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Indra Nooyi's mantras for success
September 12, 2008
It is a difficult balance between entrepreneurial society and the needs of home.
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 have a five Cs model for leadership: competence (damn good at getting results); confidence to have the courage to make the tough calls; communication skills, to convey your vision and direction; compass pointed north to your true values; compassion -- empathy, not sympathy
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.
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.
Image: Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi at the India Abroad Person of the Year Awards ceremony in New York. | Photograph: Jemal Countess/WireImage
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