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" I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else. "
Indra Nooyi
Organization
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" 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. "
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Three
" To be a CEO is a calling. You should not do it because it is a job. It is a calling, and you have got to be involved in it with your head, heart and hands. Your heart has got to be in the job; you got to love what you do; it consumes you. And if you are not willing to get into the CEO job that way, there is no point getting into it. "
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" 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. "
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Real
More
" I hear my own daughters talking about big companies polluting the environment, and then I realise they are talking about companies of which one I am running. But when I tell them to read the things we are doing, then they realise we are doing good things. But millennials are really a great lot. "
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Doing
I Am
Great
" Companies the size of PepsiCo is like running a little republic, there is no question about it. The only difference is that I don't have to worry about the media hounding me every day, on every word that I say. I have a board of directors that runs the country in the interest of the stake holders. "
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Day
Worry
Say
" 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. "
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Leader
Great
Good
" I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years. "
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Boston
America
Try
" 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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Myself
Leader
Future
" I've been around the bend in corporations. "
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Bend
Been
Corporations
" Not only do we have to change the food we eat... we have to educate people about what they can eat appropriately. "
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Educate
People
Change
" PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently. "
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Woman
Person
Senior
" Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much. "
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Three
World
Year
" Is Naked Juice a beverage, or is it a snack? I think we can liquefy snacks or snackify liquids. "
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Juice
Naked
Snack
" 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. "
Indra Nooyi
School
Up
Web
" The medical system in the United States is among the best in the world, if not the best. What if we were to make the United States a medical destination? That would bring a lot of people here because there are a lot of sick people around the world. If they can get U.S. treatment, they will take it, but now think about what that will do. "
Indra Nooyi
Medical
People
Best
" I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. 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 an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president. "
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You
Marriage
Dream
" Each and every one of us has unknowingly played a part in the obesity problem. "
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Part
Each
Every
" 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. "
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Watch
Family
Play
" 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. "
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Daughter
Mother
End
" Before blogs, it was all about physical presence. We used to send out videos and audiotapes to communicate. 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. "
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Real
Internet
Information
" 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. "
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You
Leadership
Leader
" 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. "
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Unemployment
Done
Going
" 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. "
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Point Of View
Walk
Know
" 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. "
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End
Within
Work
" Food service is a growth area for PepsiCo. "
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Growth
Area
Service
" When I was a kid, I would come home from school, throw my bag, go out to play. My daughter comes home from school, throws her bag, goes to play, but sitting in front of the computer because their definition of play has changed. They don't go out to play. They play on the computer with their friends. "
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Daughter
Go
Home
" 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. "
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Two
You
Yourself
" India is a country with huge potential, and it remains an attractive high priority market for PepsiCo. We believe we have only scratched the surface of long term growth opportunities that exist for PepsiCo and our partners. "
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Opportunities
Believe
Growth
" 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. "
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Dream
Sister
She
" After PepsiCo, I do want to go to Washington. I want to give back. "
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Give
Back
After