**Indra Nooyi calls her list of essential skills for leaders the Five Cs** :

1. Competency $become the go-to person for a particular skill$
  2. Courage and Confidence $be willing to speak up and out$
  3. Communication skills $you cannot over-invest in becoming a better communicator$
  4. Consistency $you can change your mind, but only against a consistent framework$
  5. Compass $integrity is critical in a leaders job$

By putting these skills to good use, Nooyi has helped PepsiCos revenue growth to nearly double, from $35 billion in 2006 to $63.5 billion in 2017, the period of her 12-year tenure as CEO.

Describing Nooyi as a true innovator, former PepsiCo director of global health policy, Derek Yach, told CNN that she was early to the healthier lifestyle trend.

"She was the first person to truly acknowledge that companies needed to change," he said in an interview to CNN. "She understood that very deeply, and started putting into place a couple of key elements that all companies now accept as normal."

1.  **Using her 5 Cs, Indra Nooyi left a number of legacies from her time at PepsiCo:** Performance with Purpose
  2. Radical honesty in leadership
  3. The Hive
  4. Nutrition Greenhouse
  5. Total integration of innovation and design
  6. Fun for you, Better for you, Good for you
  7. Global and local.
  8. Acquisition of SodaStream

Magic touch leads to 80% revenue growth

The overriding set of values around sustainability which Nooyi implemented, and considers critical to PepsiCos long term success.

_Purpose doesnt hurt margins. Purpose is how you drive transformation,"_ she said in a Harvard Business Review article. Changes to operations and innovative design have focussed on water use, packaging, climate change and agriculture. As well as reducing fuel, electricity and water usage, PepsiCo is involved in initiatives such as bringing safe drinking water to developing countries.

Performance with Purpose

Nooyi is the truly modern leader, unafraid to show vulnerability in the style of [Dr. Bren Brown](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/brenebrownliveinaus). In her parting letter to staff, Indra Nooyi wrote: _If I'm being honest, there have been moments I wish I'd spent more time with my children and family._ And, shes said in an interview with Freakonomics Radio  _You know, you have to cope, because you die with guilt. You just die with guilt._

Radical honesty in leadership

Nooyi launched mid-2018 The Hive, a business within a business, to develop and accelerate the growth of smaller, emerging brands within and without PepsiCos portfolio. Using rapid new product development, iterative prototyping and marketplace deployment, its hoped The Hive will innovate products that _stay ahead of what consumers want, infuse flexibility into operating and distribution models, and leverage best-in-class foresights informed by robust data analytics._

The Hive

The soda and snack giants food and beverage accelerator attracts small brands with less than $5 million in revenue to participate in a six-month program during which they will receive mentorship from individuals in various PepsiCo divisions. The company showing the most progress, highest level of collaboration and most effective use of the grant will be declared the winner and receive a $100,000 prize in April 2019.

Nutrition Greenhouse

According to PepsiCo, it was one of the first major corporations to integrate different design disciplinesbrand design, design execution, industrial design, design strategy, front-end innovationinto a single group **.** Its creativity comes from unexpected partnerships and working side-by-side with alchemists, mixologists, nutritionists, trend hunters, futurists, technologists, culinary artists and all kinds of cultural influencers from musicians to athletes.

Total integration of innovation and design

Batting away comments that soft drink and chips are bad for you, Indra Nooyi implemented the Fun for You, Better for You and Good for You labels to emphasise that anything in excess is unhealthy, and that some foods should be eaten only occasionally. In an interview with Fox, Nooyi said that PepsiCo could make healthy products tasty by bringing the best flavouring chemistry to the Good For You space.

Fun for you, Better for you, Good for you

Indra Nooyi said in an interview that PepsiCo, sold into 200 countries, had to be both global and local. You cant export the American model to China, she told Fox.

 _We are global and local  we make a potato chip in China but its with cuttlefish or squid flavour_. As well, she committed the company to working to improve environmental and employment outcomes in the countries in which products were made and sold.

Global and local.

Put in place under Indra Nooyi earlier this year, PepsiCo will finalise the deal to acquire in-home beverage maker SodaStream for $US3.2 billion in January 2019. SodaStream has been gaining popularity with its marketing of carbonated water as a more sustainable alternative to bought sparkling waters. Says PepsiCo,  _The instant transformation of water to soda feels a little bit magical._ 

It seems Indra Nooyi does have the magic touch.

_PepsiCo former CEO and current Chair Indra Nooyi appeared live in Australia for the very first time at an exclusive business dinner events hosted by The Growth Faculty._

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