David Brandon

“I think most leaders in business today, what we primarily are is problem solvers. You know, I I always said that um, you know, if there weren't for problems, probably the companies I work for wouldn't need me. Uh, usually the little problems get solved by other people, the middle-sized problems get solved by people who...”

— From The #1 Key to Leading Your Team With David Brandon: Chairman of the Board, Domino’s Pizza, David Meltzer TV (October 07, 2021)

“I think when I first became a CEO back in the '80s, it was almost the expectation was that a CEO you should never let them see you sweat, right? You're the one who's always got the answers, and you know, you kind of play that role as the answer person, and nothing upsets you because you're unflappable, because you're,...”

— From The #1 Key to Leading Your Team With David Brandon: Chairman of the Board, Domino’s Pizza, David Meltzer TV (October 07, 2021)

“My attitude is the best time to apply a shock treatment to an organization is when things are going well. If you think about it, it's the least risky time. It's when you're going to have the most resources. And so you would find some of the people who work for me will tell you that I'm the most cantankerous when things...”

— From Dave Brandon, Predictable Success (July 01, 2009)

“I can tell you that the most important thing that I've done and the legacy that I've really left is in the area of succession planning. Because what you really want to see happen is the baton gets passed at the senior leadership level and instead of what I went through 11 years ago as an outsider who was parachuted in...”

— From Dave Brandon, Predictable Success (July 01, 2009)

“I go to a lot of meetings where what I'm really listening for is who's whining and who's making excuses and who wants to focus on all of the external factors that we cannot control. And those are the people that I put in one category, they're the whiner category. The people that I really want to respect, listen to, pro...”

— From Uncommon Sense with Junia - featuring David Brandon, Junia Doan's The Spark (September 01, 2008)

“I've always said that if my health is good, if I continue to enjoy what I'm doing, and the people I work for continue to appreciate how I do what I do, to me that's the magic formula. If all those three things are lined up then I think you keep doing what you're doing.”

— From Uncommon Sense with Junia - featuring David Brandon, Junia Doan's The Spark (September 01, 2008)

“I always felt like you worked really hard throughout your career, at least my class does, work really hard, accomplish the things I want to accomplish and put myself in a position where I could do what I wanted to do as opposed to what I had to. And I was fortunate I got to a point where I had choices as to what I want...”

— From U-M Athletic Director David Brandon addresses the Detroit Economic Club, AmericaJR (June 24, 2011)

“It's a five and a half billion dollar institution, this is a little 105 million dollar unit, but from my way of thinking it is the sales and marketing department of this university. We travel the world, we represent this university, this brand all over the country and all over the world, we're on TV, we display our tal...”

— From U-M Athletic Director David Brandon addresses the Detroit Economic Club, AmericaJR (June 24, 2011)