read the Case study and provide answers to the four questions provided after the case study using the concepts studied in the class. Ithough you probably do not recognize the name Indra Nooyi, you're probably familiar with many ofthe products she is responsible for producing, including Pepsi, Gatorade, and Fritos. Nooyi is CEO of PepsiCo, which is responsible for Pepsi products as well as Tropicana, Frito Lay, Gatorade, and Quaker Oats products. In 2010 she was named number 1 on Fortune's list of the "50 Most Powerful Women" and number 6 on Forbes's list of the "World's 100 Most Powerful Women." Although Nooyi considers herself a normal person, who juggles being a corporate leader with being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a daughter-in-law, much of her suc- cess is grounded in her awareness of who she is as a person and her awareness of others, which was cultivated through her relationship with her paternal grandfather who taught her to be a thoughtful and mindful person. My grandfather "taught me to be a lifelong student. Don't ever think you've arrived, and remember that what you don't know is so much more than what you do."1 Being grounded and self-aware of her strengths and weaknesses has allowed Nooyi to be more open to new ideas, learning and growing as a person. Through this self-awareness, she has become a more mindful person. Nooyi's keen self-awareness and mindfulness of others is how she attracts and re- tains her best employees. She invests time in developing the people who work for her. "We look at a 10- to 15-year development plan for our high-potential people," says Nooyi. "This looks at their children, their schools, their spouse's job, aging parents anything that affects where they will be comfortable working. That way we can build opportunities to develop their careers in tandem with their personal lives."2 Another example of Nooyis mindfulness is when she wrote to the parents of 29 of her senior executives' parents to inform them of what a great job they did in raising their child. She informed the parents of how much their now-grown child had contributed to the success of PepsiCo. In these personal letters, she considered each senior executive a gift. According to Nooyi, this letter-writing activity "unleashed emotions that were unbe- lievable, creating an emotional bond among executives, their parents, and me."3 leading questions as 1. Nooyi attributes much of her success to being grounded and knowing who she is a person. How do you see self-awareness being related to leadership effectiveness? 2. How do you see self-awareness and mindfulness being similar and different? 3. Within the past five years, have you become a more thoughtful person? If so, how? Who has influenced your thoughtfulness? 4. What do you think motivated Nooyi to send thank you letters to her senior execu- tives' parents? Why not send the letter to the senior executives