Indra Nooyi
Indra Nooyi
Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyiis an India-born, naturalized American, business executive and the current Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, the second largest food and beverage business in the world by net revenue. She has consistently ranked among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. In 2014, she was ranked 13 in the list of Forbes World's 100 most powerful women...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth28 October 1955
CityChennai, India
CountryIndia
When it comes to women, there has been a tendency to define women in sports in the context of their relationships - they watch games because their husbands watch. They're interested because their kids play a sport. They buy tickets to a sporting event because it's a way to spend time with family.
In 1994, when I came to PepsiCo, there were really three businesses. They were soft drinks, which included both bottling and the concentrate company. There were salted snacks - Frito Lay. And restaurants where we had, we all talk of them, Pizza Hut, KFC and a whole bunch of casual dining chains.
As a CEO of a large company, clearly we need policies in the U.S. government that are pro-business, because at the end of the day, we all work within the framework of a country's policies.
The biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other.
I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else
The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially.
The glass ceiling will go away when women help other women break through that ceiling.
Women helping each other - coaching, mentoring, and providing tips - is a great way for us to be our own force.
Take a stand. Be known for your courage and confidence.
Most companies target women as end users, but few are effectively utilizing female employees when it comes to innovating for female consumers. When women are empowered in the design and innovation process, the likelihood of success in the marketplace improves by 144%!
If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself.
The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson. I cannot just expect the organization to improve if I don't improve myself and lift the organization, because that distance is a constant.
An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you.
Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.