Leadership Goals and Its Effectiveness

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Leadership goals and its effectiveness
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Personal leadership development plan...................................................................................3
Leadership goals.....................................................................................................................5
Timeline.................................................................................................................................6
Individual objectives..............................................................................................................6
Tools to reach the goals..........................................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Leading an organization or organizational groups is an essential part of a business.
Leaders provide a path for its team to follow. This paper will discuss about the leadership
style of an efficient leader, Indra Nooyi, her effectiveness in the business of the PEPSICO
company (Daft, 2014). The leadership development plan and goals of a leader are also
discussed to understand the objective of a leader in an organization (Northouse, 2017).
Leadership style and her effectiveness
Indra Nooyi, one of the world’s hundred most powerful women is an Indian
American. She joined PepsiCo in the year 1994 and became a CEO in the year 2001 and soon
after in the year 2006 she became the President of the organization. Nooyi knew the tricks of
making her work done (Toh & Leonardelli, 2013). Hence, she transformed the ideas of her
savvy-mind to businesses and provided a different perspective of business.
Indra Nooyi has a socialized charismatic leadership style (Nanjundeswaraswamy &
Swamy, (2014). She takes care of her employees immensely and pays attention to their needs.
She keeps herself updated in her business field to motivate and inspire the employees and in
turn be inspired. She depicts her deeply caring nature in her work. She continuously invests
in skills of communication. The former CEOs of PEPSICO guided Nooyi, which was visible
in her business strategies (Rothaermel, 2015). According to her, sorting out an issue or
handling a situation was of great importance. She ensured her visibility in the organization in
order to convey the condition of the organization and solutions to resolve the problems.
Nooyi in order to save the company has reduced on the spending budget. She encouraged her
employees in the organization by communicating eloquently. In her early days in PEPSICO
Nooyi decided to go to the cleaning house and PEPSICO in turn dumped Pizza Hut, Taco

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bell, KFC and spent a sum amount of 17 dollars to acquire Quaker Oats, Tropicana and
Gatorade. Pepsi was losing on profits and popularity. Unlike other CEOs Indra Nooyi dealt
differently to retain the employees of the organization. Her qualities of leadership were
portrayed in her work that encouraged her employees to perform better. She acknowledged
her employees and the families, in various innovative and personal ways. Indra Nooyi wrote
letters to the families of the employees for thanking them. This gesture of Indra Nooyi to
thank and appreciate her employees is a powerful way of letting the world knows about her
contributions in PEPSICO. Her another aspect of her leadership was she believed in
performing with a purpose beyond the corporate social responsibility and also beyond the
mission of the foundation of PEPSICO. She changed their mission into three prongs. 1.
Making better quality food, which will be healthier. 2. Protecting the place she is living in. 3.
Empowering people. Nooyi gave her employees the privilege to solve problems
independently and innovatively. In a company worth 63 billion dollar, Nooyi empowers the
team to behave like mini-entrepreneurs and to carry out her ideas successfully. She clearly
knew that more the job enables her employees to live their personal lives, better is retention
rate of PEPSICO. The advantages given to her employees were care centers, paternity and
maternity leaves and flexible work timings.
Personal leadership development plan
A personal leadership development plan is the tool to direct the career goals. It also
helps to stimulate opportunities and challenges and make a change in the business
organization. The following steps will help in developing the leadership plan.
 A clear vision of the business and the organization- It is very important to
have a clear vision statement in order to grow the business. The future of the
business if foreseen can resolve many challenges in the organization. Planning