B-log

From Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, and one of only 12 female CEOs of a Fortune 500 Company: 

• Competency. Stand out from the pack and be a lifelong learner. Remain ahead and abreast in your field.
• Courage and Confidence. Speak out.  Establish your knowledge base and be confident in it as a leader.
• Communication. Over-invest in written and oral communication. Leaders constantly have to motivate the troops.
• Consistency. Remaining steady, reliable, and determined allows for credibility and a baseline to measure your successes and failures.
• Compass. Integrity is critical in this job.

Source: Jessica Miller-Merrill

My additional thoughts:

1. Being good at what you do includes a commitment to always being better.
2. Confidence comes from applying what you know to the context of the opportunity. Confidence empowers you to take intelligent risks.
3. Communication is more than talking…it’s about relating with others….followers, colleagues, and everyone else!
4. Faithfulness is perhaps the most vastly underrated value. Keep doing what works.
5. If you’re doing what works, and it isn’t also right, then it doesn’t work. You must do what is right, above all.