102 Quotes by Indra Nooyi

Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues – you grow so much.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

If you give up the guilt, that’s a huge load off your shoulders.

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.