Quotes By Indra Nooyi

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.

I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.

Please help others rise. Greatness comes not from a position, but from helping build the future. We should pull others up.

You need a forklift. Maybe because it's inexpensive [$3.99], people are going to go through the hell, but we should watch out.

If it is non-GMO, natural, or organic, but high in sodium and high in sugar and fat, it's okay.

Each and every one of us has unknowingly played a part in the obesity problem.

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.

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.

PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently.

I read every country's perspective on an issue. I also play many games like Bridge, Scrabble and Sudoku online.

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?

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.

The more we can break the rules, the better off we're going to be.

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.

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

Women helping each other - coaching, mentoring, and providing tips - is a great way for us to be our own force.

The biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other.

My mother celebrated every Hindu festival with the appropriate rituals, but no one acknowledged birthdays. My parents never hugged us, kissed us, or said, "I love you.". Love was assumed. We never shared fears or hopes and dreams with our elders. They just were not the kind to have those conversations.