Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Denise Morrison
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American businesswoman Denise Morrison.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
With the growth of both urbanization and globalization, consumers are becoming increasingly disconnected from their food.
Most corporations have human-resources processes that involve discussions with your manager, performance evaluations, calibrations for performance and potential succession planning.
Food is art and science. So, you take something out, you have to work with the recipe to make sure that you're providing delicious food with cleaner labels.
The thing that I learned early on is you really need to set goals in your life, both short-term and long-term, just like you do in business. Having that long-term goal will enable you to have a plan on how to achieve it.
I see more people taking charge of their well-being through the use of data and digital sensors, wearable health bands, and smartphone apps that can track and quantify everything from their heart rate, blood pressure, and sleep quality to steps walked and calories consumed.
I see the world through Irish eyes, and they are smiling.
I was so results-oriented.
Health and wellness does mean different things to different people.
We need to be in front of consumer trends and translate those trends into insights and foresights.
Working with some outside consultants or people that really can bring you an external perspective or a benchmarking to identify opportunities is a really good way to work.
We're all different ages, sizes, shapes, genders, and we all have different lifestyles. We're quickly moving to bespoke diets that enable tailored and informed nutritional food choices.
The path to diversity begins with supporting, mentoring, and sponsoring diverse women and men to become leaders and entrepreneurs.
People are literally tracking everything. People are becoming more empowered and knowing what's going into their body.
You need to walk the talk, because you can't expect your organization to behave a certain way that you're not willing to behave.
I've always believed consumers have a right to know what's in their food.
I am one of four girls and was inspired by my father to dream big. Some girls want to be doctors, but I wanted to run a company.
I loved multi-tasking. I loved being involved in a lot of things. To me, the more complex the better, and so being a leader of a business to me was like, 'Wow, that's what I want to be.'
We are moving closer to a future where quantified lives will become the norm.
I'm from a generation of women that shattered the glass ceiling. We didn't wait for doors to open. The lesson I learned is that you need to open some doors for yourself in pursuit of career advancement.
You embrace disruption. I think it's a good thing.
I do think the position I play is a powerful position.
Being an iconic food company can be both a blessing and a curse. It can be a curse if, amidst change, you maintain the status quo. It is a blessing if you leverage the change coupled with capability to seize new opportunities.
I learned marketing at my dinner table.
Life's a balancing act. You have multiple roles and goals, and you can do it all - just not all at once.
The top principle for disruptive and sustaining innovation is that it has to have a laser focus on customers. Innovation begins with their needs and expectations.
The single most important ingredient in the recipe for success is transparency because transparency builds trust.
Through the Internet of things, 'connected kitchens' will alert consumers if they're running low on broth and when their salad dressing needs to be replenished.
If you want a CEO role, you have to prepare for it with a vengeance.
Sustainability is important because we all are responsible to nourish our planet. And real food should be delicious, safe, affordable, and accessible to all. All without compromise.
Set ambitious goals and don't be afraid to declare and aim for them. You need to know where you want to go in order to get there. It is important to have a destination in mind.
The leader is the person who brings a little magic to the moment.
I have observed that people make strategic plans for brands, businesses, and companies, but they are not always strategic about themselves.
Through his deferential yet decidedly determined demeanor, Pope Francis is not only setting a superior spiritual standard, but he is also leading a thorough transformation of the Catholic Church - rivaling any brand revitalization or corporate turnaround you could name.
I've been preparing to run a big company all my life.
There is power in helping people get excited about what they do and inspiring and motivating them to unleash their full potential.
We must form public-private partnerships to collectively improve children's health.
The next frontier in nutrition will be about reconfiguring diets according to individual specific physiology, lifestyle, and health goals.
Not every great idea needs to be Campbell-generated. It's clear that partners and vendors and other external sources will generate innovative ideas for us.
The world of marketing has changed. You can lead the change or be a victim of change.
For me, living a balanced life means nurturing the academic, physical, and spiritual aspects of my life so I can maintain a sense of well-being and self-esteem.
The entrepreneurial spirit has moved from the garage in high-tech to the kitchen in food.
You can't become a CEO without working hard and delivering results, but that will only take you so far. Building and leveraging strong relationships with mentors and sponsors will take you the rest of the way.
Consumer preferences for food have changed... Changed radically. I call them seismic shifts.
I think of feedback as constructive, not positive or negative. You choose to do what you want with it.
I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.
I describe my career path as a zigzag, not a ladder.
My parents had job jars because my father would say, 'Kids today have too much time, too much money and no responsibility. You're going to have no time, no money and a lot of responsibility.'
People need to be in charge of their development plan. They need to seek out their sponsors and their mentors and be very strategic.
The things that worked for us in the past wasn't going to work the same way going forward.
The personal mission statement was important for me because I believe that you can't lead others unless you have a strong sense of who you are and what you stand for.
For us, giving back is not an extracurricular activity.
We tend to treat eating and diets as one size fits all. But the human body is very personalized.
I can cite numerous sponsors at different places in my career that made a huge difference for me just in terms of pulling me aside and giving me a tip or some coaching, or just watching what I was doing and not being afraid to tell me the truth about it.
Networking is working.
What people look for in their leaders is authenticity. You say, 'I'm not going to ask you to do anything that I'm not going to do myself.'
Leadership is service to others.
You need to set a tone at the top that inspires trust - and encourages open and honest 2-way communication. So you hear the brutal facts, and you listen to the good news and the bad news - so that, in the spirit of continuous improvement, you can make changes.
The first step in changing a culture, I believe, starts with the senior leadership team - and with the CEO.
I think you have to see two steps ahead of things. That's just the way I roll.
I purposely put myself in new, stressful situations so that I can continuously learn.
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