Effective Leadership - Indra Nooyi

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapters 3, 4, and 5 from Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice. Additionally, read the Week 2 - Weekly Lecture.
By the end of Week 2, you have covered many topics in leadership (Chapters 1-5). You have taken self-assessment surveys, started a journal on leadership, and have begun to understand some of your own strengths and weaknesses with regard to leadership. This DQ will allow you to choose a chief executive officer (CEO), chief operating officer (COO), or other business leaders and learn about them, their skills, traits, strengths, and weaknesses as well. (You may use this leader in future assignments.)
Review the List of 50 Leaders Download List of 50 Leadersdocument. Select one of these leaders (deceased or living) for the subject of your assignment and address a total of two statements below regarding the leader you have chosen.
Identify how the leader defines the characteristics of leadership.
Explain what the leader described as the most important element to their success.
Identify what leaders influenced the selected leader.
List of 50 Leaders1.Abhijit Talwalkar – LSI2.Alex & Feysan Lodde – MV Transporation, Inc.3.Bill Allen – Boeing 4.Catherine L. Hughes – Radio One5.Charles Coffin – General Electric 6.Clarence Otis, Jr. – Darden Restaurants, Inc.7.Daniel Schwartz – Burger King Worldwide 8.Darwin Smith – Kimberly-Clark9.David Crane – NRG Energy10.David L. Steward – World Wide Technology Inc.11.David Maxwell – Fannie Mae12.David Packard – Hewlett-Packard13.Dinesh Paliwal – Harman14.Don Thompson – McDonald’s15.Douglas Baker – Ecolab16.Earvin “Magic” Johnson – Magic Johnson Enterprises17.Francisco D’Souza – Cognizant Technology Solutions18.George Merck – The Merck & Co19.Hari K Ravichandran – Constant Contact, Inc20.Harold F. Mills – ZeroChaos21.Indira Nooyi – PepsiCo22.Jai P. Nagarkatti – Sigma-Aldrich23.James Burke – Johnson & Johnson 24.James Taiclet – American Tower25.Jan Adams – JMA Solutions26.Janice Bryant Howroyd – ACT-1 Group27.Jim Reynolds – Loop Capital28.John Martin – Gilead Science 29.Joseph B. Anderson – TAG Holdings, LLC30.Kamoru Lawal – CAMAC31.Katharine Graham – Washington Post32.Kenneth C. Frazier – Merck & Co., Inc.33.Kenneth I. Chenault – American Express34.Lee Iacocca – Chrysler35.Marissa Mayer – Yahoo CEO36.Mark Schneider – Fresenius37.Michael O’Leary – Ryanair38.Robert L. Johnson – The RLJ Companies39.Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. – TIAA-CREF40.Ronald Hall, Sr. – Bridgewater Interiors41.Rosalind Brewer – Sam’s Club42.Sam Walton – Wal-Mart43.Shantanu Narayen – Adobe
44.Stanley Bergman – Henry Schein45.Surya Hohapatra – Quest46.Ulysses Bridgeman – Bridgeman Foods Inc.47.Ursula M. Burns – Xerox Corporation48.Vikram Pandit – Citigroup49.William Bailey – Rapier