Exemplary Leader: Indra NooyiThe basis for developing an effective diversity management program is leadership commitment and the CEO must communicate the organization's position on diversity management and its sincere belief in the importance of diversity (Cañas and Sondak, 2010). Indra Nooyi, the current Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, is a leader who demonstrates a strong passion for diversity management. In this article, I will discuss Indra Nooyi's personal and professional journey, the status of diversity within PepsiCo prior to his role as CEO, the diversity management leadership philosophy that Indra Nooyi adopted, strategies she used to implement diversity management and its diversity. related objectives. I will conclude with a discussion of PepsiCo's current state of diversity, its future diversity goals, and how Nooyi's diversity management efforts have affected the overall success of the company as a whole. What makes a leader? is high, their personal experiences, spiritual beliefs, and education greatly affect their worldview, and it is these unique factors that help formulate an individual's personal leadership abilities. Indra Nooyi was born and raised in Madras, India. She came to the United States in 1978, at the age of 23, to get her MBA from Yale, even though her parents told her she was crazy and should have stayed in India and gotten married (Useem , 2008). Nooyi credits her upbringing with instilling in her competitive ethnic work that still motivates her today. His parents taught him: “if you do a job, you have to do it better than anyone else” (Bullock, 2010, para 5). While in college, Nooyi played cricket and electricity...... middle of paper ...... Staying focused on best practices. Black Business, 39(10), 43-44.MIT Sloan Management. (2006). PepsiCo Chairman Charts Path to Diversity and Success: Indra Nooyi speaks to the MIT Sloan community as part of the Dean's Innovative Leader Series. Retrieved from http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/2006-nooyi.phpPepsiCo. (2012). Biography of Indra K. Nooyi. Retrieved from http://www.pepsico.com/Download/Indra_Nooyi_bio.pdf Sherman, H. (2011). Nooyi, Indra. Britannica Biographies, 1. The Economist. (2010). Pepsi gets a makeover: take up the challenge. Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/node/15772138The Pepsi Challenge. (2006). Economist, 380(8491), 51. Useem, M. (2008). New ideas for this generation Pepsi. (cover story). US News & World Report, 145(12), 49. Walkup, C. (2003). Nooyi talks about diversity and innovation at the WFF luncheon. Nation's Restaurant News, 37(23), 97.