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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.
I've been around the bend in corporations.
Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
Take a stand. Be known for your courage and confidence.
At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person.
We pretend we have it all. We pretend we can have it all.
I wouldn't ask anyone to do anything I wouldn't do myself.
If you give up the guilt, that's a huge load off your shoulders.
Blogging is a great way to provide tips and advice to each other.
After PepsiCo, I do want to go to Washington. I want to give back.
My parents made us dream that we could be anyone that we wanted to.
If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself.
Each and every one of us has unknowingly played a part in the obesity problem.
The biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other.
An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you.
The glass ceiling will go away when women help other women break through that ceiling.
Is Naked Juice a beverage, or is it a snack? I think we can liquefy snacks or snackify liquids.
Most importantly, we want to create a company where every employee can bring their whole selves to work.
I read every country's perspective on an issue. I also play many games like Bridge, Scrabble and Sudoku online.
Women helping each other - coaching, mentoring, and providing tips - is a great way for us to be our own force.
PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently
PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently.
Not only do we have to change the food we eat... we have to educate people about what they can eat appropriately.
I play the guitar when I want to relax. But to play the guitar, you cut the nails. So one day, I'll cut the nails off.
I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else
I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
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.
Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.
Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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.
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.
The first thing I'd say to women is put aside the guilt. I think we're all genetically programmed to feel guilty for not giving total effort at the job.
When I came to America in 1978, I was a huge sports fan - the problem was, my sport was cricket. Shockingly enough, no one wanted to talk cricket with me!
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.
My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
But 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 licence to go off and dream
But 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 licence to go off and dream.
When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything.
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.
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.
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.
When I grew up there was no web, blogging or tweeting. In fact, where I grew up there was not even television! I met a lot of my friends in school and in college, and they are still my friends today.
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.
Slice Mango - something that, you know, is a phenomenal drink, but mango is not a flavour that is easily liked by many people in the West. People in Latin America like it. But we do a lot of Mango in India.
PepsiCo is a $63 billion company. Half the company is snacks, and half the company is beverages. We have a glorious snacks business and a glorious beverage business. We are extremely profitable. We are growing.
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.
If I hadn't had mentors, I wouldn't be here today. I'm a product of great mentoring, great coaching... Coaches or mentors are very important. They could be anyone-your husband, other family members, or your boss.
Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment.
In today's world of blogging and tweeting, conversation has become a bit more staccato. In many ways we're more efficient, but I think the amount of longer conversations that radiated more warmth may have gone down.
I don't think the deficit of the country is a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. I think it's a country issue. I don't think worrying about the reindustrialization of America is a Republican or Democratic issue.
