When studying marketing management at business school, we worked through a PepsiCo case study reviewing the decision-making strategy Indra Nooyi implemented, it was controversial at the time but ultimately the correct decision. So when her name came up on the Australian Institute of Business graphic, I immediately recognised her background and motivation.
It takes a degree of courage to totally alter strategy direction and a whole load of leadership currency to guide the organisation through a dramatic change management program. Yes, leadership is difficult to define and even harder to drag people along for the journey. Indra Nooyi successes at PepsiCo included introducing healthy food and drink products, environmentally sustainable practices, and not only thwarting a bid to break up PepsiCo, sales significantly increased. At a corporate leadership level, Indra Nooyi is a person to emulate and study.
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