How Leaders Lead with David Novak

If you’re passionate about leadership and personal growth, How Leaders Lead with David Novak is a must-listen. David has a knack for making every conversation feel authentic, relatable, and packed with valuable insights. His guests are accomplished, hardworking individuals, and you can tell he genuinely enjoys learning from them—which makes it even more inspiring to tune in. Whether you’re leading a team or just trying to get better at life, this podcast leaves you with ideas you can actually use—and plenty of motivation to go with it. Highly recommend!

I’ve become a huge fan of the show and enjoy David’s conversations with some inspiring leaders. His insights and questions based on the conversation always leave me with takeaways and thoughts that keep me growing as a leader.

On a recent episode, Koula mentioned visiting an ice cream shop just to take in the smells--not necessarily eat the ice cream. David responded by saying this was "the dumbest thing he had ever heard." He could have made light of this without saying her remarks were dumb in front of thousands of listeners. It sounded condescending...would he have used that language while interviewing one of his world-class guests? I would never tell any of my team members their remarks are "dumb"--even in a lighthearted setting. I definitely expect more from someone teaching leadership at the highest level.

This podcast is a must for all leaders no matter what level in your work life your at or the type of industry. You will become a more empathetic leader and create an incredible culture by understanding everyone has their own needs, wants and goals. Mr. Novak does a great job of depicting this through an absolute all star cast of sports, business and medical leadership.