RALRA LANGUAGE TRAINING (RALT)Professional English • Academic English • Exam Preparation

LEADERS – INDRA NOOYI

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Leaders

TASK:  Indra Nooyi, the CEO of PEPSICO, speaks about aspects of leadership in relation to how it affected her family and the perceptions of women in management roles.

  1. What are some of the conditions she mentions if you want to “have it all”?
  2. What happened when Indra Nooyi tried to tell her mother that she had just become the President of PepsiCo?
  3. What positives and negatives does she mention about being a female immigrant CEO of a large American company?
  4. What is her biggest fear?
  5. How does she feel about being a role-model?
  6. Where is her husband on the “list of priorities”?

TASK:  Make a note of any vocabulary or phrases you hear during the article.  Discuss the meaning with your teacher or classmates.

 

DISCUSSION:  What are the largest food and beverage companies in your country?  Are the CEOs of these companies famous?