Indra Nooyi

That's what consulting does, okay?

So you draw from the best and the brightest.

And then while they're in the company moving ahead, make sure that barriers that exist to their success are removed.

Because once you attack somebody's confidence, it attacks their competence, right?

So if a woman is presenting and you roll your eyes at her, or when she's presenting you cut her off, or she says something and you cut her off, or, you know, I've seen this often.

Somebody will say, oh, yeah, this is so theoretical when a woman presents.

When a man says the same thing, I say, oh, God, that's so brilliant.

So these things happen as a matter of practice in companies.

Women, people of color, when they present, they do go through some bad behavior.

I'm talking of then.

Things have changed a lot now.

But in those days, it did happen.

And so when those things happen, you've got to figure out a way to call those people out right there and say, hey, can you let her finish?

Can you let this person articulate their point of view before you cut them off?

Will you stop rolling your eyes when she's presenting?

Because you can feel the person rolling their eyes.

So if you really value every talent for what it is,

meritocracy, bring them all in, allow them all to thrive, then everybody has the confidence to continue to contribute.

But if you have all these unconscious biases that impact people who are different, then they lose their confidence.

And once you lose your confidence, you no longer feel comfortable.