten minute stretches. Designed for putting down and coming back to, which is unusual in the genre.

From the publisher

The differentiating mindset and habits that help you turn insight into action.

When you put learning at the center of everything you do, you grow your career, your leadership, your relationships, and your joy and fulfillment in life. But even for people who are naturally curious and interested in solving problems, being an effective learner who can turn their learning into action takes insight and practice.

With infectious enthusiasm and optimism, David Novak shows you how to master active learning. A trailer-park kid who lived in twenty-three states before entering high school, Novak rapidly ascended the ranks at PepsiCo to become cofounder and CEO of one of the largest corporations in the world, the global restaurant icon Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and the Habit Burger Grill).

And he credits active learning with getting him there. This compilation of wisdom and practical habits from Novak's life and from some of the most successful leaders in the world--CEOs from many industries, military and political leaders, sports greats, experts, and coaches--is your active-learning practice manual.

Chapter by chapter, Novak and his all-star roster of leaders share how they've climbed to the highest levels in their fields.

Through stories of wins and losses, missteps and miracle saves, challenges tackled, and problems solved, Novak shows you all the ways, big and small, that you can become an active learner. A leadership devotional for the modern age, How Leaders Learn will inspire you to reach new levels of success in your own life and work.