Leadership and leadership in business: September 2013

Thursday, 26 September 2013

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To what extent do good leaders shape his/her company and the people around them?

“There are three rules for creating good leaders. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” W. Somerset Maugham

Leaders can make or break a government, a country, a family, a business or a sport. Meaning if the people or an organization chooses a good capable leader than the country, the business and the sports team will prosper. If they choose a dictator like Hitler or Mugabe then it leads to destruction of the country itself.
That is why a lot of companies spend a lot of money and time searching for suitable CEO of the company. That is why it is important for the people of a country to go out and vote so that a proper suitable leader can be chosen for the country.
People generally want to be lead and to be good followers. When there is a charismatic, intelligent, honest, courageous, a visionary and successful leader they will follow.
The world's leading and successful nations have had great leaders at their helm. South Africa made a successful transaction from Apartheid to democracy because Nelson Mandela had the will and foresight to forgive the white regime that put him behind bars for 27 years.
Microsoft is the world's most successful company because of Bill Gates and his partners vision of a different way of using the computer and program writing. India has one of the most successful Indian Cricket teams ever because Mahindra Singh Dhoni is able to lead his team to victory time and time again due to his exceptional captaining ability and cricket skills.
Leaders shape the people around them. The followers or team members carry out duties or live a good life by looking at the very good qualities a leader must have, namely the below. Today more than ever, we need great exceptional leaders. Without these leaders with foresight mankind will cease to exist as man kind is more bent on killing each other and the earth itself.

Is Indra Nooyi an Effective leader or not? An analysis

Coming from India and being a women, most critics striked out Indra early when she took over PepsiCo's realm. She has proved all of them wrong.
Indra Nooyi is essentially one of the most effective leader in the business community of our time. She lead the group when it was being bombarded with negative criticism from many parties and forced the company to relook at its core operations, its product range and its responsibility as a food supplier.
She is a leader who has overcome female and racial stereotyping. She has shown that females do not need to be a home maker and a follower to a man. She has a family life,is a mother, a wife and a business woman to be dealt with.
Her leadership style is swift and decisive but not autocratic. She believes in equality of all races and we can see it from the multi racial leadership in PepsiCo and also the staff. Pepsi is respected in all countries and is growing exponentially.
She is respected around the world is routinely invited to give talks on business, leadership and on women in business.
Her best moment would probably be her ability to stand head to head with the other beverage giant COKE (Coca Cola). Pepsi is now a brand to be reckoned with and is not longer being shadowed by Coke but a serious competitor.

Structure of the Pepsico Organization under Indra Nooyi's Leadership

PepsiCo is well known for its Pepsi beverage products. This multinational corporation is also responsible for the production of Frito-Lay, Gatorade, and Tropicana and Quaker products. Under Indra’s leadership, in November 2007 marked a change in the company's organizational structure from two units to three.

As per the diagram above, PepsiCo is a decentralised structure with each markets and business units independent to make decisions but they must uphold the organisations policy and goals. PepsiCo is an adaptive organization, as they are continuously seeking constant improvement and keeping new ideas in the marketplace while its products progress along their life cycles.
PepsiCo has a decentralized organizational structure, with operational decisions made within the separate business units while being governed by policies at the corporate level.

Communication within the Pepsi Co organization

Communication Within the Team

Indra believes in a two way communication and communication within levels. Indra believes in listening to mentors advice and suggestions and incorporates their good points in what she does.
Internal Communication
She uses internal communication to communicate group policy and goals using internal communication to ensure all her employees are aware of the direction of the company.

Internal and External communication is used widely within and with interested parties.

Blogs are also used to keep people updated on the latest happening in PepsiCo. This is apparent as in PepsiCo’s website there is also a site for media release and blog and to advertise on careers available. Its human resource policy and company policy are transparent and available for all to see and read.
Refer to these links for further understanding
http://pepsicoblogs.com/
http://www.pepsico.com/Media

External Communication

PepsiCo sometimes uses celebrities to communicate their brand, their products or their commitment to the community and environment. They have people like Beyonce, Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and many other to get better market share and also provide their vision to the world.

Pepsi Refresh Project

They also have many projects for the people of the world. One of them is called Pepsi Refresh where they will give a million dollar in grants to fund ideas that will make the world go forward.

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

How Indra Nooyi led her team at PepsiCo? Indra Nooyi's Brand of Leadership

Indra Nooyi's Brand of Leadership
Indra is the chief architect of the motto of Performance with Purpose.
She initiated this policy in 2007 after becoming CEO.

PepsiCo promises to do what’s right for the business by doing what’s right for people and the planet. It’s the company’s commitment to sustained growth with a focus on Performance, Human, Environmental and Talent Sustainability.

Her leadership in PepsiCo believes in providing a safe and inclusive workplace for all employees around the globe to attract and retain the best talent, and investing in the communities in which they do business to retain their license to operate.

Under her leadership the company takes care of its clients, investors, shareholders and the environment while providing good profit and returns. Under her leadership, PepsiCo is respected worldwide as a responsible company to mankind and the environment.

How she motivates her team at PepsiCo?

Indra Nooyi is a democratic leader where she develops feeling of loyalty and commitment from her employees. She is strongly supported by good management and employees. She believes strongly that the people are the assets of the company and hence PepsiCo is known for this vision and goal as below.

PepsiCo's strength is its people.

PepsiCo under Indra Nooyi believes in Human Rights Workplace Policy. Under her leadership, PepsiCo respects the dignity of her workers in the workplace and the group works to ensure their associates' rights to personal security, a safe, clean and healthful workplace, and freedom from harassment or abuse of any kind. It is a truly multi-racial company.

http://www.pepsico.com/Purpose/Talent-Sustainability/Human-Rights

Leader of Choice - Indra Nooyi

About Pepsico

PepsiCo International- Top 500 Companies to work for in the world

PepsiCo is an American multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay, Inc. PepsiCo has since expanded from its namesake product Pepsi to a broader range of food and beverage brands, the largest of which include an acquisition of Tropicana in 1998 and a merger with Quaker Oats in 200 which added the Gatorade brand to its portfolio.

As of January 2012, 22 of PepsiCo's product lines generated retail sales of more than $1 billion each and the company's products were distributed across more than 200 countries, resulting in annual net revenues of $43.3 billion. Based on net revenue, PepsiCo is the second largest food & beverage business in the world. Within North America, PepsiCo is ranked as the largest food and beverage business.
Indra Nooyi is the Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo since 2007. She has lead the company through thick and thin and is has succeeded in increasing its business income, brand awareness and public interest in the company.
She believes in People being her biggest asset and is one of the Top 500 companies in the world to work in.

Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi - Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo

Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi was born on 28 October 1955 in Madras, Chennai. After graduating from Madras Christian College, she did her Masters in Finance and Marketing from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

She began her career in India. She held product manager positions at Johnson & Johnson. In 1978, she was admitted to Yale School of Management and earned a Master's degree in Public and Private Management. While at Yale, she completed her summer internship with Booz & Company. Graduating in 1980, Nooyi joined the Boston Consulting Group and then held strategy positions at Motorola and Asea Brown Boveri.

She joined PepsiCo in 1994 as PepsiCo’s senior vice president, Strategic Planning. In 2001 she served as served as president and chief financial officer, when she was also named to PepsiCo's Board of Directors. In this position, she was responsible for PepsiCo's corporate functions, including finance, strategy, business process optimization, corporate platforms and innovation, procurement, investor relations and information technology.

Indra was named president and CEO on October 1, 2006 and assumed the role of chairman on May 2, 2007. She has directed the company's global strategy for more than a decade and led its restructuring,