Irene Rosenfeld Quotes

• Do your job brilliantly and the cream will rise to the top.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Inspirational, Motivational, Jobs

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• The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Clear Direction, Leader, Important

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• To build and sustain brands people love and trust, one must focus-not only on today but also on tomorrow. It's not easy...but balancing the short and long term is key to delivering sustainable, profitable growth-growth that is good for our shareholders but also good for our consumers, our employees, our business partners, the communities where we live and work, and the planet we inhabit

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Responsibility, Keys, Long

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• Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Women, Command And Control, Want

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• I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Team, Believe, Views

  "CEO Forum: Rosenfeld keeps Kraft from being too cheesy". Interview with David Lieberman, usatoday30.usatoday.com. December 10, 2009.

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• How you manage change can make all the difference.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Differences, Manage

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• It is a simple fact that you can't steal second base if your foot is firmly planted on first.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Simple, Feet, Firsts

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• It's clear that agriculture, done right, is the best means the world has today to simultaneously tackle food security, poverty and environmental degradation.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Mean, Agriculture, Environmental

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• It's fair to characterise me as competitive and determined, but anyone who works with me will attest to the fact I believe very strongly in the notion of servant leadership.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Believe, Facts, Determined

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• The best thing a company can do for the communities in which it operates is to have a vibrant and sustainable business.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Community

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• I hate to see people frustrated or leave a company for an opportunity they could easily have had at their current company if they had only asked.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Hate, Opportunity, People

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• Mondelez International is a proud signatory to the New York Declaration on Forests, an important step to unite governments, NGOs and business to slow and then end forest loss. We can't act alone to halt deforestation or climate change, so we call on everyone to play a role. While it won't be easy, I believe this agenda is achievable if we link it directly to business goals.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  New York, Believe, Loss

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• Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Discipline, Diversity, Helpful

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• Endorphins are a very powerful thing.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Powerful, Endorphins, Very Powerful

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• I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Father, Son, Thinking

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• When investors, particularly investment bankers, talk about splitting up companies, there's a lot of discussion about multiple expansion, and the reality is multiple expansion is an outcome, not a strategy.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Reality, Bankers, Expansion

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• Major organizational changes create uncertainty.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Organizational, Majors, Uncertainty

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• Even in developing markets, we're seeing the growth of digital communication is proceeding at a very rapid pace.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Communication, Growth, Pace

  "Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld says innovation is key". Interview with David Lieberman, abcnews.go.com. December 10, 2008.

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• I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Advice, Pieces

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• People vote with their hearts, not their heads.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Heart, People, Vote

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• Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Mom, Dad, Taught

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• I am very excited and delighted to be an important part of the development of corporate America.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  America, Important, Development

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• Sports have always been a really important part of how I energize myself, as well as how I relax. I spend a lot of my spare time with my family playing tennis, biking and rollerblading.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Sports, Tennis, Important

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