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35 Indra Nooyi Quotes on Success (LEADERSHIP)

Top 10 Most Famous Indra Nooyi Quotes (BEST)

“When you assume negative intent, you’re angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response.”

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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.Pin
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.
I look at my job as a passion... as a calling... not as a job.Pin
I look at my job as a passion… as a calling… not as a job.
You can be very, very competent... but if you’re not willing to speak out... have the confidence based on your knowledge... what’s the pointPin
You can be very, very competent… but if you’re not willing to speak out… have the confidence based on your knowledge… what’s the point?
In the end, no matter how much money you make and how much success you create, what you are left with is family, friends, and faith.Pin
In the end, no matter how much money you make and how much success you create, what you are left with is family, friends, and faith.

“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.”

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The challenge of a leader is looking around the corner... and making the change before it’s too late to make the change.Pin
The challenge of a leader is looking around the corner… and making the change before it’s too late to make the change.
If you don’t give people a chance to fail... you won’t innovate… if you wanna be an innovative company allow people to make mistakes.Pin
If you don’t give people a chance to fail… you won’t innovate… if you wanna be an innovative company allow people to make mistakes.
The more we can break the rules, the better off we’re going to be.Pin
The more we can break the rules, the better off we’re going to be.
At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person, don't forget you're a mother, don't forget you're a wife, don't forget you're a daughter.Pin
At the end of the day, don’t forget that you’re a person, don’t forget you’re a mother, don’t forget you’re a wife, don’t forget you’re a daughter.

3 Indra Nooyi Quotes on Her Family

“I grew up with a mother who said, ‘I’ll arrange a marriage for you at 18,’ but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to and encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president.”

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My parents made us dream that we could be anyone that we wanted to.Pin
My parents made usdream that we could be anyone that we wanted to.
The good news was that my elder sister refused to get married straight away and I couldn’t get married until she did so I had the license to go off and dream.Pin
The good news was that my elder sister refused to get married straight away and I couldn’t get married until she did so I had the license to go off and dream.

9 Indra Nooyi Quotes on Success

“Market growth alone doesn’t give you enough tailwind. You have to create your own. The way to do that is by designing products for consumers that wow them.”

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An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you.Pin
An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you.
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.Pin
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.
Bring together what is good for business with what is good for the world.Pin
Bring together what is good for business with what is good for the world.
Take a stand. Be known for your courage and confidence.Pin
Take a stand. Be known for your courage and confidence.
Please help others rise. Greatness comes not from a position, but from helping build the future. We have an obligation to pull others up.Pin
Please help others rise. Greatness comes not from a position, but from helping build the future. We have an obligation to pull others up.
I have an immigrant mentality, which is that the job can be taken away at any time, so make sure you earn it every day.Pin
I have an immigrant mentality, which is that the job can be taken away at any time, so make sure you earn it every day.
The glass ceiling will go away when women help other women break through that ceiling.Pin
The glass ceiling will go away when women help other women break through that ceiling.
If you give up the guilt, that’s a huge load off your shoulders.Pin
If you give up the guilt, that’s a huge load off your shoulders.

8 Indra Nooyi Quotes on Leadership

“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.”

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I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.Pin
I’m very honest – brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.
I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.Pin
I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.

“The distance between number one & number two is always constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you.”

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I wouldn’t ask nobody to do something I would do myself.Pin
I wouldn’t ask nobody to do something I would do myself.

“The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don’t grow vertically; they grow exponentially.”

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I am a mother first, then a CEO, and then a wife.Pin
I am a mother first, then a CEO, and then a wife.

“CEO’s and leaders have to be life-long students. Not just students in the sense of attending courses or reading a book. You’ve gotta learn how to read widely, walk the market, look at the trends in the market place, make connections that don’t seem obvious. And start paint pictures of what the future could be. Then watch the consumer behaviors.”

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2 Indra Nooyi Quotes on Food and Diet

Not only do we have to change the food we eat… we have to educate people about what they can eat appropriately.Pin
Not only do we have to change the food we eat… we have to educate people about what they can eat appropriately.
Each and every one of us has unknowingly played a part in the obesity problem.Pin
Each and every one of us has unknowingly played a part in the obesity problem.

3 Indra Nooyi Quotes on PepsiCo

PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently.Pin
PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently.
Food service is a growth area for PepsiCo.Pin
Food service is a growth area for PepsiCo.
Most importantly, we want to create a company where every employee can bring their whole selves to work.Pin
Most importantly, we want to create a company where every employee can bring their whole selves to work.
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