Women play a couple of roles. They are in professional schools and increasingly producing the talent to keep the engines of the economy growing, but they're also the nurturers and the caregivers. Indra Nooyi More Quotes by Indra Nooyi More Quotes From Indra Nooyi Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader. Indra Nooyi followersleadershippeople An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you. Indra Nooyi being-yourselfpassionimportant Women helping each other - coaching, mentoring, and providing tips - is a great way for us to be our own force. Indra Nooyi coachinghelpingway If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself. Indra Nooyi improving-yourselforganizationwant 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. Indra Nooyi distanceorganizationtwo Take a stand. Be known for your courage and confidence. Indra Nooyi known Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much. Indra Nooyi issuesthreeyears If you give up the guilt, that's a huge load off your shoulders. Indra Nooyi shouldersgiving-upguilt The glass ceiling will go away when women help other women break through that ceiling. Indra Nooyi break-throughglasseshelping-others Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different. Indra Nooyi assumingdifferentdoe 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. Indra Nooyi organizationleadermoving Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. Indra Nooyi assumingdoe At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person. Indra Nooyi the-end-of-the-dayforgetmotivational 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%! Indra Nooyi innovationfemaledesign As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future. Indra Nooyi successinspiringpositive Just because you are CEO, don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that. Indra Nooyi businessinspirationalthinking There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention the the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up. Indra Nooyi eyeopportunityjobs My parents made us dream that we could be anyone that we wanted to. Indra Nooyi parentmadedream I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else Indra Nooyi insaneimportantorganization The biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other. Indra Nooyi clockconflictcareers
